Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.82
Liaison Holli Fajack
Submission Date Jan. 29, 2021

STARS v2.2

California State University, Long Beach
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.59 / 8.00 Holli Fajack
Sustainability Manager
Office of Sustainability, Beach Building Services
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Part 1. Institutional sustainability learning outcomes

Has the institution adopted one or more sustainability learning outcomes that apply to the entire student body or, at minimum, to the institution's predominant student body?:
Yes

Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
Sustainability-supportive

A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) highlight the knowledge, skills, and abilities all students are expected to have upon graduating from CSULB.

The following ILO are supportive of sustainability.

CSULB graduates will be:
- Critically and ethically engaged in global and local issues
- Knowledgeable and respectful of the diversity of individuals, groups, and cultures;

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
10,097

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
742

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
The Office of Sustainability reviewed the department-level learning outcomes of every academic program to identify those that included sustainability-related student learning outcomes. We then contacted the university’s Institutional Research & Analytics (IRA) department to request the total number of graduates (undergrad and grad) from the academic year 2018-19 and the total number of graduates (undergrad and grad) from programs that were identified as containing sustainability-related learning outcomes.

A total of 7 undergraduate and graduate (where applicable) programs with sustainability learning outcomes were identified and the number of graduates from those programs was used to tabulate the reported number.

A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
B.F.A. Interior Design
Students will possess the knowledge of materials, basic understanding of manufacturing process, lighting systems and sustainable design resources as they relate to interior architecture.

B.S. Civil Engineering
Students will have the ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.

B.S. Computer Engineering
Students will have the ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability. Understanding the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context.

B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Students will have the ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability.

B.S Aerospace Engineering
Students will be trained in the role of the engineer in society, and have an awareness of environmental concerns in the engineering profession.

B.S Electrical Engineering
Students will have the ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.

B.S Environmental Science & Policy
Students will have the ability to apply Economic principles to analyze environmental problems, to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team to solve environmental problems, apply natural and social sciences to solve an environmental problem and apply Economic principles to analyze environmental problems.

Documentation supporting the figure reported above (upload):
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Percentage of students who graduate from programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
7.35

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Reporting Period: AY 2018-19

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