Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.23
Liaison Merry Rankin
Submission Date Sept. 1, 2016
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Iowa State University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.00 / 8.00 Merry Rankin
ISU Director of Sustainability
Facilities Planning & Management
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Total number of graduates from degree programs (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, certificates, and other academic designations):
7,026

Number of students that graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
7,026

Percentage of students who graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
100

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Institution and Division Level Learning Outcomes

Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the institution level (e.g. covering all students)?:
No

Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the division level (e.g. covering particular schools or colleges within the institution)?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the institution level or division level sustainability learning outcomes:
Examples of division level sustainability learning outcomes include: 1. Explaining how human activities impact the environment and how societies are affected by environmental change. 2. Improving the human condition through research that addresses the core competencies in energy, health, green technology, and infrastructure. 3. Articulating and demonstrating a clear concept of a just society in which individuals and groups equitably share in societal benefits within a global community. 4. Working to strengthen abilities to interact with people, cultures, and the environment in an ethical and sensitive manner. 5. Attaining creative problem solving skills for the interior environment based on knowledge of human safety, functional utility, physical, psychological, and contextual fit. 6. Achieving skills to enhance the health and well-being of animals and human beings through excellence in education, research, professional practice and committed service to the State of Iowa, the nation and the world. For a complete list, please see the attached document.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the program level (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, degrees, diplomas, certificates, and other academic designations)?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the program level sustainability learning outcomes (or a list of sustainability-focused programs):
Examples of program level sustainability learning outcomes include: 1. Being aware of the societal, economic and environmental impact of their work. 2. Learning to effectively address environmental, social, technical, and business challenges. 3. Understanding professional and ethical responsibility. 4. Understanding the ethical, social, and environmental/ecological dimensions of issues involving changes in the landscape and the concern for the stewardship and conservation of natural, constructed, and human resources. 5. Understanding the ethical, historic, philosophical, and environmental dimensions of problems and issues facing the world. For a complete list, please see the attached document.

Course Level Learning Outcomes

Do course level sustainability learning outcomes contribute to the figure reported above (i.e. in the absence of program, division, or institution level learning outcomes)?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the course level sustainability learning outcomes and the programs for which the courses are required:
The minor in sustainability may be earned by completing a total of 15 credits including two required courses and nine elective credits from an approved list. Of the nine elective credits, at least six credits must be at the 300 level or higher. The required courses are: Technology and Social Change 220 (Globalization and Sustainability) Anthropology 230 (Globalization and the Human Condition) https://www.las.iastate.edu/students/academics/sustainability-minor/

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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