| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.19 |
| Liaison | Veronica Johnson |
| Submission Date | May 28, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Southwestern University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.96 / 8.00 |
Melissa
Johnson Professor of Anthropology Sociology & Anthropology |
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Number of students who graduated from a program that has adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
42
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Total number of graduates from degree programs:
350
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A copy of the list or inventory of degree, diploma or certificate programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:
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A list of degree, diploma or certificate programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:
Southwestern offers an Environmental Studies Degree.
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A list or sample of the sustainability learning outcomes associated with degree, diploma or certificate programs (if not included in an inventory above):
1. Goal
To develop in students a level of scientific literacy that allows them to be intelligent readers, users and communicators of scientific principles related to environmental issues.
Learning Outcomes
1a. Students will accurately apply scientific concepts appropriate to environmental topics under consideration.
2. Goal
To develop in students an understanding of the human (eg. social, cultural, historical, religious, political, economic, artistic, etc.) dimensions of environmental issues.
Learning Outcomes
2a. Students will demonstrate knowledge of a range of social, cultural, historical, religious, political, economic, artistic and literary dimensions of environmental issues.
2b. Students will identify and analyze in depth the significant and multi-faceted human dimensions of one particular environmental issue
3. Goal
To develop in students an understanding of public policy related to environmental concerns.
Learning Outcomes
3a. Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of major U.S. environmental policies and statutes.
3b. Students will demonstrate an interdisciplinary understanding of the formulation and implementation of major U.S. environmental policies and statutes
4. Goal
To develop in students an understanding of environmental justice, or the intersection of
environmental issues, social difference and inequality.
Learning Outcomes
4a. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the relationship between social difference and inequality as they relate to environmental issues.
5. Goal
To develop in students an introductory working understanding of Geographic Information Systems and its applications to environmental analysis.
Learning Outcomes
5a. Students will demonstrate the knowledge of how GIS is used to perform environmental analysis.
5b. Students will manipulate, query, analyze, communicate and visualize data spatially.
6. Goal
To develop in students the capacity to integrate multiple disciplinary perspectives and effectively communicate arguments and concepts related to environmental issues
Learning Outcomes
6a. Students will critically evaluate the credibility of sources.
6b. Students will integrate multiple disciplinary perspectives in investigation, analysis, and interpretation of environmental issues.
6c. Students will demonstrate oral and written communication skills about concepts and arguments related to environmental issues.
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