Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.89
Liaison Jonathan Rausseo
Submission Date Nov. 25, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Ottawa
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.73 / 8.00 Patrick Milot
Curriculum Outcome Analyst
Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost
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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:
The University of Ottawa follows the Ontario Council of Academic Vice Presidents (OCAV) Guidelines for University Undergraduate Degree Level Expectations. For Undergraduate students, they are expected to learn behaviour consistent with academic integrity and social responsibility.

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
9,206

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
838

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
The number of graduates was determined by using the list of all the graduating students that graduated from a program that required a sustainability focused course in order to graduate.

A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
UNDERGRADUATE
Honours BSocSc in Environmental Economics and Public Policy
Honours BA in Environmental Studies (Bilingual Program)
Major in Environmental Studies (Bilingual Program)
Minor in Environmental Studies (Bilingual Program)
Honours BSc in Environmental Science
Joint Honours BA in Environmental Studies and Geography (Bilingual Program)
BASc in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering Option
BASc in Civil Engineering, Environmental and Water Resources Option
Common Law - Option in Environmental Law


GRADUATE
Master of Science Environmental Sustainability
Master of Applied Science Environmental Engineering Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Arts Geography Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Arts Globalization and International Development Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Arts Political Science Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Arts Public Administration Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Arts Public and International Affairs Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Science Biology Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Science Earth Sciences Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Science Health Systems Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Science in Geography Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Science Management Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Science Systems Science Specialization in Environmental Sustainability
Master of Laws (LLM) Concentration in Global Sustainability and Environmental Law

Documentation supporting the figure reported above (upload):
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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:
9.10

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The University of Ottawa is currently migrate its webpages to a new content management system and some sites are currently down.

https://tlss.uottawa.ca/site/learning-outcomes

https://www.uottawa.ca/vice-president-academic/sites/www.uottawa.ca.vice-president-academic/files/guide_rap_eng_4.pdf

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