| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 70.87 |
| Liaison | Daimon Eklund |
| Submission Date | Dec. 23, 2021 |
University of Washington, Seattle
AC-2: Learning Outcomes
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3.18 / 8.00 |
Daimon
Eklund Communications Manager UW Sustainability |
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Part 1. Institutional sustainability learning outcomes
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Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
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A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
The University of Washington requires all undergraduates to fulfill a Diversity credit requirement. Courses that meet the Diversity requirement focus on the sociocultural, political, and/or economic diversity of the human experience at local, regional, or global levels. This requirement is intended to help you develop an understanding of the complexities of living in increasingly diverse and interconnected societies.
In addition, there are General Education requirements including Areas of Knowledge around the Natural World (NW) and Individuals & Societies (I&S).
NW courses focus on the experimental study of the physical world. I&S courses focus on the experimental study of human behavior both individually and socially. This includes the history, development, and dynamics of human behavior, as well as social and cultural institutions.
While in many cases, the combination of these requirements gives students an understanding of sustainability, they do not meet the standard of a sustainability learning outcome.
In addition, there are General Education requirements including Areas of Knowledge around the Natural World (NW) and Individuals & Societies (I&S).
NW courses focus on the experimental study of the physical world. I&S courses focus on the experimental study of human behavior both individually and socially. This includes the history, development, and dynamics of human behavior, as well as social and cultural institutions.
While in many cases, the combination of these requirements gives students an understanding of sustainability, they do not meet the standard of a sustainability learning outcome.
Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes
14,331
Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
5,704
A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
The 2020 Assessment Office report asked programs to self-identify if they had sustainability learning outcomes. For programs that did not self-identify, UW Sustainability staff reviewed available information to determine if programs had an outcome that included sustainability or a sustainability-themed required course.
The 2020 Assessment Office report did not include comprehensive responses from all UW departments. In some cases we referred to the previous report, used in our 2018 STARS report. As the previous Assessment reports covered more programs and the goals generally do not change over time, in a few cases we used the those previously reported goals when there were not learning outcomes stated elsewhere.
After we identified programs with a learning outcome, we found the numbers of graduates (bachelors and graduate degrees) from the 2019-2020 academic year.
The 2020 Assessment Office report did not include comprehensive responses from all UW departments. In some cases we referred to the previous report, used in our 2018 STARS report. As the previous Assessment reports covered more programs and the goals generally do not change over time, in a few cases we used the those previously reported goals when there were not learning outcomes stated elsewhere.
After we identified programs with a learning outcome, we found the numbers of graduates (bachelors and graduate degrees) from the 2019-2020 academic year.
A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
See documentation attached
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:
39.80
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.