University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
ER-9: Sustainability Learning Outcomes

The university has adopted sustainability as one of its essential learning outcomes for all students. Details listed below. Some departments have made specific learning objectives that apply sustainability concepts for the major, minor, or required courses, including: Environmental Studies, Social Justice, Women's Studies,

The university has adopted sustainability as one of its essential learning outcomes for all students, as approved by the Faculty Senate in 2008 (www.uwosh.edu/home/strategicplan/governing-ideas/student-learning-outcomes). The specific learning objective is listed under "Responsibility, as Individuals and Communities", and is phrased as "Knowledge of sustainability and its applications". Specific learning outcomes listed for programs include: First Year Experience: "Gain an understanding of their own role as members of a global community and their responsibility to participate in that community in a way that takes into account sustainability." Environmental Studies: "Students will be able to critically analyze the concept of sustainability and its three pillars (economic security, social equity, ecological responsibility) and the way this concept is applied and used." Social Justice: The First Year Experience states its sustainability