Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	46.39
Liaison	Weston Dripps
Submission Date	March 1, 2019
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Amherst College
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.32 / 8.00	Laura Draucker Director of Sustainability Office of Environmental Sustainability

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Total number of graduates from degree programs (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, certificates, and other academic designations):

1,371

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

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

4.01

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

Three

Institution and Division Level Learning Outcomes

Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the institution level (e.g. covering all students)?:

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

A list or brief description of the institution level or division level sustainability learning outcomes:

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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):

Environmental Studies Major Majors should recognize the major environmental challenges we face--climate change, loss of biodiversity, and depletion/degradation of natural resources. Majors are also expected to recognize that understanding these challenges requires knowledge of the underlying physical and biological processes involved as well as the complex ways these processes interact with cultural, political, and economic forces. We expect majors to possess the basic statistical techniques that are required to evaluate research in both the natural and the social sciences. We expect majors to have acquired a degree of literacy in the relevant discipline (natural and social sciences and humanities) that enable them to critically evaluate public debates about environmental policy and policy options. Sustainability Certificate Students in this program are expected to engage with the ideas of sound environmental, economic, and social progress in the twenty-first century, through a range of courses across many disciplines.

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)?:

A list or brief description of the course level sustainability learning outcomes and the programs for which the courses are required:

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Optional Fields

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

https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/environmental_studies/major/goals

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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