| Overall Rating | Silver |
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| Overall Score | 47.04 |
| Liaison | Debbie Liddick |
| Submission Date | April 21, 2023 |
Black Hills State University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.79 / 8.00 |
Amy
Fuqua Interim Associate Provost Provost |
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Part 1. Institutional sustainability learning outcomes
No
Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
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A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
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Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes
509
Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
50
A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
The following are the degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability.
• B.BS.AIS
• B.BS.BIO-FGE
• B.BS.PHSC
• B.BS.HIST
• B.BSED.HIST
• B.BS.OE
• B.BS.POLS
• B.BS.SOC
• B.BS.SOC-SRES
• B.CERTU.SCRS
• B.MS.SUST
Education requirements for each program were reviewed and in accordance to requiring sustainability as a focus of the program, sustainability-focused learning outcomes, or requiring a sustainability-focused course.
• B.BS.AIS
• B.BS.BIO-FGE
• B.BS.PHSC
• B.BS.HIST
• B.BSED.HIST
• B.BS.OE
• B.BS.POLS
• B.BS.SOC
• B.BS.SOC-SRES
• B.CERTU.SCRS
• B.MS.SUST
Education requirements for each program were reviewed and in accordance to requiring sustainability as a focus of the program, sustainability-focused learning outcomes, or requiring a sustainability-focused course.
A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
Undergraduate
• American Indian Studies
Demonstrate their awareness of international connections in issues such as ecology, business, esthetics, politics, immigration, literature, technology, economics, etc. Relate non-western perspectives and experiences to those of the west so that both the awareness of their interrelatedness and the breaking down of barriers between them is evident. Identify and compare western knowledge with non-western paradigms to clarify the cultural constructs inherent in intellectual and aesthetic expressions.
• Silviculture and Forest Management
Requires sustainability-focused courses. Just started this year - no graduates yet.
• Environmental Physical Science
Environmental Physical Science majors and Earth Science minors will master basic concepts of the identification, study, and treatment of a variety of environmental problems. The program addresses ground and surface water quality and management, waste treatment, land-use planning, soil testing, containment chemistry and monitoring, hazardous waste disposal, land reclamation and energy management and production.
• History
The student will demonstrate awareness of international connections in issues such as ecology, business, aesthetics, politics, immigration, literature technology, and economics.
• Outdoor Education
The student will demonstrate environmental literacy through questioning, analysis, and interpretation skills, and knowledge of environmental processes and systems.
• Political Science
Students will have a demonstrable ability to apply the principles and knowledge of government and politics to issues/conditions/situations of modern life. In addition, as a result of taking courses meeting this goal, students will be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of at least one of the following: 1d. The origin and evolution of human institutions; 1e. The allocation of human or natural resources within societies.
• Sociology
The student will demonstrate awareness of international connections in issues such as ecology, business, aesthetics, politics, immigration, literature, technology, economics, and so on. Offers concentration in social resilience. Offers certificate in social resiliency.
Graduate
MS Sustainability
Program goals include:
1. Graduate will recognize and analyze interconnections within and between social, environmental/ecological, and economic systems pertaining to sustainability.
2. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of how social, environmental, and economic systems work cohesively and interdependently to foster or impede sustainability.
3. Graduates will implement and evaluate performance matrices and methodologies to demonstrate economic value and environmental impact of sustainability initiatives.
4. Graduates will analyze the role of human attitudes and values in fostering and impeding sustainability.
5. Graduates will recognize environmental conflicts in the context of human values, economic inequities, power, globalization, and political interests.
6. Graduates will analyze statutory approaches such as federal disclosures, corporate disclosures, Clear Air Act, Clean Water Act, “Cradle to Grave” regulation, remedial liability for toxic cleanup.
7. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of power balance between federal and state governments in environmental regulation and regulatory issues.
8. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of interconnections between nature, matter, and energy.
9. Graduates will evaluate various sources of energy and their limitation and implications.
10. Graduates will analyze and explain economics-environment interaction, supply & demand in context of sustainability, and economic models of sustainable development.
11. Graduates will develop creative, adaptive solutions to sustainability challenges; evaluate challenges and real-world solutions using a broad range of methods of inquiry and analyses.
• American Indian Studies
Demonstrate their awareness of international connections in issues such as ecology, business, esthetics, politics, immigration, literature, technology, economics, etc. Relate non-western perspectives and experiences to those of the west so that both the awareness of their interrelatedness and the breaking down of barriers between them is evident. Identify and compare western knowledge with non-western paradigms to clarify the cultural constructs inherent in intellectual and aesthetic expressions.
• Silviculture and Forest Management
Requires sustainability-focused courses. Just started this year - no graduates yet.
• Environmental Physical Science
Environmental Physical Science majors and Earth Science minors will master basic concepts of the identification, study, and treatment of a variety of environmental problems. The program addresses ground and surface water quality and management, waste treatment, land-use planning, soil testing, containment chemistry and monitoring, hazardous waste disposal, land reclamation and energy management and production.
• History
The student will demonstrate awareness of international connections in issues such as ecology, business, aesthetics, politics, immigration, literature technology, and economics.
• Outdoor Education
The student will demonstrate environmental literacy through questioning, analysis, and interpretation skills, and knowledge of environmental processes and systems.
• Political Science
Students will have a demonstrable ability to apply the principles and knowledge of government and politics to issues/conditions/situations of modern life. In addition, as a result of taking courses meeting this goal, students will be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of at least one of the following: 1d. The origin and evolution of human institutions; 1e. The allocation of human or natural resources within societies.
• Sociology
The student will demonstrate awareness of international connections in issues such as ecology, business, aesthetics, politics, immigration, literature, technology, economics, and so on. Offers concentration in social resilience. Offers certificate in social resiliency.
Graduate
MS Sustainability
Program goals include:
1. Graduate will recognize and analyze interconnections within and between social, environmental/ecological, and economic systems pertaining to sustainability.
2. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of how social, environmental, and economic systems work cohesively and interdependently to foster or impede sustainability.
3. Graduates will implement and evaluate performance matrices and methodologies to demonstrate economic value and environmental impact of sustainability initiatives.
4. Graduates will analyze the role of human attitudes and values in fostering and impeding sustainability.
5. Graduates will recognize environmental conflicts in the context of human values, economic inequities, power, globalization, and political interests.
6. Graduates will analyze statutory approaches such as federal disclosures, corporate disclosures, Clear Air Act, Clean Water Act, “Cradle to Grave” regulation, remedial liability for toxic cleanup.
7. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of power balance between federal and state governments in environmental regulation and regulatory issues.
8. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of interconnections between nature, matter, and energy.
9. Graduates will evaluate various sources of energy and their limitation and implications.
10. Graduates will analyze and explain economics-environment interaction, supply & demand in context of sustainability, and economic models of sustainable development.
11. Graduates will develop creative, adaptive solutions to sustainability challenges; evaluate challenges and real-world solutions using a broad range of methods of inquiry and analyses.
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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:
9.82
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