Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 75.14
Liaison Kylee Singh
Submission Date July 10, 2023

STARS v2.2

California Polytechnic State University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.62 / 8.00 Kylee Singh
Sustainability Coordinator
Energy Utilities and Sustainability
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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-focused

A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
Sustainability Learning Objectives
Cal Poly defines sustainability as the ability of the natural and social systems to survive and thrive together to meet current and future needs. In order to consider sustainability when making reasoned decisions, all graduating students (meaning all graduate and undergraduate) should be able to:

- Define and apply sustainability principles within their academic programs
- Explain how natural, economic, and social systems interact to foster or prevent sustainability
- Analyze and explain local, national, and global sustainability using a multidisciplinary approach
- Consider sustainability principles while developing personal and professional values
- Academic Senate Resolution 688-09 (PDF), approved by President Baker June 22, 2009

In April 2004, President Baker signed the Talloires Declaration, a 10-point action plan. This plan commits Cal Poly to sustainability and environmental literacy in teaching, theory, and practice.

https://academicprograms.calpoly.edu/content/academicpolicies/sustainability_lo

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
5,581

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
1,129

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
In our campus suscat.calpoly.edu resource we list any degree programs that have adopted sustainability learning outcomes, we then compared that list with all graduates from degree programs for the 2021-22 academic year.

A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
See our suscat page here: https://suscat.calpoly.edu/sustainability-programs

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:
20.23

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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