Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 32.46
Liaison Feng Teter
Submission Date Aug. 7, 2020

STARS v2.2

California State University, Fresno
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Beth Weinman
Associate Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that is one week or more in length?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:
Our BOND program is a first year experience for incoming College of Science and Math students, consisting of a summer experience followed by a Fall and a Spring GE sustainability-themed course (CSM10 and CSM15). Students learn about the Scientific Method and Evidence Based Decision Making by reading scientific articles about the effects of climate change and then undertaking a research project to improve sustainability on campus.

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