Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 61.50
Liaison Jennifer Goree
Submission Date June 17, 2024

STARS v2.2

Clemson University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.78 / 8.00 Jennifer Goree
Director of Healthy Campus
Chair, Sustainability Commission
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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-supportive

A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:

Clemson University's General Education student learning outcomes includes focus areas in communication, arts and humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, and global challenges.

Global Challenges: Students will demonstrate critical thinking through analysis of global challenges; evaluate how varying perspectives influence global challenges; and demonstrate the integration of ethics into analysis of global challenges.

List of the various classes offered to reach the 6 credit hour requirement:

  • AAH 3050 - Contemporary Art History 3 Credits 
  • AGED 4160 - Ethics and Issues in Agriculture and the Food and Fiber System 3 Credits 
  • AGED (EDF) 4800 - Foundations of Digital Media and Learning 3 Credits 
  • AGRB 2050 - Agriculture and Society 3 Credits 
  • ANTH 3010 - Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits 
  • ANTH 3250 - The Anthropology of Food 3 Credits 
  • ANTH (LANG) 3910 - Medical Anthropology 3 Credits 
  • ARCH 3040 - Critical Perspectives on Modern Architecture in a Global Context 3 Credits 
  • ASL 3500 - The Global Deaf Experience 3 Credits 
  • AVS 3700 - Principles of Animal Nutrition 3 Credits 
  • BIOE 4010 - Bioengineering Design Theory 3 Credits 
  • BIOL 2000 - Biology in the News 3 Credits 
  • BIOL (WFB) 3130 - Conservation Biology 3 Credits 
  • BIOL 4930 - Senior Seminar 2 Credits 
  • CSM 3070 - Principles and Practices of Sustainable Construction 3 Credits 
  • ECAS 1900 - Global Challenges: Service Learning I 1-3 Credits 1 
  • ECAS 2900 - Global Challenges: Service Learning II 1-3 Credits 1 
  • ECAS 3210 - Design Elements of Global Challenges 3 Credits 1 
  • ECAS 3900 - Global Challenges: Service Learning III 1-3 Credits 1 
  • ECAS 3910 - Global Challenges: Leadership Development III 1-3 Credits 1 
  • EDF (AGED) 4800 - Foundations of Digital Media and Learning 3 Credits 
  • EDHC 3300 - Concepts of Human Capital Education and Development 3 Credits 
  • EDSC 4260 - Teaching Secondary Mathematics 3 Credits 
  • EES 4140 - Radioecology 3 Credits 
  • EES 4860 - Environmental Sustainability 3 Credits 
  • ENGL 3490 - Technology and the Popular Imagination 3 Credits 
  • ENGL 3560 - Science Fiction 3 Credits 
  • ENGR 1020 - Engineering Disciplines and Skills 3 Credits 
  • ENGR 1510 - Engineering Skills 3 Credits 
  • ENSP 2000 - Introduction to Environmental Science 3 Credits 1 
  • ENSP 2010 - Exploring Environmental Science 3 Credits 1 
  • FDSC 3010 - Food Regulation and Policy 3 Credits 
  • FNPS 2140 - Food Resources and Society 3 Credits 
  • FNPS 3680 - Packaging and Society 3 Credits 
  • FOR 4160 - Forest Policy and Administration 3 Credits 
  • GBS 1000 - Introduction to Global Black Studies 3 Credits 1 
  • GEOG 1030 - World Regional Geography 3 Credits 
  • GEOG 4500 - Geographies of Food 3 Credits 
  • GEOG 4600 - Migration and Mobilities 3 Credits 
  • GEOL 1200 - Natural Hazards 3 Credits 
  • GER 4160 - German for International Business II 3 Credits 
  • GLCH 1550 - Debunking Pseudoscience 3 Credits 1 
  • GLCH 1990 - Selected Topics in Global Challenges I 1-6 Credits 1 
  • GLCH 2990 - Selected Topics in Global Challenges II 1-6 Credits 1 
  • GLCH 3520 - The Health Impact of Abuse 3 Credits 1 
  • GLCH 3990 - Selected Topics in Global Challenges III 1-6 Credits 1 
  • HIST 1220 - History, Technology, and Society 3 Credits 
  • HIST 1240 - Environmental History Survey 3 Credits 
  • HIST 2150 - Introduction to Digital History 3 Credits 
  • HIST 3120 - African American History from 1877 to the Present 3 Credits 
  • HIST 3210 - History of Science 3 Credits 
  • HIST 3230 - History of American Technology 3 Credits 
  • HIST 4370 - Slavery in Africa 3 Credits 
  • HIST 4900 - Senior Seminar 3 Credits 
  • HLTH 2980 - Human Health and Disease 3 Credits 
  • HON 1960 - First-Year Seminar: Global Challenges 3 Credits 1 
  • HON 2060 - Controversies in Science and Technology 3 Credits 1 
  • HON 3960 - Global Challenges Seminar 1-3 Credits 1 
  • IE 4880 - Human Factors Engineering 3 Credits 
  • INNO 3930 - Cross-Disciplinary Creative Inquiry with Global Challenges 1-4 Credits 1 
  • INT 3010 - International Internship 3 Credits 
  • INT 3500 - Global Challenges Internship Part-Time 3 Credits 
  • INT 3600 - Global Challenges Internship Full-Time 3 Credits 
  • IS 1020 - Global Challenges: Place, Nations and Identities 3 Credits 1 
  • IS 1030 - Global Challenges: Science and Sustainability 3 Credits 1 
  • IS 1040 - Global Challenges on Gender: Health and Human Rights 3 Credits 1 
  • JUST 4130 - Race and Crime 3 Credits 
  • LANG 3100 - East Asian Pop Culture 3 Credits 
  • LANG 3480 - Special Topics in Languages and Global Challenges 3 Credits 
  • LANG (ANTH) 3910 - Medical Anthropology 3 Credits 
  • LANG 4620 - Borders 3 Credits 
  • LARC 1160 - History of Landscape Architecture 3 Credits 
  • LARC 4530 - Key Issues in Landscape Architecture 3 Credits 
  • MATH 2190 - Introduction to Cryptography 3 Credits 
  • ME 3120 - Manufacturing Processes and Their Application 3 Credits 
  • MICR 4930 - Senior Seminar 2 Credits 
  • MKT 3030 - Marketing and Society 3 Credits 
  • MSE 4070 - Senior Capstone Design 3 Credits 
  • NURS 1400 - Fostering Innovation in Nursing 3 Credits 
  • PHIL 1040 - Introduction to Law, Liberty, and Justice 3 Credits 
  • PHIL 1240 - Technology and Its Discontents 3 Credits 
  • PHYS 2450 - Physics of Global Climate Change 3 Credits 
  • PKSC 3200 - Packaging Design Theory 3 Credits 
  • POSC 1020 - Introduction to International Relations 3 Credits 
  • POSC 3760 - Democratization 3 Credits 
  • PRTM 3500 - Global Challenges in Parks, Recreation, Tourism, Sport, and Events 3 Credits 
  • PSYC 2500 - Pursuing Happiness 3 Credits 
  • PSYC 3570 - Psychology and Culture 3 Credits 
  • REL 2010 - Global Challenges and Religion 3 Credits 
  • REL 3350 - Islam and the West 3 Credits 
  • RS (SOC) 3010 - Rural Sociology 3 Credits 
  • SOC (RS) 3010 - Rural Sociology 3 Credits 
  • SOC 4030 - Environmental Sociology 3 Credits 
  • SOC 4140 - Policy and Social Change 3 Credits 
  • SOC 4440 - Sociology of Education 3 Credits 
  • SOC 4600 - Race and Ethnicity 3 Credits 
  • SOC 4710 - World Population and Society 3 Credits 
  • SOC 4810 - Aging and Death 3 Credits 
  • STS 1020 - Science and Technology in Society: The Ethics of Progress 3 Credits 1 
  • SUST 2040 - Ocean and Climate Sustainability 3 Credits 1 
  • WFB (BIOL) 3130 - Conservation Biology 3 Credits 
  • WS 1030 - Women in Global Perspective 3 Credits 1

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
7,812

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
766

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:

Utilized the degree explore page found here. Reviewed degree description as well as the general courses to evaluate if it requires an understanding of the concept of sustainability.


A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:

Geology, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Biosystems Engineering, Resilient Engineering, Resilient Systems, City and Regional Planning, Environmental and Natural Resources, Real Estate Development, Horticulture, Agriculture, Forest Resource Management, Plant and Environmental Science, Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Engineering and Science, Environmental Engineering, Planning, Design and the Built Environment, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, Civil Engineering, and Historic Preservation.


Documentation supporting the figure reported above (upload):
AC-2_Attachment.pdf

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:
9.81

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
https://catalog.clemson.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=39&poid=9922

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Utilized the factbook to find graduation number: Clemson University Interactive Factbook | Clemson University, South Carolina


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