Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.62
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 7, 2014
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Cornell University
ER-9: Sustainability Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.66 / 10.00 Lauren Chambliss
Communications Director
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
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The number of graduates covered by the sustainability learning outcomes:
2,142

Total number of graduates :
5,852

A list of degree programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:

1) All majors, minors, and graduate students associated with the following colleges have sustainability learning outcomes:
CALS (http://cals.cornell.edu/about/)
Vet School (http://www.vet.cornell.edu/education/dvmprogram/educationalgoals.cfm)

2) The following majors and minors have sustainability learning outcomes:
Architecture (major)
International Agriculture and Rural Development (major)
Viticulture and Enology (major)
Crop Management (minor)

3) The following undergraduate majors and minors have at least one sustainability-related required course:
MAJORS
Architecture [ARCH 1611]
Atmospheric Science [EAS 3420]
Biological Engineering [BEE 3500]
City & Regional Planning [one course from “Land Use and Environment”, such as CRP 3840]
Civil Engineering [CEE 3510]
Design & Environmental Analysis [DEA 3030]
Environmental Engineering [BEE 4750]
Fiber Science and Apparel Design (must choose a course from Ethics/Sustainability)
Human Biology, Health, & Society [NS 1150]
Nutritional Sciences [NS 1150]
Science & Technology Studies [STS 2061]
Science of Earth Systems [EAS 2200]
MINORS
Applied Economics [AEM 4500]
Climate Change [EAS 2680 or EAS 3050]
Design and Environmental Analysis [DEA 1110 or DEA 1500]
Environmental and Resource Economics [AEM 4510]
Environmental Engineering [i.e. ENGRI 1130, BEE 4750, CEE 4650]
Global Health [NS 1150]
Globalization, Ethnicity and Development [DSOC 2050]
Inequality Studies Minor [SOC 2220]
International Trade and Development [AEM 2300]
Natural Resources [NTRES 2201]
Nutrition and Health [NS 1150]
Science of Earth Systems [EAS 2200]
Science of Natural and Environmental Systems [CSS 3650]
Sustainable Energy Systems [BEE 4870]
Urban and Regional Studies [CRP 1101]

4) Graduate programs identified as having sustainability-related learning outcomes:
MAJORS
Applied Economics and Management
Architecture
Architectural Science
Atmospheric Science
Biological and Environmental Engineering
City and Regional Planning
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conservation and Sustainable Development
Cross-Scale Biogeochemistry and Climate IGERT
Design and Environmental Analysis
Development Sociology
Earth-Energy Systems IGERT
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Entomology
Environmental Toxicology
Fiber Science
Food Systems and Poverty Reduction IGERT
Geological Sciences
Global Development
International Agriculture and Rural Development
International Development
Horticulture
Landscape Architecture
Materials for a Sustainable Future IGERT
Natural Resources
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Plant Protection
Regional Science
Soil and Crop Sciences
Sustainable Global Enterprise, Management
Zoology and Wildlife Conservation
MINORS
Environmental Quality
Risk Analysis, Communication, and Policy
Sustainable Energy
Urban Studies
Water Resources


The website URL where the publicly available sustainability course inventory that includes a list of degree programs that have specified sustainability learning outcomes is available:
A copy of the sustainability course inventory :
A list or sample of the sustainability learning outcomes associated with the degree programs:

Two colleges at Cornell have sustainability-related learning outcomes:

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (http://cals.cornell.edu/about/)
Learning Outcomes include:
* Advance knowledge of the unity and diversity of life;
* Promote wise stewardship of the environment and natural resources, and create economical, sustainable energy strategies;
* Develop agricultural systems to establish and maintain safe, nutritious food supplies for current and future generations, and;
* Foster economic vitality and individual and community health and well-being.

College of Veterinary Medicine
(http://www.vet.cornell.edu/education/dvmprogram/educationalgoals.cfm)
Educational Goals include:
* An understanding of the interactions among animals, people, and the environment.
* A commitment to professionalism, including a commitment to animal welfare and to following the best practices in relation to ethical, cultural, global, business management, and legal issues.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Some majors, minors, and graduate programs within College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Veterinary Medicine are listed within the lists of programs, but the numbers of students are only counted once.


Some majors, minors, and graduate programs within College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Veterinary Medicine are listed within the lists of programs, but the numbers of students are only counted once.

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