Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.43
Liaison Jim Simon
Submission Date Sept. 23, 2020

STARS v2.2

Gonzaga University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.68 / 8.00 Deena Gonzalez
Provost & Senior Vice President
Office of the Provost
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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:
In 2020, the institution approved and released the Gonzaga University Baccalaureate Goals. The following goals have been determined to be sustainability-supporting:

-Integrating: connecting learning within and across disciplines and experiences.
-Problem Solving: individually and in collaboration with others.
-Civic/Cultural Engagement
-A commitment to a just society and world and the courage to act justly

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
2,021

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
171

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
The figure was determined by looking at programs that had been identified as sustainability-focused in credits AC-3 and AC-4, identified as requiring a sustainability-focused course in AC-1 for program completion, and/or had their own sustainability-focused or sustainability-related learning goal developed by the program.

A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
Undergraduate Programs:
-Biology, Minor, Required Class
-Civil Engineering, Major, Learning Outcome/Required Class
-Communication Studies, Major, Learning Outcome
-Computer Engineering, Major, Learning Outcome
-Electrical Engineering, Major, Learning Outcome
-Engineering Management, Major, Learning Outcome
-Environmental Studies, Major/Minor, Sus. Program/Learning Outcome/Required Class
-Religious Studies, Major/Minor, Learning Outcome
-Solidarity & Social Justice, Minor, Sus. Program/Required Class
-Sustainable Business, Minor, Sus. Program/Required Class

Graduate:
-J.D. Certificate in Civil & Human Rights, Sustainability Program
-Transmission & Distribution, M.Eng, Sus. Program/Learning Outcome.

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:
8.46

Optional Fields 

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