Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.55
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date Jan. 18, 2024

STARS v2.2

Indiana University Bloomington
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.00 / 8.00 Kelsey Beal
Sustainbility Analyst
Office of 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:
The Indiana University Bloomington General Education Curriculum consists of two parts: The Common Ground and Shared Goals.

The Shared Goals — Diversity in the United States, Sustainability Literacy, Intensive Writing, Information Literacy, and Enriching Educational Experiences — form an essential part of the IU Bloomington GenEd Program.

Unlike the Common Ground requirements, which are the same for all undergraduate students, the Shared Goals are program-specific and vary depending on major and school.

Information on IUB’s GenEd Requirements can be found here: https://gened.indiana.edu/requirements/index.html

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
10,851

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
2,868

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
Review of all Graduates by Program level. UG Graduates were counted for specific programs that include the concept of sustainability as a learning outcome. The Graduate and Professional level programs that are included as defined in the following list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability. Reviewed all Programs by the API levels and further review by API/Plan levels to determine sust-focused programs.

See the attached documentation.

A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
The list of Sustainability Degrees is found in the attached document.

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:
26.43

Optional Fields 

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