Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.12
Liaison Kristina Hope
Submission Date March 1, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Knox College
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.77 / 8.00 Deborah Steinberg
Director of Campus Sustainability Initiatives
Office of Sustainability
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Total number of graduates from degree programs (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, certificates, and other academic designations):
361

Number of students that graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
80

Percentage of students who graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
22.16

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Institution and Division Level Learning Outcomes

Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the institution level (e.g. covering all students)?:
No

Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the division level (e.g. covering particular schools or colleges within the institution)?:
No

A list or brief description of the institution level or division level sustainability learning outcomes:
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Program Level Learning Outcomes

Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the program level (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, degrees, diplomas, certificates, and other academic designations)?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the program level sustainability learning outcomes (or a list of sustainability-focused programs):
The majors and minors including sustainability learning outcomes include: Students completing a Biology major will be able to: Describe and explain the application and societal and environmental implications of biology in the world outside of the classroom; Students with an Earth Science minor will be able to: Integrate an understanding of geology into an interdisciplinary context that incorporates societal issues and human interactions with the planet. Students completing a major in Environmental Studies will be able to: Describe and explain the ecological dimensions of human experience, Use an interdisciplinary approach to consider social, political and economic factors that impact our environment, Obtain and evaluate scientific knowledge using various methodologies found in environmentally-related fields, and Analyze imbalances in economic and political power in the allocation and accessibility of resources among the world’s people

Course Level Learning Outcomes

Do course level sustainability learning outcomes contribute to the figure reported above (i.e. in the absence of program, division, or institution level learning outcomes)?:
No

A list or brief description of the course level sustainability learning outcomes and the programs for which the courses are required:
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Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The response for "Number of students that graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome" are all of the Majors and Minors awarded in 2017 in one of the three program level degrees that are mentioned in the Program Level Learning Outcomes section.

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