Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 60.56
Liaison Mari Acob-Nash
Submission Date Oct. 30, 2021

STARS v2.2

North Seattle College
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.00 / 8.00 Adam Maurer
District Sustainability Coordinator
Finance and Ops
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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:
Four essential learning outcomes (ELOs) were adopted on June 13, 2017 by the North Seattle College Curriculum and Academic Standards Committee. All academic degrees are required to incorporate the ELOs. The ELO specific to sustainability is:
Responsibility for understanding and integrating intercultural competence, practicing ethical reasoning and conduct, applying sustainability principles, and demonstrating respect for self and others.

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
502

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
0

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
NSC does not currently have any degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability.

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

Documentation supporting the figure reported above (upload):
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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:
0

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data represents academic year 2019-2020.

NSC has a large number of students that transfer to a 4-year university and do not acquire a degree.

NSC have adopted sustainability-focused learning outcomes, which apply to all academic degree programs. Therefore, we took the total number of "completions" from the SBCTC webpage. This number of completions includes BAS, Associates, Certificates, and Basic Skills. We removed certificates and basic skills from the number of graduates, because these are not academic degrees. Essential Learning Outcomes (ELOs) apply to all academic degrees, one of which is sustainability focused.

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