Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.23
Liaison Brandon Trelstad
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2018
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Oregon State University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.96 / 8.00 Leticia Cavazos
Sustainability Program Specialist
Sustainability Office
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Total number of graduates from degree programs (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, certificates, and other academic designations):
6,807

Number of students that graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
3,368

Percentage of students who graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
49.48

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)?:
No

A list or brief description of the program level sustainability learning outcomes (or a list of sustainability-focused programs):
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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)?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the course level sustainability learning outcomes and the programs for which the courses are required:
Course level sustainability learning outcomes are unique to each course. The list of Sustainability Courses, and Courses that Include Sustainability are referenced in the Excel file provided with credit AC-1. Sustainability Courses required for students to graduate (by major) were used to complete the analysis for AC-2. A file showing this cross referencing process is attached to this credit. In order to determine if the Sustainability Courses referenced in credit AC-1 were required courses in any major, the following links were consulted (Courses that Include Sustainability were not considered in this analysis): http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/DegreeSearcher.aspx?formstate=undermajors http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/DegreeSearcher.aspx?formstate=gradmajors This analysis resulted in a list of majors that have required Sustainability Courses, shown in the file attached to this credit. To determine the number of students that graduated from majors that have adopted at least one required Sustainability Course, the following link was consulted: http://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/grad-summary-2016-17.pdf

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://oregonstate.edu/admin/aa/apaa/assessment/undergraduate-majors-assessment/undergraduate-program-learning-outcomes

Additional documentation to support the submission:
Required Courses by Major.xlsm

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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