| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 40.43 |
| Liaison | Andreas Wolfram |
| Submission Date | Jan. 10, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Ringling College of Art and Design
ER-9: Sustainability Learning Outcomes
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
9.02 / 10.00 |
David
Jackson Assoc. VP for Academic Affairs Academic Affairs |
The number of graduates covered by the sustainability learning outcomes:
Total number of graduates :
A list of degree programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:
We are assessing sustainability at the institutional level, not the department or major level. We have an environmental studies requirement at Ringling that serves the role of our Liberal Arts/general studies Science requirement for both the BA and BFA degree programs. All courses in environmental studies have a focus on sustainability – it was, and is, a primary principle of that area of the curriculum and has been since the requirement was established in 1991.
Interior Design has additional sustainability requirement as required by its accreditors.
BOAD (Business of Art and Design) also incorporates sustainability into its courses, but the major itself does not have a specific sustainability-learning outcome.
The website URL where the publicly available sustainability course inventory that includes a list of degree programs that have specified sustainability learning outcomes is available:
A copy of the sustainability course inventory :
A list or sample of the sustainability learning outcomes associated with the degree programs:
The four components of Sustainability that we are assessing are:
1) Awareness of current Environmental Issues,
2) Scientific and quantitative reasoning
3) Basic understanding of Natural Capital and the value of Nature’s services to the
economy and the environment.
4) Understanding of systems thinking and modeling.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In this, our first year of specifically assessing sustainability, we assessed 159 students. On a four year cycle, over 90% of the students enrolled at the college will take an environmental studies course.
In this, our first year of specifically assessing sustainability, we assessed 159 students. On a four year cycle, over 90% of the students enrolled at the college will take an environmental studies course.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.