Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 78.69
Liaison Lindsey Kalkbrenner
Submission Date Feb. 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Santa Clara University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.88 / 8.00 Veronica Johnson
Academics and Engagement Program Manager
Center for 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-supportive

A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
Undergraduate Learning Goals
• Cultivation of Ethics and a Life of Meaning and Purpose: Engage in ethical reflection and self-examination of life's meaning and purpose in ways that inform values and actions
• Social Justice: Develop knowledge, values, commitments, and action related to social justice issues locally, nationally, and globally
• Engagement with Diverse Communities, Locally and Globally: Develop dispositions and abilities to participate respectfully and meaningfully within diverse communities, both as engaged citizens and globally-minded professionals

Graduate Learning Goals
• Enhance Professional Development: Exhibit professionalism, consistent with the University's Jesuit mission that includes attention to ethics, integrity, and responsible engagement with their communities - professionally, locally, or globally.

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
2,327

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
547

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
The figures above were determined based on the number of students who graduated from one of the academic programs listed below. To prevent double-counting (graduates with double majors, for example), duplicate student IDs were removed.

A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
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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:
23.51

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data is from the 2021-2022 academic year, the most recent year for which we have complete data about degrees awarded.

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