| Overall Rating | Silver |
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| Overall Score | 52.60 |
| Liaison | Hayley Berliner |
| Submission Date | Oct. 23, 2024 |
Trinity College (CT)
AC-2: Learning Outcomes
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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7.09 / 8.00 |
Hayley
Berliner Sustainability Coordinator Finance & Operations |
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Part 1. Institutional sustainability learning outcomes
Yes
Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
Sustainability-focused
A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
1. Understand the rich diversity of human experiences, appreciating the urgent problems facing society while becoming attuned to both local and global contexts as ethical citizens
https://www.trincoll.edu/dean-of-faculty/academic-programs-and-centers/curriculum/learning-goals/
The below goals are specific to Trinity's Wellness Requirement:
2. Students will strengthen their understanding of social and cultural difference and will practice being an active and responsible member of a diverse heterogeneous community.
3. Students will learn how to engage and care for the world in a responsible manner and make choices to support a sustainable lifestyle.
https://www.trincoll.edu/dean-of-faculty/academic-programs-and-centers/curriculum/learning-goals/
The below goals are specific to Trinity's Wellness Requirement:
2. Students will strengthen their understanding of social and cultural difference and will practice being an active and responsible member of a diverse heterogeneous community.
3. Students will learn how to engage and care for the world in a responsible manner and make choices to support a sustainable lifestyle.
Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes
530
Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
72
A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
The sustainability-focused programs are Environmental Science, Urban Studies, and Public Policy & Law. There were 72 graduates combined from these three programs in the class of 2023 (summer 2022, fall 2022, spring 2023) and 530 total graduates.
A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
Environmental Science
Learning Outcome #1 - ENVS majors will gain a broad background in the fundamental concepts of the physical and life sciences.
- Conceptual knowledge in biology, geology, chemistry, physics, statistics
- Become familiar with the components, structure, and function of Earth and human - systems organization, laws of energy and matter, system responses to change, differences between Earth systems and human systems
- Compare and contrast features of living systems that acknowledge a common origin while recognizing evolutionary differences
Learning Outcome #4 - ENVS majors will develop intellectual independence, scientific literacy and an appreciation for the connections between environmental science and society.
- Acquire and comprehend information from published scientific literature
- be able to locate, obtain, read, and understand appropriate literature in the environmental sciences
- Embraces lifelong learning, has career knowledge
- capable of self-directed learning
- applies scientific thinking to everyday problems
- appreciates relevance of ENVS to society
Urban Studies
Learning Outcome #2 - Develop comprehension of the patterns and processes of urbanization for Hartford, the US, and the world, and an appreciation of the diversity of urbanism on the planet
Public Policy and Law (option for specialization)
Learning Goal #5 - Acquire depth in a substantive area of public policy: policy specific electives and a supervised internship in a substantive public policy field (e.g. health, environmental, legal, or art policy) and develop depth of knowledge
Learning Outcome #1 - ENVS majors will gain a broad background in the fundamental concepts of the physical and life sciences.
- Conceptual knowledge in biology, geology, chemistry, physics, statistics
- Become familiar with the components, structure, and function of Earth and human - systems organization, laws of energy and matter, system responses to change, differences between Earth systems and human systems
- Compare and contrast features of living systems that acknowledge a common origin while recognizing evolutionary differences
Learning Outcome #4 - ENVS majors will develop intellectual independence, scientific literacy and an appreciation for the connections between environmental science and society.
- Acquire and comprehend information from published scientific literature
- be able to locate, obtain, read, and understand appropriate literature in the environmental sciences
- Embraces lifelong learning, has career knowledge
- capable of self-directed learning
- applies scientific thinking to everyday problems
- appreciates relevance of ENVS to society
Urban Studies
Learning Outcome #2 - Develop comprehension of the patterns and processes of urbanization for Hartford, the US, and the world, and an appreciation of the diversity of urbanism on the planet
Public Policy and Law (option for specialization)
Learning Goal #5 - Acquire depth in a substantive area of public policy: policy specific electives and a supervised internship in a substantive public policy field (e.g. health, environmental, legal, or art policy) and develop depth of knowledge
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:
13.58
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