Universidad San Francisco de Quito
AC-2: Learning Outcomes
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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6.93 / 8.00 |
Maria Jose
Ayala Innovation and Sustainability Officer Innovation and Sustainability Office |
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?:
Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
USFQ is a liberal arts university where all students must complete a general curriculum in liberal arts to graduate. The general learning objective of the Liberal Arts program is to “train academics and professionals with multidisciplinary knowledge in different areas of the Social Sciences and Humanities, who possess analytical and argumentative skills, the ability to conduct research, as well as a critical attitude towards the world around them, and who contribute proactively to the transformation of society with solutions based on academic research and critical thinking”.
Total number of graduates from degree programs:
Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
A database of all degree learning outcomes was obtained from the department of curricular design. A revision of the learning objectives of each degree was performed by the Sustainability Officer to select those have adopted a sustainability-focused learning outcome. A second database was obtained from the department of IT with all graduates in 2019 by degree. Graduates from the degrees identified as having learning objectives with a sustainability-focused learning outcome were counted towards the reported total.
A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
Environmental Management (Galapagos)
Environmental Education
Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Biotechnology
Anthropology
Liberal Arts
Architecture
Biology
Psychology
Economics
Education
Nutrition
International Relations
Business Administration
Agronomy
Agribusiness engineering
Food Engineering
Visual Arts
Communication
Multimedia Journalism
TV and Digital Media Produciton
Law
Interior Design
Graphic Design
Specialization in pediatric dentistry
Masters in Economics
Masters in Microbiology
Masters in Public Health
Mathematics
Medicine
Veterinary Medicine
Publicity
Documentation supporting the figure reported above (upload):
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
Percentage of students who graduate from programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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