Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.20
Liaison Eric Boles
Submission Date March 8, 2017
Executive Letter Download

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University of Arkansas
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.54 / 8.00 Marty Matlock
Executive Director
Office for Sustainability
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Number of students who graduated from a program that has adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
3,246

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
5,714

A copy of the list or inventory of degree, diploma or certificate programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:
A list of degree, diploma or certificate programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:
Crop Science, BSA Agricultural Business, BSA Agricultural Education, Communication, And Technology, BSA Agricultural Mechanization, BSA Animal Science, BSA Anthropology, BA Anthropology, BS Architectural Studies, BA Architecture, BArch Biological Engineering, BSBE Biology, BA Biology, BS Business Economics, BSBA Career And Technical Education, BSE Chemical Engineering, BSChE Chemistry, BA Chemistry, BS Civil Engineering, BSCE Community Health Promotion (Public Health), BSE Earth Science, BS Economics, BA Electrical Engineering, BSEE Environmental Soil And Water Science, BSA Extension Education, BSA Food Science, BSA Foods, Human Nutrition, and Hospitality, BSHES Geography, BA Geology, BS Horticulture, Landscape And Turf Sciences, BSA Human Development And Family Sciences, BSHES Human Environmental Sciences, BSHES Human Resource and Workforce Development Education, BSE Industrial Engineering, BSIE Information Systems, BSBA Interior Design, BID International Business, BSIB International Relations (International Studies), BA Landscape Architectural Studies, BS Landscape Architecture, BLA Management, BSBA Mechanical Engineering, BSME Public Administration, BSPA Recreation And Sport Management, BSE Social Work, BSW Sociology, BA Supply Chain Management, BSBA Agricultural And Food Law, LLM Agricultural Economics, MS Agricultural, Food, And Life Sciences, MS Animal Science, MS Anthropology, MA Biological Engineering, MSBE Biology, MS Biomedical Engineering, MSBME Business Administration, MBA Chemistry, MS Community Health Promotion, MS Comparative Literature And Cultural Studies, MA Computer Engineering, MSCmpE Crop, Soil And Environmental Sciences, MS Educational Leadership, MED Educational Statistics & Research Methods, MS Educational Technology, MED Electrical Engineering, MSEE Engineering, MSE Entomology, MS Environmental Engineering, MSENE Food Science, MS Geography, MA Geology, MS Higher Education, MED Horticulture, MS Human Environmental Sciences, MS Human Resources and Workforce Development Education, MED Industrial Engineering, MSIE Information Systems, MIS Mechanical Engineering, MSME Operations Management, MSOM Operations Research, MSOR Plant Pathology, MS Political Science, MA Poultry Science, MS Public Administration (and Nonprofit Studies), MPA Public Service, MPS Recreation And Sport Management, MED Social Work, MSW Sociology, MA Statistics (Name change to Statistics and Analytics), MS Telecommunications Engineering, MSTCE Transportation Engineering, MSTE Transportation and Logistics Management, MTLM Curriculum And Instruction, EDS Educational Leadership, EDS Human Resources and Workforce Development Education, EDD Adult And Lifelong Learning, EDD Animal Science, PHD Anthropology, PHD Biology, PHD Business Administration, PHD Cell And Molecular Biology, PHD Chemistry, PHD Community Health Promotion, PHD Crop, Soil And Environmental Sciences, PHD Economics, PHD Education Policy, PHD Educational Leadership, EDD Educational Statistics & Research Methods, PHD Engineering, PHD Entomology, PHD Environmental Dynamics, PHD Food Science, PHD Higher Education, EDD Plant Science, PHD Poultry Science, PHD Public Policy, PHD Recreation And Sport Management, EDD Vocational Education, EDD Advanced Instrumental Performance, GC Arkansas Curriculum/Program Administrator, PMC Building-Level Administration, PMC Entrepreneurship, GC Preparing For The Professoriate, GC Sustainability, GC Educational Statistics And Research Methods, PMC

A list or sample of the sustainability learning outcomes associated with degree, diploma or certificate programs (if not included in an inventory above):
Students who complete the minor in Sustainability will be expected to: Articulate commonly accepted definitions of sustainability and discuss various nuances among those definitions; Have an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability issues, particularly as they pertain to the thematic areas of knowledge addressed by the minor (sustainability of natural systems, sustainability of managed systems, sustainability of built systems, and sustainability of human social systems); Be conversant regarding acquisition and analysis of data pertinent to sustainability issues; Communicate orally and in writing organized thoughts defining sustainability issues; Identify appropriate potential strategies to address sustainability issues using data and provide results of rudimentary analyses of data using novel metrics or statistics; Make recommendations, based on data analysis and interpretation, to advance sustainability of individuals or institutions.

The website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability learning outcomes is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Double majors and minors are not included in the graduate counts due to an issue with double counting students.

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