| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 78.50 |
| Liaison | Marina Zdobnova |
| Submission Date | Aug. 16, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of California, Berkeley
AC-2: Learning Outcomes
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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5.93 / 8.00 |
Jack
Chang STARS Assessment Fellow (ERG) Sustainability |
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Total number of graduates from degree programs (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, certificates, and other academic designations):
11,492
Number of students that graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
8,516
Percentage of students who graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
74.10
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One
Institution and Division Level Learning Outcomes
No
Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the division level (e.g. covering particular schools or colleges within the institution)?:
No
A list or brief description of the institution level or division level sustainability learning outcomes:
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Program Level Learning Outcomes
No
A list or brief description of the program level sustainability learning outcomes (or a list of sustainability-focused programs):
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Course Level Learning Outcomes
Yes
A list or brief description of the course level sustainability learning outcomes and the programs for which the courses are required:
All undergraduates at UC Berkeley are required to receive a passing grade in at least one designated American Cultures course to graduate. Such courses explicitly address social, economic and environmental sustainability issues. They also must be integrative and comparative and address theoretical and analytical issues relevant to understanding race, culture, and ethnicity in American history and society. Examples of the 118 classes that fulfill the requirement are Civil Rights and Social Movements in U.S. History; Engineering, the Environment and Society; and The Social and Cultural Processes in Architecture & Urban Design - which can be found on the sustainability course list from AC-1.
Number of undergraduate degrees award in 2016-17: 7,769
A complete list of American Cultures courses can be found here:
https://classes.berkeley.edu/search/class?f%5B0%5D=sm_general_requirement%3AAmerican%20Cultures&f%5B1%5D=im_field_term_name%3A789&f%5B2%5D=im_field_term_name%3A770&retain-filters=1
At the graduate level, separate departments and programs include their own sustainable course-level learning outcome requirements. The following list includes Department, Graduate Degrees, Required Sustainability Course or Courses, Number of Graduates in 2016-17 (most recent school year with complete records).
Agricultural & Resource Economics - All graduate degrees - Required course: ARE 202 Issues and Concepts in Agricultural Economics - Graduates: 44
City and Regional Planning - All graduate degrees - Required course: CP 205 Intro to Planning and Environmental Law - Graduates: 47
Civil and Environmental Engineering - All graduate degrees - Required course: CE 11 Engineered Systems and Sustainability - Graduates: 215
Demography - All graduate degrees - Required course: Demography 110 Introduction to Population Analysis - Graduates: 6
Development Practice - MDP - Required course: Environmental Economics and Policy - Graduates: 26
Earth and Planetary Science - All graduate degrees - Required courses: EPS 255 Advanced Topics in Earth & Planetary Science; EPS 260 Research in Earth Science; EPS 375 Professional Preparation: Supervised Teaching of Geology and Geophysics - Graduates: 12
Energy & Resources - All graduate degrees - Required courses: ER 100 Energy and Society, ER 102 Quantitative Aspects of Global Environmental Problem-Solving - Graduates: 15
Environmental Science, Policy and Management - M.S. - Required course: ESPM 116B Rangeland Ecology - Graduates: 23
Environmental Science, Policy and Management - M.S. Forestry - Required coursework: "A program of study to assure advanced specialized training in professional forest resource management" - Graduates: 4
Ethnic Studies - All graduate degrees - Required course: ES 200 Critical Terms and Issues in Comparative Ethnic Studies - Graduates: 8
Geography - Doctoral degrees - Required coursework: Geography 200 A, B Contemporary Geographic Thought - Graduates: 4
Plant and Microbial Biology - All graduate degrees - Required coursework: Two-semester core course that covers plant diversity and evolution, plant cell biology and plant systems biology - Graduates: 6
Political Science - All graduate degrees - Required course: PS 5 Introduction to International Relations - Graduates: 26
Public Health - All graduate degrees - Required course: PH 200K Environmental Health Science Breadth Course - Graduates: 195
Social Work - All graduate degrees - Required coursework: Diversity-Competent Practice Coursework - Graduates: 98
Sociology - All graduate degrees - Required courses: Soc 201A, B Classical Social Theory, Modern Social Theory - Graduates: 18
Optional Fields
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The total figure for graduates with sustainable learning outcomes is made up of a tally of all undergraduates who received a degree in the most recently documented year, in addition to students who received graduate degrees from departments and programs that require sustainability-themed coursework.
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.