| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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| Overall Score | 77.90 |
| Liaison | Katie Maynard |
| Submission Date | March 4, 2021 |
University of California, Santa Barbara
AC-3: Undergraduate Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Katie
Maynard Sustainability Coordinator Geography & Sustainability |
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Majors, degrees and certificate programs
Yes
Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program:
Environmental Studies Program
A brief description of the undergraduate degree program:
Students majoring in environmental studies will explore a wide variety of environmental topics, drawing on concepts, theories, and research methods from the natural and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The environmental studies program generates transformative ideas through research, and educates students to become agents of change for a healthier and more just environment.
Website URL for the undergraduate degree program:
Additional degree programs (optional)
Geography
None
A brief description of the undergraduate degree program (2nd program):
The UCSB Department of Geography Is Represented By Three Cross-Cutting Themes:
1) Earth System Science: the physical and biological processes of the environment.
2) Human Geography: the way humans perceive, interact with, and modify the environment.
3) Modeling, Measurement, and Computation: techniques for the collection, analysis, and interpretation of geospatial data using tools such as GIS, remote sensing, and spatial statistics.
1) Earth System Science: the physical and biological processes of the environment.
2) Human Geography: the way humans perceive, interact with, and modify the environment.
3) Modeling, Measurement, and Computation: techniques for the collection, analysis, and interpretation of geospatial data using tools such as GIS, remote sensing, and spatial statistics.
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Name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
Global Studies
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A brief description of the undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
Explains the basic contours of contemporary global social, cultural, economic, environmental and political issues. Offers a coherent introduction to global culture and ethics, global ideologies and world order, and global economy and development.
Website URL for the undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
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The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program(s):
Environmental Science (BA):
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2017_Majors/LS/EnvSt/Environmental-St_BA_2017.pdf
Environmental Science (BS):
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2017_Majors/LS/EnvSt/Environmental-St_BS_2017.pdf
Earth Science (BS) - Climate and Environment Emphasis:
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2017_Majors/LS/Earth/Earth-Sci-BS-Climate-Environment_2017.pdf
Geography (BA):
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2017_Majors/LS/Geog/Geography-BA-2017.pdf
Global Studies (BA):
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2017_Majors/LS/Globl/Global_BA_2017.pdf
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2017_Majors/LS/EnvSt/Environmental-St_BA_2017.pdf
Environmental Science (BS):
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2017_Majors/LS/EnvSt/Environmental-St_BS_2017.pdf
Earth Science (BS) - Climate and Environment Emphasis:
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2017_Majors/LS/Earth/Earth-Sci-BS-Climate-Environment_2017.pdf
Geography (BA):
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2017_Majors/LS/Geog/Geography-BA-2017.pdf
Global Studies (BA):
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2017_Majors/LS/Globl/Global_BA_2017.pdf
Minors and concentrations
Yes
Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration:
Undergraduate Specialization in Literature and the Environment
A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration:
In order to attain a certificate, students in the English major complete four environmentally oriented courses from a range of over two-dozen that are regularly offered. They explore environmental issues from British, American, and Global perspectives, using a host of methodological approaches, with such emphases as non-human/human relations, environmental and social justice within a global rather than national context, and the political impact of institutions, networks, and regimes on bodies and the biosphere. Such diversity has allowed students to take courses as varied as “American Romanticism and Environmental Imagination,” “Postcolonial and Global Ecological Imaginations,” “Milton and Ecology,” “Natural Representations: Wordsworth, Dickinson, Bishop,” and “Animal Theory.”
Website URL for the undergraduate minor or concentration:
Additional minors and concentrations (optional)
Bachelor of Science in Earth Science with Climate and Environment Emphasis
A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration (2nd program):
This major employs an integrated view of the earth as a dynamically linked system. Students take traditional geology courses while pursuing coursework in related disciplines, such as ocean, atmospheric, and earth-surface processes.
Website URL for the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration (3rd program):
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In accordance with the technical manual, we only included programs where the focus was explicitly on sustainability. Due to this, we left out several programs and emphases which include one or more learning outcomes related to sustainability, but that are not primarily focused on sustainability. Please see AC2: Learning Outcomes for a full list of related programs.
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