Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.29
Liaison Kevin Kirsche
Submission Date Dec. 22, 2017
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STARS v2.1

University of Georgia
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.95 / 8.00 Tyra Byers
Program Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Total number of graduates from degree programs (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, certificates, and other academic designations):
9,637

Number of students that graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
7,170

Percentage of students who graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
74.40

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the institution level (e.g. covering all students)?:
Yes

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:

To achieve the goals of the Environmental Awareness (EA) Requirement, every University of Georgia undergraduate student must acquire a basic understanding of:
1) The interactions between human activity and the environment at local, regional, or global scales; OR
2)The ethical, cultural, economic, or political forces that affect environmental problems and policies.

Source: http://bulletin.uga.edu/bulletin_files/EnvironmentalAwarenessReqPolicyStatement.html


Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the program level (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, degrees, diplomas, certificates, and other academic designations)?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the program level sustainability learning outcomes (or a list of sustainability-focused programs):

A list of learning outcomes for the graduate programs included in this report is attached below.
Graduate Programs included in this list include:
Agriculture and Environmental Science
Anthropology
Crop and Soil Science
Ecology
Environmental Economics
Environment and Design
Environmental Health
Environmental Engineering
Geography
Horticulture
International Policy
Toxicology
Forestry


Do course level sustainability learning outcomes contribute to the figure reported above (i.e. in the absence of program, division, or institution level learning outcomes)?:
No

A list or brief description of the course level sustainability learning outcomes and the programs for which the courses are required:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The list of learning outcomes for graduate programs at UGA was developed using the UGA Office of Academic Affairs master excel sheet of program learning outcomes, supplemented by individual department websites. Numbers came from the 2016 UGA Fact Book, and self reported by individual departments for the same year.


The list of learning outcomes for graduate programs at UGA was developed using the UGA Office of Academic Affairs master excel sheet of program learning outcomes, supplemented by individual department websites. Numbers came from the 2016 UGA Fact Book, and self reported by individual departments for the same year.

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.