Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.00
Liaison Cindy Shea
Submission Date Nov. 13, 2024

STARS v3.0

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AC-2: Undergraduate Programs

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 14.32 / 15.00 Melanie Elliott
Sustainability Analyst
Sustainable Carolina
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2.1 Institutional sustainability learning outcomes for undergraduate students

Has the institution established institutional learning outcomes for its undergraduate students?:
Yes

Online resource detailing the institutional learning outcomes for undergraduate students:
Publication detailing the institutional learning outcomes for undergraduate students:
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Are one or more of the institutional learning outcomes for undergraduate students sustainability-focused?:
Yes

Text of each institutional learning outcome for undergraduate students that qualifies as sustainability-focused:

Global Understanding and Engagement: Explain human and environmental challenges that transcend national borders.

 


Are one or more of the institutional learning outcomes for undergraduate students sustainability-supportive?:
Yes

Text of each institutional learning outcome for undergraduate students that qualifies as sustainability-supportive:

Ethical and Civic Values: Analyze the differences between personal ethical decisions and those bearing on the public and civic spheres.

Natural Scientific Investigation: Identify, assess, and make informed decisions about ethical issues at the intersections of the natural sciences and society.

Power, Difference, and Inequality: Recognize the relationship between inequality and social, economic, and political power.


The Reporting Tool will automatically calcuate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator AC 2.1:
4

2.2 Undergraduate programs with sustainability-focused learning requirements

Does the institution offer at least one sustainability-focused degree, certificate, or major for undergraduate students?:
Yes

List and description of the institution’s sustainability-focused degrees, certificates, and majors for undergraduate students:

Please see description of each major in the attachment below.

African, African-American, and Diaspora Studies
Anthropology
Biostatistics
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Studies
Environmental Health Sciences
Geography
Geological Sciences
Global Studies
Health Policy and Management
Nutrition
Public Policy
Peace, War, and Defense
Sociology
Women's and Gender Studies

 


Does the institution offer at least one sustainability-focused concentration or minor for undergraduate students?:
Yes

List and description of the institution’s sustainability-focused concentrations and minors for undergraduate students:

Please see description of each minor in the attachment below.

African, African American & Diaspora Studies
Anthropology
Environmental Justice
Environment Sciences and Studies
Food Studies
Geography
Geographic Information Sciences
Geological Sciences
Human Development, Sustainability & Rights in Africa and the African Diaspora
Health and Society
Marine Sciences
Public Policy
Social and Economic Justice
Sustainability Studies
Urban Studies & Planning
Women's and Gender Studies


Does the institution offer at least one undergraduate qualification focused on a subject other than sustainability that has a sustainability-focused learning requirement?:
Yes

List and description of the institution’s undergraduate qualifications focused on subjects other than sustainability that have sustainability-focused learning requirements:

Please see description of each sustainability-inclusive major in the attachment below.

American Studies
Asian Studies
Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Business Administration
Chemistry
Communication Studies
Contemporary European Studies
Dental Hygiene
Economics
Exercise and Sports Science
History
Human and Organizational Leadership Development
Human Development and Family Science
Information Science
Management and Society
Media and Journalism
Medical Anthropology
Neuroscience
Nursing
Political Science
Psychology

Please see description of each sustainability-inclusive minor in the attachment below.

American Indian and Indigenous Studies
American Studies
Applied Science and Engineering
Arabic
Asian Studies
Biology
Business Administration
Chemistry
Cognitive Science
Conflict Management
Data Science
Education
Entrepreneurship
Exercise and Sport Science
History
Information Systems
Media and Journalism
Medical Anthropology
Medicine, Literature, and Culture
Neuroscience
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Real Estate
Sexuality Studies

 


The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator AC 2.2:
4

2.3 Percentage of undergraduate qualifications awarded that have sustainability-focused learning requirements

Performance year for undergraduate qualifications:
2023

Total number of undergraduate qualifications awarded:
4,507

Number of undergraduate qualifications awarded that are sustainability-focused:
1,048

Number of undergraduate qualifications awarded that are focused on subjects other than sustainability but have sustainability-focused learning requirements:
3,019

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following three figures:

Total number of undergraduate qualifications awarded that have sustainability-focused learning requirements:
4,067

Percentage of undergraduate qualifications awarded that have sustainability-focused learning requirements:
90.24

Points earned for indicator AC 2.3:
6.32

Optional documentation

Notes about the information provided for this credit:

Decriptions of the undergraduate learning requirements in sustainability-focused majors and minors and sustainability-inclusive majors and minors are attached in the document below.


Additional documentation for this credit:

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