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-3: Graduate Programs

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.00 / 8.00 Melanie Elliott
Sustainability Analyst
Sustainable Carolina
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3.1 Graduate programs with sustainability-focused learning requirements

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

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

 

Anthropology
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Biology
Biomedical & Health Informatics
Biostatistics
City and Regional Planning
Ecology 
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Epidemiology
Geography
Global Studies
Health Behavior
Health Policy & Management
Marine Sciences
Maternal & Child Health
Microbiology & Immunology
Nutrition
Public Health


 


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

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

Graduate Certificate in Natural Hazards Resilience : Trains researchers and practitioners who can help the public, non-profit, and private sectors become more resilient in the face of natural hazards and disasters and adapt to the effects of a changing climate.

Graduate Certificate in Innovation for the Public Good : Modern changemaking and the skills need to create meaningful change in the world

Maternal, Child and Family Health Concentration : Determinants, mechanisms, and systems that promote and maintain the health and safety of women, children and their familieis to enhance the future health and welfare of society

MBA Sustainable Enterprise Concentration: Sustainable enterprise is a way of doing business that makes profits through means that reduce harm to society and environment. It turns challenges into business opportunities that serve a triple bottom line of profits, society and the environment. The result is often unique martket solutions that leapfrog the competitoin of help firms to enter new markets with products better suited to long-term growth. 

Rural Pharmacy Health Certificate Program : Population health management; Cultural competency in healthcare; Introduction to rural populations; Health disparities; Impact of social determinants fo health on overall patient outcomes

 


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

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

Accounting
American Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Business Administration
Cell Biology & Physiology
Clinical Rehab & Mental Health
Clinical Research
Communication Studies
Dentistry
Digital Communication
Education Experienced Teachers K-12
Education
Educational Leadership
Geological Sciences
History
Human Movement Science
Information and Library Science
Materials Science
Media & Communication
Medicine
Neuroscience
Nursing
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacology
Pharmacy
Physical Therapy
Physician Assistant Studies
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Public Policy
School Administration
Social Work
Sociology
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Toxicology

 


The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator AC 3.1:
4

3.2 Percentage of graduate qualifications awarded that have sustainability-focused learning requirements

Performance year for graduate qualifications:
2023

Total number of graduate qualifications awarded:
3,285

Number of graduate qualifications awarded that are sustainability-focused:
793

Number of graduate qualifications awarded that are focused on subjects other than sustainability but have sustainability-focused learning requirements:
2,010

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following three figures:

Total number of graduate qualifications awarded that have sustainability-focused learning requirements:
2,803

Percentage of graduate qualifications awarded that have sustainability-focused learning requirements:
85.33

Points earned for indicator AC 3.2:
4

Optional documentation

Notes about the information provided for this credit:

A listing of the graduate and professional degrees that are sustainability-focused and sustainability-inclusive is attached below.

 


Additional documentation for this credit:

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