| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.28 |
| Liaison | Geory Kurtzhals |
| Submission Date | Jan. 4, 2022 |
University of Notre Dame
AC-2: Learning Outcomes
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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3.51 / 8.00 |
Geory
Kurtzhals Sr. Director Office of Sustainability |
Has the institution adopted one or more sustainability learning outcomes that apply to the entire student body or, at minimum, to the institution's predominant student body?:
Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
All Notre Dame Undergraduates enroll in the First Year of Studies program. A part of the program is the Moreau course (https://corecurriculum.nd.edu/moreau-first-year-experience/). The Moreau syllabus, common to all sections of the two-semester course, is organized around multiple themes, including orientation to University life, health and wellbeing, community standards, cultural competence, academic success, spiritual life, and discernment. Care for the environment and environmental responsibility learning outcomes are included as part of the student well-being series. The University considers the immediate physical environment in which you live, the campus community, and the global environment, to be of great importance. Improving your environmental well-being can be as simple as recycling or as complex as leading a sustainability initiative on campus. Environmental well-being is also covered in the spring syllabus learning outcomes related to spirituality as first-year students study the Pope's recent encyclical, Laudato Si (On Care For Our Common Home).
The provost’s website also underscores sustainability outcomes for Undergraduates:
https://dulac.nd.edu/academic/undergraduate-resources/
In order to lay the foundations for life‐long learning, by the time they graduate, Notre Dame undergraduates will be able to:
A. Acquire, synthesize, and communicate knowledge by incorporating relevant disciplinary approaches, cultural perspectives, and Catholic intellectual tradition.
B. Recognize moral and ethical questions in lived experiences, evaluate alternatives, and act with integrity.
C. Contribute to the common good by displaying a disciplined sensibility and committed engagement in response to complex challenges facing local, national, or global communities.
D. Demonstrate the vision and self‐direction necessary to articulate, set, and advance toward their goals.
E. Think critically in formulating opinions or accepting conclusions.
F. Exhibit creativity or innovation in the pursuit of their intellectual interests.
G. Display a level of mastery in their major field(s) of study that enables them to successfully pursue professional careers or advanced study.
Total number of graduates from degree programs:
Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
This number reflects the 2020 total of students graduating from degree programs which require a sustainability-focused course.
A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
The Sustainability Minor, Minor in Resiliency and Sustainability of Engineering Systems, Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Center for Sustainable Energy's PhD program, Poverty Studies, Hesburgh Program for Public Service, Environmental Science, Masters of Global Affairs, International Development, International Peace Studies, Architecture, Catholic Social Tradition, the GLOBES program, Education, Schooling, and Society, Peace Studies, Environment Concentration in Biology, Real Estate, Global Affairs and the Science, Technology & Values Minor all meet the above description.
Documentation supporting the figure reported above (upload):
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
Percentage of students who graduate from programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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