Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.73
Liaison Gary Cocke
Submission Date May 11, 2023

STARS v2.2

The University of Texas at Dallas
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.00 / 8.00 Gary Cocke
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Institutional sustainability learning outcomes

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?:
Yes

Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
Sustainability-focused

A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
Core Curriculum Learning Outcomes:

Social Responsibility (SR)-to include intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities

Teamwork (TW)-to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal

Core Curriculum Assessment Project (Comets to the Core) Learning Outcome:

Collaborate with peers to develop a solution to a real-world problem.
Analyze research to identify how they can alleviate social problems in the real world.

Identify the social, political, environmental, and economic components of a complex world problem, and will provide a solution that addresses sustainability in each of those areas

View the institution level sustainability learning outcomes: https://core.utdallas.edu/

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
9,712

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
3,816

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
The number above was determined by auditing all program level learning outcomes to identify those with sustainability-focused learning outcomes, then summing the number of graduates from those programs in academic year 2022.

A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
See attached spreadsheet. Updated spreadsheet includes the total degree programs that require an understanding of sustainability- 293 programs in total

Documentation supporting the figure reported above (upload):
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Percentage of students who graduate from programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
39.29

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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