| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 74.85 |
| Liaison | Andrea Trimble |
| Submission Date | Feb. 8, 2024 |
University of Virginia
AC-2: Learning Outcomes
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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6.55 / 8.00 |
Andrea
Trimble Director - Office for Sustainability Office for 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:
UVA students in the College Curriculum fulfill their Discipline requirements in different ways according to their assigned pathway: Engagements Pathway or Disciplines Plus Pathway (https://gened.as.virginia.edu/requirements). Students in the College Curriculum must earn 3 credits in each of the seven Discipline categories. However, all students take courses in each of the 7 categories, including this Living Systems category:
"A liberal education should develop a knowledge of principles of how living systems work and interact with the environment. Human health, environmental impacts on ecosystems, emerging viruses, and human behavior are examples of topics that impact all students and require an understanding of living systems in order to make educated personal and societal assessments and decisions. Courses in this category introduce students to basic concepts in the natural and social sciences and help them relate this knowledge to their lives as citizens and contemporary problems." (https://gened.as.virginia.edu/disciplines)
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:
The number was determined from a spreadsheet provided by UVA's Institutional Research and Analytics department, for the degree programs listed below, for academic year 2022-2023. The total number above and the breakdown by program below are the number of students who graduated in fall 2022 and spring 2023. These are programs that either have been identified as a sustainability-focused program or require at least one sustainability-focused course.
A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
o Global Studies - Environments + Sustainability Major and Minor, Global Public Health Major: 111 graduates in 2022-2023
o Environmental Sciences (A&S) 81 graduates in 2022-2023
o Darden Master of Business Administration - Sustainability Concentration
o Civil Engineering (was Civil and Environmental Planning Major): 84 graduates in 2022-2023
o Environmental Thought and Practice (A&S): 17 graduates in 2022-2023
o School of Architecture: 244 graduates in 2022-2023
TOTAL: 537 graduates in the 2022-2023 academic year
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:
Data updated 1/10/2023
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