Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 64.13
Liaison Michael Kensler
Submission Date Feb. 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Auburn University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.88 / 8.00 Sarah Hamilton
Associate Professor and Director
Academic Sustainability Program
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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?:
No

Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
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A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
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Total number of graduates from degree programs:
7,440

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
821

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:

Figures on the number of graduates were based on the 2019-2020 academic year (most recent available at the time of report generation). These figures were obtained from the Office of Institutional Research at Auburn: https://auburn.edu/administration/ir/factbook/degrees/by-major.html


A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:

Program or School/College Name Graduates 2019-2020

Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology 53
Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture 132
Biosystems Engineering 37
Civil and Environmental Engineering 165
Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences 64
Earth System Science 3
Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences 37
Forestry and Wildlife Sciences 128
Geography 11
Horticulture (BS, MS, PhD) 51
Global Studies 26
Interior Design 42
Organismal Biology - Conservation & Biodiversity Option 14
Organismal Biology - Ecology, Evolution and Behavior 7
Social Work 51
Total: 821


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:
11.03

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:

Information on degree and minor programs with sustainability learning outcomes was compiled by the Director of the Academic Sustainability Program based on the websites of all majors in the University, as well as on communication with the Deans and Department Heads individual contacts with program heads and department chairs when learning outcomes were unclear.

For a detailed list of degree programs and links to individual program websites, see http://acadsustain.auburn.edu/programs/


Information on degree and minor programs with sustainability learning outcomes was compiled by the Director of the Academic Sustainability Program based on the websites of all majors in the University, as well as on communication with the Deans and Department Heads individual contacts with program heads and department chairs when learning outcomes were unclear.

For a detailed list of degree programs and links to individual program websites, see http://acadsustain.auburn.edu/programs/

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