| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 73.80 |
| Liaison | Pamela Mischen |
| Submission Date | March 2, 2023 |
Binghamton University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.02 / 8.00 |
Carl
Lipo Director of Environmental Studies Environmental Studies Program |
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:
We also have a campus-wide goal for student learning related to sustainability. This goal stipulates that by 2022, 30% of all students will have taken a course in sustainability that includes sustainability education as part of its student learning outcomes. To be considered as part of this goal, courses must have sustainability learning outcome that follows the standard definition of understanding sustainability as the confluence of three interrelated dimensions: Economic, Equity/Social, and Environment, the learning objectives from each are listed below. Using this simple guide, a sustainability-related course is defined as a course that incorporates at least one of following learning objectives as a core learning outcome of the course.
From the campus sustainability plan.
Goal 1: Binghamton University’s students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community will have the knowledge to address sustainability problems at the local, state, national and global levels.
• Objective 1a: Increase number of the faculty conducting research in sustainability from 15% to 20% of faculty members by 2022.
• Objective 1b: 30% of graduating students will have taken a sustainability course by 2022.
• Objective 1c: 100% of faculty, staff, and students will receive sustainability training by 2022.
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:
For this information, we evaluated the learning outcomes of all of the programs that are part of the campus' learning assessment system (WEAVE). We identified all the cases in which a program's learning objectives met the definition of having one more interrelated sustainability dimension: Economic, Equity/Social, and Environment.
A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
1. Anthropology BS
2. Bioengineering BS
3. Biology BA/BS/MS/PhD
4. Biomedical Engineering BS
5. Business Administration MBA
6. Cinema BA
7. Computer Engineering BS
8. Economics PhD
9. Electrical Engineering BS
10. Environmental Studies BA/BS
11. Geography BA/BS
12. Geology BA/BS/MS/PhD
13. History BA
14. Human Development BS
15. Industrial and Systems Engineering BS
16. Information Systems, DDP BS
17. Latin American and Caribbean Studies BA
18. Mechanical Engineering BS
19. Nursing DNP
20. Nursing MS
21. Philosophy BA/BS/MA/PhD
22. Public Administration MA/PhD
23. Social Work BSW
24. Social Work MSW
25. Sustainable Communities MS/MA
26. Sustainable Engineering Minor
27. Women, Gender, Sexuality Resources BA
See the Notes field for a list of learning outcomes for each program.
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:
The following are examples of Sustainability Learning Outcome descriptions:
- Bioengineering BS:
=> The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
=> An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
=> The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
- Business Administration MBA: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of global, macroeconomic, ethical, political, and environmental issues and on business decisions and performance. Exhibit critical thinking skills which enable the identification, prioritization of business opportunities and problems as well as the development of solutions.
- Computer Engineering BS:
=> The ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability. The ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability. Meaning - Design spans several learning levels in Bloom's taxonomy. This outcome is mainly at the analysis, synthesis and evaluation levels.
=>Broad education necessary to understand the impact of computer engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. Meaning - This outcome is broad in scope and ties together the general and technical education components of the curriculum. This outcome requires graduates to comprehend the engineer's role in society and various impacts that engineering solutions can have. Broad education necessary to understand the impact of computer engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. Meaning - This outcome is broad in scope and ties together the general and technical education components of the curriculum. This outcome requires graduates to comprehend the engineer's role in society and various impacts that engineering solutions can have.
- Economics PhD: Demonstrate in-depth theoretical and applied knowledge in at least two specialized areas within economics (for example, labor economics, environmental and natural resource economics, advanced econometrics, etc).
- Electrical Engineering BS: Outcome 3: The ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability. Meaning - Design spans several learning levels in Bloom's taxonomy. This outcome is mainly at the analysis, synthesis and evaluation levels
- Environmental Studies BA/BS:
=>Obtain a basic framework for understanding the nature of environmental policy and planning, including their economic and political bases;
=>Understand the interdependencies that characterize environmental issues and approaches to solving environmental problems;
=>Gain practical experience and/or understanding of the methods and approaches used to solve environmental problems
=>Develop a sound base of understanding in environmental science, both ecological and physical sciences;
=>Demonstrate understanding of ecological principles in environmental interactions
=>Demonstrate understanding of physical science in environmental interactions
=>Undergraduate Demonstrate understanding of policy and planning framework
=>Undergraduate Practical experience in addressing environmental issues
=>Demonstrate understanding of interdependencies in analyzing environmental issues
=>Demonstrate understanding of economic principles
Geography BA/BS:
=>Students will understand basic terms in scientific study of weather/climate, geomorpholoy, biogeography, soils, and understand hypothesis testing as it si done in the natural sciences.
=>Students will be able to correctly state a research hypothesis, understand basic terms in scientific study of physical and cultural environment
=>Students will develop the skills necessary to study the processes, human and physical, and the impact of human/environmental interaction.
- Industrial and Systems Engineering BS:
=>Students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation: An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
=>Students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation: The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
- Mechanical Engineering BS:
=>Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
=>The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
- Nursing DNP:
=>The DNP program prepares the graduate to Analyze epidemiological, biostatistical, environmental, and other appropriate scientific data related to individual, aggregate, and population health.
=>Collaborates with the healthcare team to ensure the provision of evidence-based, culturally sensitive clinical prevention and population health services for individuals, aggregates, and populations based o the analysis of epidemiological, biostatistical and environmental data.
The following are examples of Sustainability Learning Outcome descriptions:
- Bioengineering BS:
=> The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
=> An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
=> The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
- Business Administration MBA: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of global, macroeconomic, ethical, political, and environmental issues and on business decisions and performance. Exhibit critical thinking skills which enable the identification, prioritization of business opportunities and problems as well as the development of solutions.
- Computer Engineering BS:
=> The ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability. The ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability. Meaning - Design spans several learning levels in Bloom's taxonomy. This outcome is mainly at the analysis, synthesis and evaluation levels.
=>Broad education necessary to understand the impact of computer engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. Meaning - This outcome is broad in scope and ties together the general and technical education components of the curriculum. This outcome requires graduates to comprehend the engineer's role in society and various impacts that engineering solutions can have. Broad education necessary to understand the impact of computer engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. Meaning - This outcome is broad in scope and ties together the general and technical education components of the curriculum. This outcome requires graduates to comprehend the engineer's role in society and various impacts that engineering solutions can have.
- Economics PhD: Demonstrate in-depth theoretical and applied knowledge in at least two specialized areas within economics (for example, labor economics, environmental and natural resource economics, advanced econometrics, etc).
- Electrical Engineering BS: Outcome 3: The ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability. Meaning - Design spans several learning levels in Bloom's taxonomy. This outcome is mainly at the analysis, synthesis and evaluation levels
- Environmental Studies BA/BS:
=>Obtain a basic framework for understanding the nature of environmental policy and planning, including their economic and political bases;
=>Understand the interdependencies that characterize environmental issues and approaches to solving environmental problems;
=>Gain practical experience and/or understanding of the methods and approaches used to solve environmental problems
=>Develop a sound base of understanding in environmental science, both ecological and physical sciences;
=>Demonstrate understanding of ecological principles in environmental interactions
=>Demonstrate understanding of physical science in environmental interactions
=>Undergraduate Demonstrate understanding of policy and planning framework
=>Undergraduate Practical experience in addressing environmental issues
=>Demonstrate understanding of interdependencies in analyzing environmental issues
=>Demonstrate understanding of economic principles
Geography BA/BS:
=>Students will understand basic terms in scientific study of weather/climate, geomorpholoy, biogeography, soils, and understand hypothesis testing as it si done in the natural sciences.
=>Students will be able to correctly state a research hypothesis, understand basic terms in scientific study of physical and cultural environment
=>Students will develop the skills necessary to study the processes, human and physical, and the impact of human/environmental interaction.
- Industrial and Systems Engineering BS:
=>Students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation: An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
=>Students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation: The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
- Mechanical Engineering BS:
=>Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
=>The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
- Nursing DNP:
=>The DNP program prepares the graduate to Analyze epidemiological, biostatistical, environmental, and other appropriate scientific data related to individual, aggregate, and population health.
=>Collaborates with the healthcare team to ensure the provision of evidence-based, culturally sensitive clinical prevention and population health services for individuals, aggregates, and populations based o the analysis of epidemiological, biostatistical and environmental data.
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