Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.51
Liaison Lacey Raak
Submission Date July 29, 2011
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STARS v1.1

California State University, Monterey Bay
ER-9: Sustainability Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.00 / 10.00 Bob Rench
Associate Director
Campus Planning
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The number of graduates covered by the sustainability learning outcomes:
1,022

Total number of graduates :
1,022

A list of degree programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:

While many of our programs contain sustainability learning outcomes within the major learning outcomes, all of our programs have a service learning requirement at both the upper and lower division and the service learning outcomes address sustainability directly. Therefore, all of our programs have sustainability learning outcomes embedded within them.


The website URL where the publicly available sustainability course inventory that includes a list of degree programs that have specified sustainability learning outcomes is available:
A copy of the sustainability course inventory :
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A list or sample of the sustainability learning outcomes associated with the degree programs:

(web version of these and other programs' learning outcomes are available at: http://senate.csumb.edu/e-committees)

Lower Division Service Learning Outcomes

1. Self and Social Awareness
Students develop an understanding of the social, cultural and civic aspects of their personal identities.
• Define and describe the concepts of individual social and cultural group identities and the concepts of social privilege and marginalization.
• Demonstrate critical self-reflection of their own assumptions, values, and stereotypes, and recognize the relative privilege and marginalization of their identities.

2. Service and Social Responsibility
Students develop an understanding of social responsibility and the connections between short-term community service and greater long-term societal well being.
• Articulate the relationship between individual, group, community and societal well being.
• Identify individual actions that contribute to short-term well being and/or greater long-term societal well being.

3. Community & Social Justice
Students develop an understanding of how the actions of individuals and social systems foster both equity and inequity in communities and society.
• Explore the demographics, socio-cultural dynamics and assets of a specific local community through a social justice framework.
• Examine a community issue(s) in the context of systemic inequity, discrimination and social injustice.

4. Multicultural Community Building/Civic Engagement
Students learn from and work responsively and inclusively with diverse individuals, groups and organizations to build more just, equitable, and sustainable communities.
• Demonstrate intercultural communication skills, reciprocity and responsiveness in service work with community.
• Enter, participate in, and exit a community in ways that are sensitive to systemic injustice.
• Identify and develop personal and institutional strategies, policies and practices that work towards creating greater equity and social justice in communities.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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