| Overall Rating | Platinum - expired |
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| Overall Score | 88.31 |
| Liaison | James Gordon |
| Submission Date | May 31, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Thompson Rivers University
AC-2: Learning Outcomes
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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5.70 / 8.00 |
James
Gordon Environmental Programs and Research Coordinator TRU Office of Environment and Sustainability |
Total number of graduates from degree programs (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, certificates, and other academic designations):
Number of students that graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
Percentage of students who graduate from programs that have adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the institution level (e.g. covering all students)?:
Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the division level (e.g. covering particular schools or colleges within the institution)?:
A list or brief description of the institution level or division level sustainability learning outcomes:
Below is an example of a division (faculty) where all students graduate from the faculty with sustainability learning outcomes:
Faculty of Law: All graduates from this faculty graduate having taken at least one course with a specified sustainability learning outcome.
Does the institution specify sustainability learning outcomes at the program level (i.e. majors, minors, concentrations, degrees, diplomas, certificates, and other academic designations)?:
A list or brief description of the program level sustainability learning outcomes (or a list of sustainability-focused programs):
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism – Bachelor of Tourism Management
Graduates of the Bachelor of Tourism Management will be able to contextualize tourism within broader cultural, environmental, political and economic dimensions of society; critique tourism practices for their implications locally and globally; interpret and evaluate tourism as a phenomenon and as a business system; explain the diverse nature of tourism, including culture and place, global/local perspectives, and experience design and provision; identify and assess relationships and networks relative to building tourism capacity; apply relevant technology for the production and management of tourism experiences; plan, lead, organize and control resources for effective and efficient tourism operations; create, apply, and evaluate marketing strategies for tourism destinations and organizations; develop and evaluate tourism policy and planning initiatives; demonstrate commitment to ethical practices of tourism; actively engage in the world as global citizens; practice empathy and respect for diversity and multicultural perspectives; apply principles of sustainability to the practice of tourism in the local and global context; acknowledge one or more philosophical perspectives to knowledge creation; evaluate and apply various research methods commonly used in the context of tourism; propose and conduct a research project to inform tourism practice; select and deploy task-appropriate forms of oral, written, digital, and graphic communication; value and practice active listening, critical thinking, and critical reading; distinguish and produce forms of communication relevant to academia, business, government, and industry; assess, evaluate, and employ appropriate communication tools for discussions within and between teams and members, various audiences, decision-making teams, and corporate communication tasks; apply problem solving and critical analysis within diverse contexts; work collaboratively in groups, both as a leader and a team member, in diverse environments, learning from and contributing to the learning of others.
Faculty of Arts – Bachelor of Arts, Geography & Environmental Studies
Graduates of this program will learn strong teaching and research expertise about sustainable urban and rural landscapes, environmental geography, economic geography, hydrology, climatology, geomorphology and emerging geomatic technologies, including Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
Faculty of Science – Bachelor of Natural Resource Science
The purpose of the BNRS degree program is to prepare students for careers in a wide range of natural resource sector jobs and for further academic study in graduate school. The program goals are met by providing a unique combination of courses covering biology, ecology, scientific methods, and sector-specific resource management skills in a cooperative education format. Students will learn problem solving, oral and written communication skills, and integration of various disciplines in both an independent and team environment. By understanding the scientific, economic, and social basis of natural resource issues, graduates of the program will be able to effectively interface between diverse interest groups, all having a stake in how our terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems are managed. Courses and field work dealing with management of the various sectors give students technical skills in a wide variety of management disciplines. Upon graduation, students will have acquired a wide range of technical abilities in assessing the status of ecosystems. This assessment covers aspects such as forestry, fisheries, range, and recreation.
Do course level sustainability learning outcomes contribute to the figure reported above (i.e. in the absence of program, division, or institution level learning outcomes)?:
A list or brief description of the course level sustainability learning outcomes and the programs for which the courses are required:
These programs are justified as having a sustainable learning outcome based on the list of ‘Sustainable Courses’ found in the Course Inventory in AC 1. The courses listed below are all core courses from that list that program graduates must take in order to graduate.
School or Faculty/Program/Core Courses
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin Supply Chain Mgmt/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin New Venture Creation/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin Marketing/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin International Business/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin Human Resources Mgmt/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin General/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin Finance/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin Economics/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin Accounting/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Assoc Commerce & Business/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Commerce General Mgmt/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Commerce Finance/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Commerce Accounting/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Real Estate/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin Human Resources Mgmt/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Business Admin General/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Public Administration/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Commerce Technology Mgmt/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Commerce Marketing/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Commerce Leadership/MNGT 3710
School of Business & Economics/Bach Commerce Human Resources Mgmt/MNGT 3710
Faculty of Science/Master Science Environmental Sc/G / ENVS 5100
Faculty of Science/Bach Science, Ecology & Environmental Biology/BIOL 1040
Faculty of Science/Bach Environmental Chemistry/BIOL 1040
Faculty of Science/Bach Science Physics/BIOL 1040
Faculty of Science/Bach Science Mathematics/BIOL 1040
Faculty of Science/Bach Science General Biology/BIOL 1040
Faculty of Science/Bach Science Computing Sc/BIOL 1040
Faculty of Science/Bach Science Chemistry/CHEM 3010
Faculty of Science/Bach Science Chemical Biology/BIOL 1040
Faculty of Science/Bach Science Cell Molecular & Micro Biology/BIOL 1040
Faculty of Science/Bach Science Biology/BIOL 1040
Faculty of Science/Bach Science Animal Biology/BIOL 1040
Faculty of Education and Social Work/Bach Social Work Child Welfare/SOCW 2120
Faculty of Education and Social Work/Bach Social Work/SOCW 2120
Faculty of Arts/Bach Arts Political Science & Economics/ECON 2430
Faculty of Arts/Bach Arts Geography & Env Studies/GEOG 1010 &1110
Faculty of Arts/ Bach Arts Geography/GEOG 1010&1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Post Bacc Dipl Tourism International Devpmt/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Post Bacc Dipl Tourism Experience Mgmt/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Post Bacc Dipl Tourism Destination Devpmt/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Dipl Tourism Mgmt/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Dipl Sports Events Management/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Dipl Resort & Hotel Mgmt/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Dipl Events & Conventions Mgmt/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Dipl Adventure Management/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Dipl Adventure Guide/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Cert Adventure Sports/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Bach Tourism Mgmt Management/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Bach Tourism Mgmt Entrepreneurship/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Bach Tourism Mgmt Adventure Studies/TMGT 1110
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism/Bach Tourism Mgmt/TMGT 2610
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Total number of graduates for each program was requested and obtained from TRU Integrated Planning and Effectiveness. Figures about total number of graduates taken from TRU Factbook 2016-2017: https://www.tru.ca/__shared/assets/Factbook_2016-201741020.pdf. Reported figures in this section do not count graduates from vocational programs in several faculties and schools, totaling 1416.
Total of all TRU graduates (on-campus and Open Learning) is 2685, then subtract the 1416 mentioned above, and the new total of applicable graduates for the purposes of this section is 1269.
Total number of graduates for each program was requested and obtained from TRU Integrated Planning and Effectiveness. Figures about total number of graduates taken from TRU Factbook 2016-2017: https://www.tru.ca/__shared/assets/Factbook_2016-201741020.pdf. Reported figures in this section do not count graduates from vocational programs in several faculties and schools, totaling 1416.
Total of all TRU graduates (on-campus and Open Learning) is 2685, then subtract the 1416 mentioned above, and the new total of applicable graduates for the purposes of this section is 1269.
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