Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.98
Liaison Jonna Korpi
Submission Date June 2, 2016
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University of Minnesota, Duluth
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.00 / 8.00 Mindy Granley
Sustainability Director
UMD Office of Sustainability
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Number of students who graduated from a program that has adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
2,254

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
2,254

A copy of the list or inventory of degree, diploma or certificate programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:
A list of degree, diploma or certificate programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:

All UMD graduates, starting in Fall 2012, will have a 3-credit sustainability course requirement through the Liberal Education Requirements for graduation. The category is described as: "Courses that focus on ways in which the science of the natural environment interacts with economic, social, and political forces in a local, national and/or global context."


A list or sample of the sustainability learning outcomes associated with degree, diploma or certificate programs (if not included in an inventory above):

Accounting
ACCT 3705 – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Anthropology
ANTH 3888 – Anthropology of Food
ANTH 4623 – Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems
ANTH 4631 – Anthropology and the Environment
ANTH 4633 – Ethnobotany
ANTH 4653 – Senior Seminar
Art and Design
ART 3305 – Sustainability Studio: Theory and Practice
Biology
BIOL 1001 – Biology and Society
BIO 1012 - General Bio II
BIO 1012 - Evolution
BIOL 1010 – Home Horticulture
BIOL 4803 – Field Ecology
Chemical Engineering
CHE 1020 – Sustainable Engineered Systems
CHE 1143 - Life Cycle Analysis
CHE 2001 – Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CHE 2111 – Materials and Energy Balances
CHE 2121 – Thermodynamics
CHE 3251 – Introduction to Pulp and Paper Process Technology
CHE 4501 – Chemical Engineering Design I
CHE 4603 – Biorenewable Resources
Chemistry
CHEM 1103 - Aspects of Chemistry
CHEM 1105 – From the Industrial Revolution to Green Chemistry
CHEM 2212 – Environmental Chemistry
CHEM 2212 - Principles of Green Chemistry
Civil Engineering
CE 1100 – Green Homes
CE 1100 - Geologic Principles for Civil Engineers
CE 3026 – Project Management
CE 4515 - Sustainable Design and Construction
CE 5515 - Sustainable Design and Construction
Communication
COMM 3405 – Health Campaigns
COMM 3620 – Controversy in the Boundary Waters
Cultural Studies
CST 1101 – Introduction to Cultural Studies
CST 4500 – The New Commons: Activism, Culture, History
Economics
ECON 3721 – Natural Resource and Energy Economics
Education
EDUC 1201 – Managing Planet Earth
EDUC 4234 – Science, Technology, and Society
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 5501 – Energy Conversion Systems
Environmental Education
ENED 4555 – Foundations of Environmental Education
ENED 5325 – Environemtal Issues Investigation
Environment and Sustainability
ES 1001 – Introductory Seminar
ES 2095 – Special Topics (recently: Sustainable Agriculture Field Techniques)
ES 2803 - Issues in Global Ecology
ES 3100 – Sustainable Food Systems
ES 3500 – Ecological Economics
ES 4010 - Seminar
ES 4090 - Internship Preparation
ES 4097 - Internship
Environmental Science
ESCI 2210 – Science and Management of Environmental Systems
ESCI 3102 – Renewable Resources
Geography
GEOG 1202 – World Regional Geography
GEOG 1304 – Human Geography
GEOG 2306 – Environmental Conservation
GEOG 1414 - Physical Geography
GEOG 3334 – Urban Geography
GEOG 3461 – Geography of Global Resources
GEOG 3481 – Urban Ecology
GEOG 5573 – GIS in Regional Sustainability Applications
Geology
GEOL 1110 – Geology and Earth Systems
GEOL 1130 – Introduction to Environmental Science
GEOL 1610 – Oceanography
Health
HLTH 3101 – Community Health
HLTH 1100 - Health and Wellness Strategies for Life
HLTH 3500 – Environmental Health
Management Studies
MGTS 4495 – Sustainable Management
Marketing
MKGT 3751 – Marketing Ethics
Philosophy
PHIL 3325 – Environmental Ethics
Physics
PHYS 1035 – Energy
Psychology
PSY 3211 – Group Dynamics
Social Work
SW 1210 – Global Issues
Sociology
SOC 4860 – Environmental Sociology
Spanish
SPAN 2550 – Globalization and Sustainability in Latin America
Urban and Regional Studies
URS 1001 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Studies
Water Resources Science
WRS 5101 - Water Policy
Women’s Studies
WS 3600 - Ecofeminist Theories and Practices
WS 3775 – Women, Globalization, and Food


The website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability learning outcomes is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The Liberal Education Requirement for Sustainability was implemented for the first year in 2012. Expected enrollment is around 11,000 and a Sustainability course is required by all 11,000 expected graduates who fall under these LE guidelines.


The Liberal Education Requirement for Sustainability was implemented for the first year in 2012. Expected enrollment is around 11,000 and a Sustainability course is required by all 11,000 expected graduates who fall under these LE guidelines.

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