The proposal to add the requirement was approved by the faculty in May 2023. Implementation will begin during Fall 2023 for the requirement, which takes effect Summer 2024.
As announced by Executive Dean Van Kooten, the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences are invited to vote on a proposal to add Sustainability Literacy requirement to the College of Arts and Sciences Education (CASE) requirements. The voting period will be from April 25 through May 5, 2023.
A Town Hall to discuss the proposal was held on April 20.
During Academic Year 2021-22, the Bloomington Faculty Council (BFC) approved a proposal to amend the campus’s General Education requirements to add a required Shared Goal of Sustainability Literacy. (See also the Educational Policies Committee Sustainability Shared Goal Task Force proposal document.)
The College's Committee for Undergraduate Education (CUE) began discussing in April 2022 how the College might implement the new requirement. Though it was noted and discussed that the requirement need not be implemented as a course requirement nor did it have to be implemented the same way for every degree program, members gravitated back to the idea of CASE requirement that can be combined with Breadth of Inquiry, much like the College’s implementation of CASE Diversity in the United States and Global Civilizations and Cultures, was the way forward. The committee agreed that this was the best way to ensure a consistent implementation across the College—especially in light of student movement in and out of degree programs.
CUE finalized its recommendations in September 2022 and referred the matter to Executive Dean Van Kooten. Executive Dean Van Kooten accepted CUE's recommendations and shared it with the College Policy Committee, which agreed that the matter should be taken to the College faculty and advised Executive Dean Van Kooten on who should be able to vote on the proposal.
The College's Committee for Undergraduate Education (CUE) began discussing in April 2022 how the College might implement the new requirement. Though it was noted and discussed that the requirement need not be implemented as a course requirement nor did it have to be implemented the same way for every degree program, members gravitated back to the idea of CASE requirement that can be combined with Breadth of Inquiry, much like the College’s implementation of CASE Diversity in the United States and Global Civilizations and Cultures, was the way forward. The committee agreed that this was the best way to ensure a consistent implementation across the College—especially in light of student movement in and out of degree programs.
CUE finalized its recommendations in September 2022 and referred the matter to Executive Dean Van Kooten. Executive Dean Van Kooten accepted CUE's recommendations and shared it with the College Policy Committee, which agreed that the matter should be taken to the College faculty and advised Executive Dean Van Kooten on who should be able to vote on the proposal.
All students earning a baccalaureate degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must satisfactorily complete with a D- or higher at least one (1) course designated as CASE Sustainability Literacy (CASE SL).
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