| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.10 |
| Liaison | Jim Dees |
| Submission Date | May 21, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Appalachian State University
ER-5: Sustainability Course Identification
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Has the institution developed a definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:
A copy of the institution's definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:
For Appalachians’s purpose of STARS reporting, a course is considered to be sustainability focused or related when it exhibits one of the following learning objectives:
* Integration of basic and applied knowledge from multiple disciplines, including the natural and social sciences, to analyze human-environment interactions;
* Analysis of tradeoffs or co-benefits involved in managing resources for the social, economic, and environmental welfare of current and future generations;
* Development of alternative strategies for the use of natural, human, and fiscal assets that are compatible with the constraints on these resources
* Implementation of practical solutions to socioeconomic and environmental challenges relating to energy, technology, ecosystems, social transformations, food systems, policy, and governance.
Has the institution identified its sustainability-focused and sustainability-related course offerings?:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the inventory:
The Office of Sustainability and the Reporting and Institutional Data subcommittee of the Sustainability Council partnered with Institutional Research Assessment and Planning to develop a survey instrument to capture courses offered as they relate to sustainability. This survey was distributed to the chairs of every department at the university
Does the institution make its sustainability course inventory publicly available online?:
The website URL where the sustainability course inventory is posted:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Survey administered Fall 2011
Survey administered Fall 2011
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.