Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	73.93
Liaison	Jen Maxwell
Submission Date	April 19, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Appalachian State University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	14.00 / 14.00	Jim Dees Data and Assessment Specialist Office of Sustailability

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Part 1

Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses offered by the institution that are sustainability course offerings:

	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total number of courses offered by the institution	7,419	1,087
Number of sustainability courses offered	226	31
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	1,906	338

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

29.40

Part 2

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):

None

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:

100

Course Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:

AppState courselist AC1.xlsx

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:

One

A brief description of the methodology used to determine the total number of courses offered and to identify sustainability course offerings, including the definitions used and the process for reviewing and/or validating the course inventory :

The Office of Sustainability worked with the Deans of Appalachian’s eight college to identify a Sustainability Liaison for each college. These Liaisons were chosen for their high level of sustainability literacy and serve as a point of contact between the Office of Sustainability and the colleges for a variety of sustainability issues. For the completion of the STARS course inventory, Office of Sustainability staff, with the help of the Office of the Registrar, prepared a complete course catalog, including course description, broken down to the department level. The Liaisons were than tasked with identifying the degree of sustainability in their respective areas.

How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:

Each offering or section of a course was counted as an individual course

A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):

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Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

	Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships	Yes
Practicums	Yes
Independent study	Yes
Special topics	No
Thesis / dissertation	Yes
Clinical	Yes
Physical education	Yes
Performance arts	Yes

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://sustain.appstate.edu/academics

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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