Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.94
Liaison Jen Maxwell
Submission Date Dec. 5, 2023

STARS v2.2

Appalachian State University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 14.00 / 14.00 Jim Dees
Data and Assessment Specialist
Office of Sustailability
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Part 1. Sustainability course offerings

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 7,253 894
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 739 81
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 1,630 126

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
31.62

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
48

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
46

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
95.83

Documentation

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

A brief description of the methodology used to complete 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:
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Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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