Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	45.45
Liaison	Monika Kamboures
Submission Date	May 30, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	5.72 / 14.00	Monika Kamboures Sustainability Coordinator Office of Planning, Sustainability & Transportation

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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	3,018	143
Number of sustainability courses offered	0	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	115	12

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

4.02

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:

61.70

Course Inventory

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

Sustainability Course List.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 :

A quarterly survey is administered to department chairs asking them to identify courses with sustainability focus or sustainability offerings. These results are published in a quarterly Sustainability Course Guide and published for students.

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):

The courses included in the Sustainability Course Guide include related and focused courses approved by the department. The figures in Part 1 came from courses deemed sustainable based on an more general definition. For instance there may be a course that would be considered sustainability in terms of social justice and therefor included within the count of courses.

Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

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

Optional Fields

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

http://www.cpp.edu/~academics/departments-az/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

Winter17_SCG.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

There are more sustainability courses currently offered, but we listed based on one quarter's offerings.