Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.65
Liaison Aditi Arya
Submission Date March 2, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

California State University, Bakersfield
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.87 / 14.00 Jennifer Sanchez
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of the President
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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 1,500 323
Number of sustainability courses offered 31 0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 38 3

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
3.95

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
42

None
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
27

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
64.29

Course Inventory

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?:
Two

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 CSUB 2016-18 course catalog was filtered for 11 keywords related to sustainability (8 from the University of North Carolina's 2009 Sustainability Curriculum Inventory Project) and courses were eliminated if they did not have a focus on or inclusion of sustainability. Sample keywords that were assessed were "sustainability", "environment", "energy", "biodiversity", and "renewable".

How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
Each course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of offerings or sections

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 No
Practicums No
Independent study No
Special topics Yes
Thesis / dissertation No
Clinical No
Physical education No
Performance arts No

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Departments were counted on the course catalog website, under "Departments & Programs". https://www.csub.edu/ge/lcfs/s/

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