| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 63.01 |
| Liaison | Holli Fajack |
| Submission Date | May 9, 2024 |
California State University, Long Beach
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
7.34 / 14.00 |
Holli
Fajack Sustainability Manager Office of Sustainability, Beach Building Services |
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 | 2,956 | 1,144 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 35 | 20 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 106 | 14 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
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?:
A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
The Office of Sustainability collaborated with the Presidential Commission on Sustainability (PCS) to compile courses for the inventory. The PCS commissioners were provided with a list of courses submitted in the 2021 STARS report and were asked to share it with the department chairs in their colleges. The faculty/chairs added any additional courses they had personal knowledge about but which may have not been identified during the original catalog keyword search and creation of the inventory. The chairs also distributed an email to faculty in their departments requesting additions of courses that may have been missed. The additions were reviewed and synthesized by the Sustainability Office staff and a final list of courses was generated. With regard to our methodology in counting the total number of courses, please note the following: •Courses that were cross-listed in two departments (e.g. GEOG 450/ESP 450) were treated as one course •Courses that were listed as both undergraduate and graduate level courses (e.g. BIO 433/533) were treated as one course. • Courses that had multiple offerings in the academic year (i.e. fall and spring) or multiple sections in the academic year were also counted as one course. CSULB’s Institutional Research & Analytics staff provided the total number of undergraduate and graduate courses in which students were enrolled (not just courses that were offered and later canceled) for the years in the reporting period.
How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted:
N/A
Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Academic Year 2022-23 Juan Apitz, Dana Mining, Stat and Research Associate (IRA) Tyler Nakamura, Data Analyst (IRA)
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.