Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.81
Liaison Stephan Classen
Submission Date Oct. 14, 2021

STARS v2.2

Cascadia College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 11.48 / 14.00 Stephan Classen
Assistant Director of Sustainable Practices
Student Learning
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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 301 0
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 38 0
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 65 0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
34.22

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
46

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
24

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
52.17

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?:
Two

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
Reviewed the college catalog utilizing the designation of SU (sustainability course) to identify courses that have sustainability content and compiled them with the courses that are already program-based in sustainability. (There are 28 program major courses focused on Sustainability, and 10 courses with sustainability designations, with sustainability being a major element of the class, 38 total)

Courses with Equity, Power, Diversity (EDP) designations were counted in this report - as EDP courses focus on racial, cultural, economic, and environmental justice. (65 courses, not including sections) These are not including the 38 sustainability focused courses with our Sustainability Designation (SU) above or in program majors.

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:
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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:
Counting EDP and SU courses bring our count of sustainability inclusive course count up substantially, from the 38 Sustainable designated (SU) courses and majors courses, to include the EDP courses and those with environmental elements without the SU designation also to 103 courses total and 24 departments including some of these.

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