| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 33.18 |
| Liaison | Doug Oetter |
| Submission Date | April 4, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Georgia College & State University
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.71 / 14.00 |
Doug
Oetter Professor History and Geography |
Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 734 | 198 |
| Number of sustainability courses offered | 1 | 0 |
| Number of courses offered that include sustainability | 22 | 8 |
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
Number of years covered by the data:
A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
Course Name Description
BIOL 1120 Biodiversity "ecology and conservation biology
are covered"
ENSC 1000/1000L Introduction to Environmental Science sustainability, resource and water sustainable uses and approaches
ENSC 1050 Sustainability & the Human Population sustainability, resource and water sustainable uses and approaches
GC1Y Climate and Chemistry
GC1Y Environmental Literature
GC1Y Global Challenges
GC1Y Into Wilderness
GC2Y Animal Ethics
GC2Y Crossroads
GC2Y Ecosophy
GC2Y Ethics & What We Eat
GC2Y Global Connections
GC2Y This Island Earth
GC2Y Water & Society
BIOL 2800 Ecology human modification of nutrient cycles, conservation biology, water conservation, biodiversity, sustainable urban ecology
ANTH/POLS 4600 Rise and Fall of Civilizations
ECON/ENSC 3680 Natural Resource & Environmental Economics
ENSC/GEOG 4400 Resource Use sustainability is a theme running through the entire course
ENSC/GEOG 4450 Environment and Society
GEOG 4250 Geography of Health
KINS 3353 Introduction to Environmental Health
ODED 4500 Ecological Connections in Outdoor Education examining multiple social and non- human environmental issues including population dynamics, manufacturing, consumerism, climate change, environmental values and beliefs, environmentally responsible behaviors, etc.
CHEM1212L Principles of Chemistry Lab for Majors Biodiesel - students make, purify, and analyze
IDST 2405 Necessities of Life This science course addresses various environmental and social issues from and interdisciplinary perspective. Themes have included AIDS, Climate Change and Food Systems.
"PHSC 1100
(UGA)" "(not currently
offered)" "application of those physics
principles in regards to global issues, such as sustainability, recycling, population growth, climate change and possible solutions to these problems, such as renewable green energy sources."
SOCI 1121 "Sociological
Perspectives" Global Inequality and Population/Demography issues, discussion of problems (and possible solutions) with sprawl and a discussion of water resources and water scarcity, as well as some of the environmental consequences of population pressures in developed and developing countries.
ODED 2110 "Basic Outdoor
Education Strategies" minimizing impact of outdoor travel and adventure activities including Leave No Trace principles, environmental ethics, etc.
ODED 2120 Theories and Foundations of Outdoor Education "historical and philosophical groundings of teaching and learning in and through the outdoors,
Human-nature relationships, sense of place, place attachment, systems
theory, etc."
BIOL5490 Phycology water indicator development, diversity of freshwater primary producers
MGMT 6155 Business Ethics and Global Relations sustainability plays a major role
MKTG 6161 Advanced Marketing Theory social marketing, green marketing, sustainable products, and economic
ODED 6906 Outdoor Pursuits: Facilitation and Management challenge course building that I need the students to walk away is safety considerations but where and when I can, we talk about the environmental concerns. I would say that it is more of a thread that comes through the class rather than a specific content area.
ODED 6913 "Principles of Field
Leadership" personal/professional development of outdoor leaders, Designing learning experiences using the outdoors as modality and location for effecting positive change
ARTS 4950 Global Ecological Art
CRJU 4510 White Collar Crime Environmental Crime
MKTG 3161 Principles of Marketing
MKTG 4161 Marketing Research and Decision Science contains some sustainability content
MKTG 4166 Promotion and Advertising social marketing, green marketing, sustainable products, and economic
MKTG 4175 International Marketing sustainability plays a major role
MKTG 4198 Strategic Marketing "social marketing, green marketing,
sustainable products, and economic"
ODED 3020 Challenge Course Management environmental aspects of teaching outdoors/building in/with nature is a concept that is covered but not necessarily a specific lesson
ODED 3210 Environmental Education Methods opportunity to learn about sustainability. Students acquire 15 service hours working with others in environmental education (by teaching EE or participating in service projects like trail cleanups, etc.) has them going into the community and teaching students about the environment and learning the benefit of treading lightly
PHIL 4950 Environmental Ethics
WebMBA Global and International Business sustainability plays a major role
The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:
Collaborative reporting. http://old.gcsu.edu/green/docs/Sustainability_Circle_Report.pdf
A list of courses at GCSU that contain sustainability content and
models for incorporation of the topic currently used at other universities were gathered.
The list of courses at GCSU was obtained by directly emailing faculty. Since a general
“call” failed to generate a response, specific faculty and department chairs were targeted
and asked via email for either class information and/or recommendations of other
faculty within their department. This list will provide a start to a directory of courses at
GCSU that contain content on sustainability.
How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):
Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
| Yes or No | |
| Internships | Yes |
| Practicums | Yes |
| Independent study | Yes |
| Special topics | Yes |
| Thesis/dissertation | Yes |
| Clinical | Yes |
| Physical education | Yes |
| Performance arts | Yes |
Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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