Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 42.88
Liaison Jim Simon
Submission Date June 28, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Gonzaga University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.31 / 14.00 Jim Simon
Director of Sustainability
Sustainability
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Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
Undergraduate Graduate
Total number of courses offered by the institution 1,466 0
Number of sustainability courses offered 26 0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 29 0

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
5

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
41

Number of years covered by the data:
One

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):

Attached.


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:

Total Courses taught in 2014-15: 1,466
-Course extract for Summer 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015 extracted from ERP system.
-Courses were counted once even if multiple sections were offered within a term or over the terms of interest.
-Courses with zero enrollment, no instructor listed, or non-Gonzaga sponsored were excluded and courses with internship, practicums, independent study, special topics, thesis/dissertation, clinical, exam, PE, and independent music lessons were excluded.
-Determined each year by IR. -Source Data in IR.

Courses taught in 2014-15 with sustainability themes central: 26.0.
Courses taught in 2014-15 with sustainability themes in some way: 29.0.
-As determined by timeline for submission of edits for compliance assurance, ENVS courses listed were considered as ‘sustainability themes central’ and all other courses listed were considered as ‘sustainability themes in some way’.
-See attached document with the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content.

PART TWO CREDITS:
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offered at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
-Determined from courses source list created by Faculty Fellow for Sustainability, 2016-2017.
-Course cross-listings/co-requisites/equivalencies with other academic departments (e.g., ENVS 381 = PHIL 459) were not included into this department count.
-Source Data in IR.

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level): 41
-Determined each year by Finance and IR.
-List in IR.


How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
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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Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
Yes or No
Internships No
Practicums No
Independent study No
Special topics No
Thesis/dissertation No
Clinical No
Physical education No
Performance arts No

Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
No

Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
No

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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