Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 74.94
Liaison Yumiko Jakobcic
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

Grand Valley State University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.70 / 14.00 Yumiko Jakobcic
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability Practices
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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 1,858 658
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 70 13
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 171 31

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
11.33

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
72

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
45

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
62.50

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?:
One

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
A working group on Education for Sustainable Development was created as part of GVSU's Campus Sustainability Advisory Council. Members of the working group worked with unit heads to database sustainability courses and courses that include sustainability content. The database is updated on a continuous basis.

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:
The data were examined for multiple offerings and sections and all duplications were removed.

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:
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