| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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| Overall Score | 72.07 |
| Liaison | Katie Koscielak |
| Submission Date | May 7, 2020 |
Cal Poly Humboldt
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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12.19 / 14.00 |
Katie
Koscielak Sustainability Analyst Facilities Mgmt |
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Part 1. Sustainability course offerings
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 1,724 | 281 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 123 | 26 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 166 | 32 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
17.31
Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department
43
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
34
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
79.07
Documentation
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
Three
A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
A worksheet querying department chairs about whether and to what extent sustainability concepts were taught in their departments was sent out in December 2019. Though an inventory of sustainability had been collected and maintained since 2012 to this end, our effort to query departments directly was an attempt to true up and make more accurate this list. The worksheet consisted of questions asking respondents to check boxes indicating whether social, economic, and environmental dimensions were taught in the curriculum, and then to accordingly select whether they then believed this made the course sustainability related or focused. Guidance from the Office of Sustainability was given that any course teaching intersections between any two of the three dimensions should be considered sustainability related, and any course teaching intersections between all three dimensions or using "sustainability" explicitly as a lens should be considered sustainability focused. The Office of Sustainability disseminated this worksheet via the Vice Provost's Office, and received a low response rate.
Therefore, as a second steps, Office of Sustainability staff reviewed all department feedback (or lack thereof) and compared it to course descriptions and existing sustainability designations, and from this formed a list of recommended changes. Recommended changes to designations was emailed directly to chairs, for which a high level of response and engagement was attained. Recommendations for changes from the Office of Sustainability were the final authority for any department that did not confirm or deny the Office of Sustainability's final results.
Results from this process are given here in the figures and attached spreadsheet.
Therefore, as a second steps, Office of Sustainability staff reviewed all department feedback (or lack thereof) and compared it to course descriptions and existing sustainability designations, and from this formed a list of recommended changes. Recommended changes to designations was emailed directly to chairs, for which a high level of response and engagement was attained. Recommendations for changes from the Office of Sustainability were the final authority for any department that did not confirm or deny the Office of Sustainability's final results.
Results from this process are given here in the figures and attached spreadsheet.
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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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The optional URL given above https://facilitymgmt.humboldt.edu/making-sustainability-designations contains resources and information that the Office of Sustainability has developed to support campus stakeholders in understanding how sustainability is incorporated to their work.
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.