Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 74.71
Liaison Ian McKeown
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Loyola Marymount University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.78 / 14.00 Jessica Hernandez
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Management
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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 2,291 568
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 128 5
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 99 15

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
8.64

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
66

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
23

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
34.85

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 :
The full list of courses offered at Loyola Marymount University were reviewed and first based on course name. Once sustainability-focused and sustainability-related courses were identified by title then both course description and objectives were reviewed to determine which category the courses would fall into, either focused or related, if at all. In reviewing the course description and objectives we looked to see if the course fulfilled one or more of the following criterion:

1) Course discusses issues of natural resource use and management

2) Course examines issues relating to preservation and environmental regulation

3) Course should analyze human-environment interactions; how past and present generations address issues concerning socioeconomic and environmental challenges in their respective times

4) Course discusses how present and future generations will address issues such as energy, technology, social enterprise, government, ecosystems, food resources, policy, law, and education

How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
Each offering or section of a course was counted as an individual course

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:
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