Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	51.92
Liaison	Katie Beitz
Submission Date	May 15, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Oklahoma State University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	9.51 / 14.00	Ilda Hershey Sustainability Coordinator OSU Physical Plant

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Part 1

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	2,188	535
Number of sustainability courses offered	45	22
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	157	105

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

12.08

Part 2

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

None

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

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:

70.15

Course Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:

2017SustainabilityCombinedCoursesTableFinalForSTARScorrectedHeader.pdf

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:

Two

A brief description of the methodology used to determine the total number of courses offered and to identify sustainability course offerings, including the definitions used and the process for reviewing and/or validating the course inventory :

We reviewed the entire course catalogue to determine which courses met the criteria established by the OSU Curriculum Task Force for sustainability-focused and sustainability-related content. Sustainability-focused courses concentrate on the concept of sustainability, including its social, economic, and environmental dimensions, or examine an issue or topic using sustainability as a lens. These courses provide grounding in the concepts and principles of sustainability and how the different dimensions of sustainability support each other – both in theory & practice. Sustainability-related courses incorporate sustainability as a distinct course component or module or concentrate on a single sustainability principle or issue. These courses help build on the knowledge of sustainability or introduce components of sustainability. They may complement sustainability-focused courses by providing students with in-depth knowledge of a particular aspect or dimension of sustainability or by providing a focus area for a student’s sustainability studies, or they may broaden students' understanding of sustainability from within different disciplines.

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 (if different from the options outlined above):

Each course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of offerings or sections; 18 of the courses were offered for both undergraduate and graduate credit. Of these 18 courses (which are represented twice in the inventory), 5 are sustainability-focused and 13 are sustainability-related.

Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

	Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships	No
Practicums	No
Independent study	No
Special topics	Yes
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	No
Physical education	No
Performance arts	No

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

https://sustainability.okstate.edu/curriculum

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

IRIM records, Kristen Ball, Ilda Hershey.