Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.56
Liaison Katie Beitz
Submission Date Aug. 25, 2021

STARS v2.2

Oklahoma State University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 9.28 / 14.00 Kristeena Blaser
Sustainability Coordinator
Energy Services
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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 3,894 2,402
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 231 158
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 86 41

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
8.20

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
79

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
76

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
96.20

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 :
We reviewed the 8000+ course catalog from the 2019 school year. We did keyword searches from the Sustainable Development Goals to initially narrow down the list. Upon narrowing the list the course were individually identified as either sustainability inclusive or focused. If the course had keywords from more than one category of sustainability (environmental, social, and/or economic sustainability) then it was considered sustainability focused, if the course only had one category it was considered inclusive.

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:
Both graduate and undergraduate offerings of a course were counted separately.

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:
Data Sources:
Gabby Barber, Office of Sustainability Intern
Doug Reed, Associate Director, Institutional Research and Analytics

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