Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	72.21
Liaison	Brandon Trelstad
Submission Date	Feb. 28, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Oregon State University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	13.76 / 14.00	Brandon Trelstad Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability Office

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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	1,316	1,054
Number of sustainability courses offered	140	103
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	133	84

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

19.41

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:

91.11

Course Inventory

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

Course Review-TOTAL FY16.xlsm

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

One

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 :

The process below was utilized to identify and categorize OSU's FY16 course inventory: Stage 1: Utilize course catalog to identify all courses available in FY16 Stage 2: Evaluate course title Stage 3: Evaluate syllabus Stage 4: Complete form Stage 5: Separate sustainability courses from courses with sustainability content Information was processed by Sustainability Office staff, and when unclear, courses would receive a final review from Brandon Trelstad, Sustainability Officer.

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):

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Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

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

Optional Fields

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

http://fa.oregonstate.edu/sustainability/academics/sustainability-course-lists

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

A full analysis of all course listings was conducted for FY16.