Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 74.49
Liaison Brandon Trelstad
Submission Date Dec. 8, 2021

STARS v2.2

Oregon State University
EN-12: Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.00 / 5.00 Leticia Cavazos
Sustainability Program Specialist
Sustainability Office
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Part 1 . Continuing education courses in sustainability

Total number of continuing education courses offered:
143

Number of continuing education courses that are sustainability course offerings:
50

Percentage of continuing education courses that are sustainability course offerings:
34.97

Course Inventory 

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its continuing education sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
Institution’s inventory of its continuing education sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
OSU's inventory of its continuing education sustainability course offerings and descriptions can be found at the Excel file provided in this credit (ContinuingEducationCourseDescriptions FY21.xlsx). Continuing education sustainability course offerings included in the list reference the interdependence of ecological and social/economic systems in their description. Given the different formats and length of course descriptions, a link to every course description is provided in the file.

https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/catalog-page#all-courses

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

Part 2. Sustainability-focused certificate program

Does the institution have at least one sustainability-focused certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
Yes

A brief description of the certificate program(s):
OSU E-Campus (our online presence) offers the certificate in Sustainable Natural Resources.

This 18-credit online certificate is designed for all students, especially company, industry or agency employees who desire training in solving complex sustainability problems.

Students complete an integrated course of study in a dynamic learning community, under the mentorship of professionals, to design workable solutions for complex natural resource issues of local, state, regional, national and international importance.

Oregon State University is proud to be part of the Natural Resources Distance Learning Consortium (NRDLC), which promotes online learning from several accredited universities in natural resources-related fields.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s continuing education courses and programs in sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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