Overall Rating Reporter
Overall Score
Liaison Michelle Rodriguez
Submission Date Jan. 25, 2023

STARS v2.2

San Diego Mesa College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Michelle Rodriguez
Professor
Political Science
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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 1,257 0
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 11 0
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 13 0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
1.91

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
46

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
10

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
21.74

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?:
Two

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
We listed all classes offered and separated them by the school, and then department. We created a new list of courses that were openly sustainability-focused. We have conducted a survey among all of our faculty members asking them if they included sustainability, climate science, and/or environmental justice in their classes and how. Based on their responses we have selected some courses to make the list of sustainability-inclusive classes.

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:
Most of the classes that are either sustainability-focused or sustainability-inclusive have only one offering per semester. For the classes that have multiple offerings per semester, we consulted the professors of each class to check if they all included sustainability-related topics in their classes.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
---

Additional documentation to support the submission:
---

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
---

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.