Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	50.71
Liaison	Tsuneo Yabusaki
Submission Date	June 22, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Soka University of America
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	14.00 / 14.00	M. Robert Hamersley Dean of Faculty Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry Environmental Studies

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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	603	0
Number of sustainability courses offered	44	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	82	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

20.90

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:

100

Course Inventory

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

AC01-STARS-Revised.xlsx

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 :

All courses listed in the inventory are at the undergraduate level. Three faculty members and a student from the Student Sustainability Committee created the course inventory in 2017. Registrar's class schedule and syllabi from Fall 2015 to Spring 2017 were used to create the inventory. The definition of sustainability used for course identification was based on STARS manual and The Earth Charter. Courses were evaluated based on their descriptions in the Course Catalog, with reference to course syllabuses, and faculty when necessary.

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 (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	No

Optional Fields

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

http://www.soka.edu/academics/office-of-the-registrar/university-catalog.aspx

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The courses identified in the inventory as sustainability related have been identified by their focus on Earth Charter principles. Because of the special focus of our University on human rights, peace, and environment, we offer many courses related to sustainability in subjects not always associated with sustainability offerings. Documentation of our work can be found in the Course Inventory and the Undergraduate Catalog.