Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 34.80
Liaison Alicia Hodenfield
Submission Date June 27, 2016
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STARS v2.0

Sonoma State University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.70 / 14.00 Viri Ruiz
School Operations and Assistat to the Dean
Social Sciences
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Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
Undergraduate Graduate
Total number of courses offered by the institution 3,168 557
Number of sustainability courses offered 56
+ Date Revised: Sept. 20, 2016
0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 77
+ Date Revised: Sept. 20, 2016
0
+ Date Revised: Sept. 20, 2016

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
34

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
43

Number of years covered by the data:
One

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):

Courses offered during 1 academic year. Sustainability content can be found in the titles for most of the courses that were counted and cross checked with the course descriptions in the course catalog.


The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:

A cross examination analysis was completed to identify the number of courses that were offered during one academic year and the courses that focus and or contain elements of sustainability as defined in the STARS technical 2.0 manual.


How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
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):

Mulitple sections of the same course were counted. These numbers varied between 1 and 27 for some courses. Each semester that was used also has some of the same courses which are taught regularly.


Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
Yes or No
Internships No
Practicums No
Independent study Yes
Special topics Yes
Thesis/dissertation No
Clinical Yes
Physical education Yes
Performance arts No

Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
No

Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
No

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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