| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 54.32 |
| Liaison | Emma Parsley |
| Submission Date | Dec. 12, 2022 |
Texas State University, San Marcos
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
11.48 / 14.00 |
James
Vollrath Director Office of Sustainability |
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 | 1,670 | 940 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 137 | 112 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 211 | 94 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
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?:
A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
The total number of courses offered was determined using recorded data from the University Registrar and Institutional Research office.
The H.B. 2504 website for Texas State University and the university catalogs were used when reviewing undergraduate and graduate courses offered during the three previous academic years. The reporter reviewed each academic department and each academic program, and read through each course that was offered within each program. The reporter totaled the number of sustainably-focused (SF) and sustainably-inclusive (SI) courses for each academic year then averaged the total to represent an overview of three academic years.
For courses to be counted towards the sustainability focused curriculum, the course title and/or description must include primary attention to sustainability. This includes courses that have explicitly defined and addressed the pillars of sustainable development (environmental, equity, and economic), discuss and/or are related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and/or have explicitly defined the course as relating to the ecological and social or economic system as it relates to sustainability issues.
For courses to be counted towards the sustainability inclusive focused curriculum, the course descriptions must include a unit/module on sustainable development and/or addressing sustainability issues (food insecurity, infrastructure development, poverty, waste management, education, gender equity, mental & physical health and wellbeing, quality education, land preservation and conservation, climate change, etc.).
How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted:
Each course was counted as one singular section.
Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
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