| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 51.71 |
| Liaison | Anne Jakle |
| Submission Date | Oct. 18, 2024 |
The University of New Mexico
AC-1: Sustainability Course Offerings
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
9.90 / 14.00 |
Jessica
Rowland Senior Lecturer Geography & Environmental Studies, Sustainability Studies |
1.1 Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings
Number of academic departments with at least one sustainability course offering:
Annotated list or inventory of the institution’s sustainability course offerings by department:
Description of the process used to identify the institution’s sustainability course offerings by department:
Sustainability courses at UNM were identified by an analysis of all available course listings in the most recent (2024-25) Academic Catalog. The catalog is organized alphabetically by course subject code, so we first assigned all subject codes to their respective departments (note that numerous departments oversee various subject codes). "Sustainability-focused" and "sustainability-inclusive" courses were identified by matching keywords in the course title or course description to "AASHE's Suggested Keywords for Sustainability Course and Research Inventories." Sustainability courses identified in the academic catalog were then cross-checked with the UNM Schedule of Classes to ensure that they had been offered to students in the past two calendar years (spring 2023 - fall 2024).
Exclusions: We did not include departments that exclusively offer practice-oriented courses and clinical practice (such as Theater & Dance and Music in the College of Fine Arts, and Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and other departments in the School of Medicine). Additionally, the programs offered under Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies (Global & National Security, Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering, Optical Science & Engineering, and Water Resources), each of which is a collaborative effort among faculty from different colleges and departments, were not included as standalone departments in AC1.1. Sustainability-related courses from the various Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies programs are indicated in AC1.2, however.
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following two figures:
Points earned for indicator AC 1.1:
1.2 Published sustainability course listings
Online location where the institution’s sustainability course listings are maintained:
Publication where the institution’s sustainability course listings are maintained:
Description of the process used to create and maintain the institution’s sustainability course listings:
Sustainability courses at UNM were identified by an analysis of all available course listings in the most recent (2024-25) Academic Catalog. "Sustainability-focused" and "sustainability-inclusive" courses were identified by matching keywords in the course title or course description to "AASHE's Suggested Keywords for Sustainability Course and Research Inventories." Sustainability courses identified in the academic catalog were then cross-checked with the UNM Schedule of Classes to ensure that they had been offered to students in the past two calendar years (spring 2023 - fall 2024). Topics courses offered a single time are not included in this listing, as students will likely not have an opportunity to register for them in future semesters.
UNM's sustainability course listings are posted on the Office of Sustainability's Academics webpage. Moving forward, Office of Sustainability staff will review and update the listing with each subsequent STARS submission.
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
1.3 Support for academic staff to integrate sustainability into the curriculum
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the incentives provided for individual academic staff to integrate sustainability into the curriculum:
Does the institution host an ongoing multidisciplinary community of practice, sustainability across the curriculum training program, or equivalent support program for academic staff who are working to integrate sustainability into the curriculum?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview the institution’s sustainability-focused community of practice, sustainability across the curriculum training program, or equivalent support program:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
Optional documentation
Additional documentation for this credit:
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.