Overall Rating Platinum
Overall Score 86.17
Liaison James Gordon
Submission Date May 31, 2022

STARS v2.2

Thompson Rivers University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 14.00 / 14.00 James Gordon
Zero Waste and Environmental Programs Coordinator
TRU Sustainability Office
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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 885 107
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 47 8
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 168 19

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
24.40

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
23

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
22

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
95.65

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?:
One

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :

The methodology used to compile the course inventory is different compared to previous STARS reports. Instead of primarily using the academic calendar to determine if courses and departments counted in the inventory, as was done in previous reports, a database pulled directly from the TRU Registrar's Office was used (and this database excluded courses that had 4 or fewer students). Using this much more accurate Excel database review process resulted in a smaller total count for this report, since many classes and departments that were not eligible for this section were removed.
Once all eligible courses were identified, then course were flagged for review as either sustainable or not using certain key words (e.g.: environment, environmental, society, inequality, poverty, sustainability, social justice, health and climate). This short list was then reviewed to determine if courses should be on either the 'sustainability-focused' or ‘sustainability-inclusive’ list. Certain courses were excluded based on specifics outlined in the Technical Manual (e.g.: they exclusively offered practice-oriented courses, or they were special-topic courses).
Regarding departments, likewise, some were excluded based on specifics outlined in the Technical Manual (e.g. those that exclusively offered practice-oriented courses).
Further details on course and department exclusions are provided in the PRE 5 section in the Notes field.


How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
Each course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of offerings or sections

A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted:
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Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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