| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 84.99 |
| Liaison | Pierre Lemay |
| Submission Date | Dec. 12, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Université Laval
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
9.46 / 14.00 |
Pierre
Lemay Development Advisor Office of the Vice Rector, External and International Affairs and Health |
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 | 4,469 | 1,269 |
| Number of sustainability courses offered | 320 | 44 |
| Number of courses offered that include sustainability | 98 | 45 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
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:
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 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 :
Based on Arnim Wiek, Withycombe and Redman’s “Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development” (2011), a mandated work group at Université Laval produced an evaluation grid for courses and programs. These grids have been submitted to teachers responsible for specific courses and heads of programs in order to make an inventory of courses and programs related to sustainability. Three different levels of integration of SD in courses were proposed to teachers (sensitization, introduction, in-depth), in-depth courses were considered sensibility courses for STARS purposes. All these courses in SD are regrouped and promoted under one label (SD-courses) : https://www.ulaval.ca/les-etudes/cours/repertoire.html?attributs=DEDU&page=0
The list of courses in sustainability is the result of auto-evaluations by responsible teachers, using a well-anchored theoritical questionnaire that addresses the development of key competencies in sustainability (KCS) as inscribed in their syllabus. This means there’s a learning outcome in SD related to those courses, written in the course’s syllabus and as evaluated by the responsible teacher.
Sustainability courses at Université Laval respects the criteria C in G. Standards and Terms p.34 of the technical manual, as these courses provide "skills to address sustainability-related problems".
For more details around the methodology we used, please write to daniel.forget@vraeis.ulaval.ca. As well, a paper about our methodology has been published : « Implementing Sustainability in the Classroom at Université Laval » (Richard, Forget et Gonzalez, 2017).
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 (if different from the options outlined above):
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 |
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
There are 63 academic departments where courses can be identified in SD. Seven other departments are either « direction departments » with research-related courses (thesis, internships, research…) or « art performance / clinical departments ». As all courses from these departments were exluded from our lists of courses in SD (exclusions proposed in technical manual, p. 32), we removed departments as well, as per definition, their contents are excluded from analysis.
There are 63 academic departments where courses can be identified in SD. Seven other departments are either « direction departments » with research-related courses (thesis, internships, research…) or « art performance / clinical departments ». As all courses from these departments were exluded from our lists of courses in SD (exclusions proposed in technical manual, p. 32), we removed departments as well, as per definition, their contents are excluded from analysis.
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.