Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	76.20
Liaison	Tori Grant
Submission Date	Dec. 21, 2016
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of Calgary
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	8.93 / 14.00	Craig Gerlach Academic Coordinator, Sustainability Office of the Provost

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Part 1

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	2,439	1,474
Number of sustainability courses offered	51	32
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	154	50

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

7.33

Part 2

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

None

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:

Course Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:

Courses in Sustainability _PDF.pdf

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:

One

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 :

Led by the university's Academic Coordinator, Sustainability a team of student volunteers reviewed course descriptions in the University of Calgary Academic Calendar and identified all courses that satisfy the criteria developed using sustainability education frameworks from the Campus Earth Summit, the Essex Report and Second Nature's literature on Sustainability Learning Outcomes. The inventory was then reviewed first internally to address any potential discrepancies, errors, and/or redundancies. Once complete, final review and verification of the inventory was sought from Vice Deans and Department Heads prior to publication.

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 (if different from the options outlined above):

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Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

	Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships	Yes
Practicums	Yes
Independent study	Yes
Special topics	Yes
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	Yes
Physical education	Yes
Performance arts	Yes

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/sustainability/courses

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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