| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.18 |
| Liaison | Marianne Martin |
| Submission Date | Dec. 3, 2024 |
University of Colorado Boulder
AC-1: Sustainability Course Offerings
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
8.46 / 14.00 |
Erika
Swain Assistant Director Compliance & Authorization Office of Data and Analytics |
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:
Office of Institutional Research performed a thorough search of the University's course catalog using key terms identified by the STARs Leadership team to identify courses based on description and learning outcomes. The keyword search terms were based on the AASHE recommended list and UNSDG's. The data was screened for relevancy and this reduced the list from 4000 results to 270. The filtered list was verified by the category lead. These are courses that are most applicable to Sustainability education at CU.
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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:
At this time, CU Boulder does not maintain a separate list of courses that would fall in to the category of "sustainability." The site classes.colorado.edu is public and multidisciplinary and keywords such as "sustainability" can be entered as the search keyword, however, it is not maintained as a separate distinct list so does not qualify.
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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:
1) Made possible by a generous gift from the Leeds Family Educational Legacy Fund, the purpose of the Climate Curriculum Award is to encourage and reward Leeds faculty who have made a contribution to the integration of climate and sustainability topics into business courses. The winner of this award will receive a $5,000 prize and up to five runners-up will receive $1,000 prizes. The Climate Curriculum Award was offered in 2024 and will continue in 2025. https://www.colorado.edu/business/cesr/about/climate-curriculum-award 2) Individuals who completed the 2022 Climate Across The Curriculum workshop received a $1000 stipend to assist in integrating climate information in to at least one course in the 22-23 academic year. https://www.colorado.edu/center/c3bc/2022/climate-across-curriculum-training
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:
In 2022 CU Boulder offered a workshop on Climate Across the Curriculum - a two-day workshop to learn, brainstorm, and practice in a cross-disciplinary context about major climate topics where faculty were encouraged to share ideas and opportunities to integrate climate research into the university's curriculum. https://www.colorado.edu/center/c3bc/2022/climate-across-curriculum-training The toolkit that was created for the workshop continues to be available to faculty to use. https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/get-involved/climate-across-curriculum-toolkit The CU Environmental Center administers the Applied Sustainability Learning Hub where faculty interested in incorporating the campus as a living lab into the courses can utilize resources and best practices. https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/get-involved/applied-sustainability-learning-hub
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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.