Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 35.03
Liaison Laurel Pikcunas
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College
IN-38: Sustainability Course Designation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 John DeLay
Associate professor
Geography and Environment
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A brief description of the formal sustainability course designation program:
The Sustainability Designation Subcommittee reviews applications for S Related and S Focused courses with instructor-based approval. See the attached application which details the criteria for approval.

A copy of the official course catalog where the sustainability course designations appear:
Website URL for the official course catalog where the sustainability course designations appear:

Optional Fields 

Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
Yes

Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Sustainability designations are not included in the course catalog as the designation is by the instructor, not at a course level.

The Academic Subject Certificate in Sustainability is described on Page 163 of the catalog. Sustainability Focused courses are listed in Class Availability and on the STARS student registration system with an "S" preceding the course title and are accompanied by descriptive language in the Comments, and this designation appears in the student's transcript.

S-related courses have descriptive language in the Banner class listings but do not appear on their transcripts. The web link shows an example of how S Designations are listed for registration purposes.

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