Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.84
Liaison Morgan Hartman
Submission Date Dec. 12, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.16 / 14.00 Morgan Hartman
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Part 1. Sustainability course offerings

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 5,033 3,475
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 89 34
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 241 109

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
5.56

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
165

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
48

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
29.09

Documentation

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 :
Utilizing a data analytics software called Tableau, UNL’s Informatics team uploaded all university course listings from the University Registrar’s office. Utilizing this tool, a search of sustainability related keywords was performed to generate a sorted list for review. A manual review of this list was then completed, sorting courses as Sustainability Focused, Sustainability Inclusive, or excluded if there was no indicator of sustainability subject matter. A final manual review of courses was completed comparing results from previous years and cross-checking for courses that may have been sorted incorrectly.

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:
The list of all courses offered by UNL in the year 2021 was uploaded to Tableau via the Registrar’s Office. A subset of sustainability courses was created through a keyword search.

After the subset of sustainability courses were created, a manual review filtered every course in order to meet STARS 2.2 criteria on sustainability focused and sustainability inclusive. Each course was only counted once, regardless of number of sections offered.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
165 is the correct number of academic departments based on 2021 data.

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.