Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.19
Liaison Jim Walker
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
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STARS v1.0

University of Texas at Austin
ER-6: Sustainability-Focused Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.04 / 10.00 Jim Walker
Director of Sustainability, Financial, and Administrative Services
University Operations
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The number of sustainability-focused courses offered :
237

The total number of courses offered :
5,865

Number of years covered by the data:
Two

A list of sustainability-focused courses offered:
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The website URL where the publicly available sustainability course inventory that includes a list of sustainability-focused courses is available:
A copy of the sustainability course inventory:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

This course inventory was taken from 2009 and 2010 fall catalogs; therefore the list represents courses that were offered in the last two years. We contacted first the registrar, and then the Office of Information Management, to glean a count of unique courses offered at UT Austin. In the two academic years listed, 2008-2010, 5865 unique combinations of course numbers and departmental codes were identifed by IMA.

Our Sustainability Directory currently offers all sustainability related and focused courses without external discernment between the two types, but the 'backend' of the database allows for the extraction of each type. The next iteration of the Directory will have a 'STARS toolbox' that will allow the user to view only related or focused courses.


This course inventory was taken from 2009 and 2010 fall catalogs; therefore the list represents courses that were offered in the last two years. We contacted first the registrar, and then the Office of Information Management, to glean a count of unique courses offered at UT Austin. In the two academic years listed, 2008-2010, 5865 unique combinations of course numbers and departmental codes were identifed by IMA.

Our Sustainability Directory currently offers all sustainability related and focused courses without external discernment between the two types, but the 'backend' of the database allows for the extraction of each type. The next iteration of the Directory will have a 'STARS toolbox' that will allow the user to view only related or focused courses.

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.