| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.48 |
| Liaison | Amy Brunvand |
| Submission Date | Oct. 21, 2020 |
University of Utah
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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8.62 / 14.00 |
Adrienne
Cachelin Associate Director, Global Change and Sustainability Center Environmental & Sustainability Studies |
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Part 1. Sustainability course offerings
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 4,713 | 1,671 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 57 | 27 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 306 | 152 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
8.49
Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department
102
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
80
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
78.43
Documentation
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 :
Sustainability Course Attributes (SUSC, SUSL) first appeared in the General Catalog and Course Schedule in Summer 2018.
The inventory includes one academic year, Fall 2018-Summer 2019.
Sustainability courses include:
1) Sustainability-Focused courses. Definition: have earned a SUSC course attribute
2) Sustainability-Limited courses. Definition: have earned a SUSL course attribute
3) Sustainability Inclusive Description. Definition: the course description includes sustainability language significantly related to SDGs or placemaking in the Salt Lake/Wasatch Front region.
Graduate and undergraduate courses are numbered as follows:
--1000-2999= Lower Division
--3000-5999= Upper Division
--6000+ = Graduate Level
The inventory excludes course as allowed by the STARS Technical Manual. Courses with the following numbers were automatically excluded.
X7XX, X8XX, X9XX
(e.g. Honors Thesis/Project, Special Topics, Independent Study, Directed Reading, Dissertation. MS Project, Special Studies, Undergraduate Research, Innovation Scholar, Faculty Consultation, Research, Directed Study, Labs, Music lessons, etc...)
The inventory includes one academic year, Fall 2018-Summer 2019.
Sustainability courses include:
1) Sustainability-Focused courses. Definition: have earned a SUSC course attribute
2) Sustainability-Limited courses. Definition: have earned a SUSL course attribute
3) Sustainability Inclusive Description. Definition: the course description includes sustainability language significantly related to SDGs or placemaking in the Salt Lake/Wasatch Front region.
Graduate and undergraduate courses are numbered as follows:
--1000-2999= Lower Division
--3000-5999= Upper Division
--6000+ = Graduate Level
The inventory excludes course as allowed by the STARS Technical Manual. Courses with the following numbers were automatically excluded.
X7XX, X8XX, X9XX
(e.g. Honors Thesis/Project, Special Topics, Independent Study, Directed Reading, Dissertation. MS Project, Special Studies, Undergraduate Research, Innovation Scholar, Faculty Consultation, Research, Directed Study, Labs, Music lessons, etc...)
How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
Each offering or section of a course was counted as an individual course
A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
NOTES
Sustainability Course Attributes
URL: https://sustainability.utah.edu/education/faculty-resources/earning-a-sust-designation/
Sustainability—Limited (SUSL): Course content incorporates a unit or module on sustainability or a sustainability challenge, includes one or more sustainability-focused activities, or integrates two of the three sustainability concepts throughout the course.
Sustainability—Complete (SUSC): Course content identifies and describes the relationship between the course topic, equity, economy, and environmental dimensions.
Institutional re-organization since 2017 STARS has increased the number of academic divisions.
MD ID 6500 Introduction to Global Health Principles (SUSL) is an interdepartmental course available to all medical students in good standing. This designation allows all School of Medicine Departments to be included in the list of Departments that offer all students a sustainability course. Credit IN-38 describes the formal program for sustainability course designation.
SOURCES
General Catalog and Class Schedules.
URL: http://www.utah.edu/students/catalog.php
Course descriptions and SUSC/L course designations are listed in the General Catalog and in the Course Schedules each semester.
OBIA provided spreadsheets with the number of course sections for a one-year period (Fall 2018- Summer 2019).
Sustainability Course Attributes
URL: https://sustainability.utah.edu/education/faculty-resources/earning-a-sust-designation/
Sustainability—Limited (SUSL): Course content incorporates a unit or module on sustainability or a sustainability challenge, includes one or more sustainability-focused activities, or integrates two of the three sustainability concepts throughout the course.
Sustainability—Complete (SUSC): Course content identifies and describes the relationship between the course topic, equity, economy, and environmental dimensions.
Institutional re-organization since 2017 STARS has increased the number of academic divisions.
MD ID 6500 Introduction to Global Health Principles (SUSL) is an interdepartmental course available to all medical students in good standing. This designation allows all School of Medicine Departments to be included in the list of Departments that offer all students a sustainability course. Credit IN-38 describes the formal program for sustainability course designation.
SOURCES
General Catalog and Class Schedules.
URL: http://www.utah.edu/students/catalog.php
Course descriptions and SUSC/L course designations are listed in the General Catalog and in the Course Schedules each semester.
OBIA provided spreadsheets with the number of course sections for a one-year period (Fall 2018- Summer 2019).
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.