Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.86
Liaison Joseph Wasylycia-Leis
Submission Date March 3, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of Winnipeg
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.68 / 14.00 Alana Lajoie-O'Malley
Director
Campus Sustainability
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Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
Undergraduate Graduate
Total number of courses offered by the institution 908 50
Number of sustainability courses offered 18 8
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 67.50 10.50

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
24

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
48

Number of years covered by the data:
One

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
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The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:

In January, a scan of the UWinnipeg course calendar was conducted to determine how many courses had sustainability content. The initial criteria was that a course had to mention the term 'sustainability' in an explicit and meaningful way in the course description. This scan turned up 35 courses that were sustainability focused or related.

In the second phase of the project, contacts was made to all 50 University departments to either confirm or expand the findings from the course calendar. This process took a month through March and April, and turned up 105 courses that were sustainability focused or related (this includes the 35 identified through the course calendar).

Gaps were identified in this data; therefore it was updated in January 2015 for the final STARS submission.


How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
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 (if different from the options outlined above):

Each course that was counted was checked to find whether or not it was cross-listed in more than one department. Those that were are only counted as one course.


Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
Yes or No
Internships No
Practicums No
Independent study No
Special topics No
Thesis/dissertation No
Clinical No
Physical education Yes
Performance arts Yes

Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
No

Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
No

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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