Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 58.26
Liaison Caitlin McLennan
Submission Date Oct. 10, 2022

STARS v2.2

Utah State University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.78 / 14.00 Alexi Lamm
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities
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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 1,272 649
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 16 5
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 67 38

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
6.56

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
55

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
26

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
47.27

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 :
The course inventory from the 2019 STARS report was a starting place, and the courses were verified to have been offered in 2021. The Office of Analysis, Assessment and Accreditation generated a list of classes added since 2019 with course descriptions as candidates for inclusion. If inclusion of sustainability was not evident in course descriptions, the course was either verified with a syllabus or excluded. Faculty also had the opportunity to self-identify their courses as either sustainability focused or inclusive with descriptions. If faculty identified the course, it was included.

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:
Each course number was included once. Cross-listed courses between departments are listed as one class. However, courses that were cross-listed as undergraduate and graduate were listed separately in order to generate the requested totals for this credit.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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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.