Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	65.54
Liaison	C Jane Hagen
Submission Date	Sept. 3, 2024

STARS v2.2

Virginia Commonwealth University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	9.53 / 14.00	C Jane Hagen Sustainability Data Analyst Sustainability

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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	2,268	1,797
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered	59	56
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered	238	160

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

12.62

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:

113

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:

67.26

Documentation

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:

VCUStars_SustainabilityCourses2024.xlsx

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 :

This information represents the Fall '23 semester, Spring '24 semester. The inventory was completed by reviewing course descriptions for inclusion based on the given STARS criteria and the AASHE’s Suggested Keywords for Sustainability Course and Research Inventories. The STARS definitions were used in identifying sustainability-focused vs sustainability-inclusive courses. The total unique course count and inventory excludes professional courses.

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:

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Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:

https://bulletin.vcu.edu/azcourses/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

https://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/vcucourses/
https://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/scheduleofclasses/