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

STARS v2.2

Virginia Commonwealth University
IN-38: Sustainability Course Designation

Status Score Responsible Party
n/a 0.00 / Parker Long
Sustainability Reporting and Outreach Coordinator
Facilities Management - Office of Sustainability

Criteria

Institution formally designates sustainability courses across multiple departments in its official course catalog or listings.

This might take the form of an identifying symbol or code to help students distinguish sustainability courses from other courses (e.g., a sustainability filter in an online catalog or a sustainability tag in a printed catalog). Identification of courses offered by a sustainability-focused academic unit (e.g., courses offered by a Sustainability Studies department and denoted with a “SUST” prefix) is not sufficient in the absence of course-level designations that encompass courses offered by multiple departments.


Applicability

This credit is optional and may be earned by any institution that meets the criteria. 


Scoring

An institution earns 0.5 bonus points when courses are formally designated in the institution’s official course catalog. Partial points are not available.


Measurement

Report on current practices at the time of submission.

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.