Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.31
Liaison Keaton Schrank
Submission Date June 12, 2014
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STARS v2.0

Westminster University - Utah
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.17 / 14.00 Ida Kolodziejczyk
Sustainability Fellow
Environmental Center
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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 823 401
Number of sustainability courses offered 25 0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 114 4

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Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
32

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Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
61

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Number of years covered by the data:
Two

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A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
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An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
Sustainability Focused Courses: Undergraduate Courses HIST 335 Environmental History of Africa ENGL 357 Environmental Literature PLSC 327 Environmental Politics and Policy ENVI 300M Eco-Logical Eating BIOL 404 Advanced Ecology ECON 325 Environmental Economics PHIL 307 Environmental Ethics HIST 320 Environmental History of the United States PUBH 250 Global Health ENVI 101 Introduction to Environmental Studies PUBH 320 Environmental Health ENVI 300AA Vegan Revolution ENVI 360D Writing the Environment ECON 105 Introduction to Economics as a Social Science ENVI 351 The Global Environment COMM 300PP/ENVI 300G Environmental Communication ENVI 357 Environmental Literature ENVI 350/ENVI 300FF Climate and Society ENVI 405 Senior Seminar BIOL 345 Environmental Science and Lab ENVI 300O Green Careers ENVI 300S The History and Future of Oil ENVI 360B Seminar on Global Environment ENVI 300CC Sustainability and Slow Food ENVI 300A Indigenous Environmental Politics Sustainability Related Courses: Undergraduate Courses BIOL 110 Environmental Biology* BIOL 203 Introduction to Ecology* HPW 335/ENVI 300F Outdoor Leadership* HIST 318 American Popular Culture ART 311 Art History: Renaissance to Modern Art HIST 326 African History Since 1500 ENGL 241 British and American Literature to 1660 ENGL 242 British and American Literature after 1660 SOC 305 Contemporary Issues NURS 408 Community Health Nursing ECON*412/MKTG*412 China: An Ancient Land Enters the Modern World Stage ANTH 252 Cultural Anthropology MKTG 420 Consumer Behavior INTR 166 Communicating Across Cultures HIST 300K Contested Spaces and Homelands JUST 365 Economic Justice ECON 253 Elementary Macroeconomics EDUC 302 Foundations of Education in a Diverse Society HPW 156 Exploring Wasatch Mountain Paths ESS 205/GEOL 205 Environmental Earth Sciences* BIOL 202 Organisms and Evolution MGMT 474 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship SOC 350/GNDR 350 Gender in Society HON 221 History and Philosophy of Science FILM 210 History of American Cinema HON 231 Human Culture and Behavior BIOL 131 Human Genetics ANTH 311 Human Evolution and Archeology ANTH 160 Introduction to Anthropology MGMT 490 International Management ENGL 220 Introduction to Literature ANTH 355 Indian Peoples in the U.S. PHIL 206 Introduction to Ethics PUBH 101 Introduction to Public Health PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy JUST 101 Introductions to Justice Studies GNDR 100 Introduction to Gender Studies* GNDR 350 Gender in Society SOC 105 Introduction to Sociology JUST 470 Justice Studies Senior Thesis HIST 340 Latin American History: Discovery of the Americas HIST 213 Modern World History NURS 210 Nutrition CHEM 303 Organic Chemistry I and Lab CHEM 304 Organic Chemistry II and Lab HON 212 Political Economy and Conflict MATH 200G/SPAN 300FF Pilgrimage Santiago de Compostela III: A Global Perspective on Slow Travel MPH 500 Principles of Public Health Practice ANTH 366 Political Anthropology COMM 310 Professional Writing PSYC 335 Psychology of Women GNDR 360 Race, Gender, Class and the Media SOC 372 Race, Ethnicity, and Class REL 101 Religions of the World PLSC 490 Research Seminar in Political Studies HON 222 Science, Power, and Diversity PUBH 310 Social and Behavioral Factors in Public Health MGMT 475 Strategy in Global Management HIST 220 United States History HIST 317 The U.S. as a World Power HIST 365 Utah and the West FILM 220 World Cinema HIST 113 Western Civilization MATH 201B Calculus for the Life Sciences HPW 300L Outdoor Trip Leader Training CHEM 112 Principles of Chemistry II BIOL 204 Principles of Genetics PHYS 112 Principles of Physics II NURS*300A/PSYC*300ZZ Issues of the Homeless* PSYC 300 Autism: Awareness or Epidemic PLSC 101 Introduction to Political Science SOC 253 Sociology of the Family PLSC 300A Indigenous and Environmental Policy SOC 300Q Exploding Hollywood PHIL 300YY Continued Issues of War and Peace ENVI 305 Introduction to GIS SOC 313 Social Theory ANTH 377 Environmental Anthropology* SOC 390 Social Research Methods ENVI 360 Rural Representations REL 300X Religion Today and Tomorrow Psychology of Design THTR 190 Performer’s Body COMM 410 Technical Writing ENVI 300RR History and Science of Sustainable Agriculture EDUC 400 Seminar in Outdoor Education and Leadership ENVI 300YY Environmental Psychology SPAN 301 Spanish Speaking World: Literature and Nature GEOL 110/ESS 110 Introduction to Geology ENGL 110 Research and Composition [ENGL 110LC Research and Composition (paired with Environmental Biology)]* CHEM 106 Chemistry and Society EDUC 320 Education in a Diverse Society EDUC*300/NURS*300 Hopi and Navajo Cultures CHEM*300K*01/BIOL*300UU*01/ENVI*300KK*01/HON*300AAA*01/HIST*300B B*01 The Sciences and History of Hawaii EDUC*300DD*01/HON*300DD*01/PUBH*300DD*01 Service Learning in Thailand ENGL 401 Ecofeminism ENVI 360 Cultural Landscapes ENVI 300J/HIST 300J Coffee in History and Society ENVI 300D Environmental Service Learning: Dixie National Forest ENVI 300II An American in Paris ENVI 300GG Weather and American Culture ENVI 350A/JUST 344 Environmental Justice ENVI 360C Rural Representations and Modern Life ENVI 300EE Geographic Information Systems ENVI 300VV Spanish Ecocriticism ENVI 300JJ Psychology and the Natural Environment ENVI 300BB Everest Base Camp Trek ENVI 300DD Sustainable Business Literature ENVI 300U Meditation as Environmental Study ENVI 360A Utah and the American Dream ENVI 300H Disease Ecology and Conservation ENVI 300C European-Medical Perspective ENVI 300TT Field Botany ENVI 300B Slow Violence/Environmentalism Graduate Courses MACL Exploring Communities MBA 627E Social Entrepreneurship MBA 655C Global Environment of the Firm MBA 615C The Ethical Leader

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The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:
A survey with a definition of sustainability and the STARS criteria for sustainability courses was sent out to all faculty members, who self-reported the sustainability-focused and sustainability-related courses they had taught over the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academic school years. A list of the special topics environmental studies courses was obtained from the registrar's office. Courses were counted by catalog listing and by aggregated courses. Directed Studies and Internships were excluded from the course count.

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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

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A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):
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Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
Yes or No
Internships No
Practicums No
Independent study No
Special topics Yes
Thesis/dissertation No
Clinical No
Physical education No
Performance arts Yes

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

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

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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