Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.76
Liaison Eric Meliton
Submission Date Jan. 16, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Wilfrid Laurier University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 14.00 / 14.00 Rosemary Brockett
Sustainability Assistant
Physical Resources
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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 1,630 400
Number of sustainability courses offered 53 25
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 372 108

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
27.49

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
46

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
43

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
93.48

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?:
Three

A brief description of the methodology used to determine the total number of courses offered and to identify sustainability course offerings, including the definitions used and the process for reviewing and/or validating the course inventory :

The Sustainability Office sifted through all course information available on the Laurier website to identify sustainability related and focused courses. Based on the available information, the Sustainability Office created a list of sustainability-focused courses and a list of sustainability-related courses. Because the information on the Laurier website is in some cases lacking sufficient detail to make an accurate decision as to whether or not the course falls within the definition of “sustainability in the curriculum”, the above mentioned lists were validated by faculty members. This was done through a survey sent to all faculty members; faculty has the opportunity to identify sustainability courses that were not on the list but should be or to remove courses that shouldn’t have been put on the list in the first place. The Sustainability Office collected the survey results and amended the sustainability course inventory as necessary.


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 (if different from the options outlined above):
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Are the following course types included in the inventory? :
Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships No
Practicums No
Independent study Yes
Special topics Yes
Thesis / dissertation Yes
Clinical No
Physical education No
Performance arts Yes

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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