Overall Rating Platinum
Overall Score 85.50
Liaison Breeana Sylvas
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of California, Merced
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 14.00 / 14.00 Michael Dawson
Professor
Life & Environmental Sciences
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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 665 147
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 56 16
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 105 28

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
25.25

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
44

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
41

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
93.18

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 :
Descriptions of all courses in the course catalog published by UCM's Registrar were reviewed according to the Standards and Terms outlined in the AASHE technical manual. The course offerings listed include summer sessions.

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:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The number of academic departments is reflective of the number of major programs offered. The university is working to finalize development of departments.

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