Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	54.90
Liaison	Matt Wolsfeld
Submission Date	Jan. 23, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of Saskatchewan
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	7.20 / 14.00	Margret Asmuss Sustainability coordinator The office of sustainability

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Part 1

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	1,914	1,062
Number of sustainability courses offered	51	44
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	116	14

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

7.56

Part 2

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

None

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

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:

62.67

Course Inventory

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

Courses Summary.pdf

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:

One

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 :

Based on our university's definition of sustainability, we identifed sustainability course and courses that include sustainability through searches of the Open Courseware program, through which information about the course offerings is publicly available and searchable. A set of search terms were used to filter out likely courses from this database. The search terms were: • Renewable • Sustainable (sustainable/sustainability) • Corporate social responsibility (CSR) • Urbanization, urban-planning • Globalization • Biodiversity • Conserve (conservation) • Environment • Ecosystem • Biosphere • Stewardship • Impact assessment • Climate change, global warming • Greenhouse gas emissions • Ecological footprint, carbon footprint • Deforestation • Greenwashing • Pollution • Extinction • Non-renewable • Remediation • Desertification The following information was tracked for each course. • Course title • Course number • Instructor name • Link to syllabus • Course description • College/department of the course • Link to open courseware site

How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:

Each offering or section of a course was counted as an individual course

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	Yes
Independent study	No
Special topics	No
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	No
Physical education	Yes
Performance arts	Yes

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://sustainability.usask.ca/study-and-development/study-here.php

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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