Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 58.33
Liaison Jessica Bilecki
Submission Date March 14, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of the Pacific
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.53 / 14.00 Jessica Bilecki
Sustainability Director
Sustainability
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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 756 697
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 14 11
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 73 25

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
8.47

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
70

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
33

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
47.14

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?:
Two

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :

Pacific Technology provided a course list for 2021 - 2023. Sustainability staff compiled these courses plus those on the online academic catalog, into a shared document. Sustainability staff then emailed Provost, Deans and faculty chairs to request they review the inventory for accuracy and identify sustainability focused or inclusive courses. By email or in person, faculty were provided with the definitions of sustainability, sustainability related/inclusive courses and were given a link to the shared course inventory. They were asked to review the inventory for accuracy of courses offered and indicate the appropriate sustainability course designation if appropriate.


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:

Courses with multiple sections were counted as one course. If a lab was associated with a course only the lecture portion of the course was counted. Courses that were offered at the undergraduate and graduate level were counted twice.


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:
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