Overall Rating Reporter
Overall Score
Liaison Tyler Kuss
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2024

STARS v2.2

Valparaiso University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Julie Peller
Prof
Chemistry
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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 2,365 426
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 48 14
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 153 34

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
8.92

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
72

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
27

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
37.50

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 :
Course titles and descriptions were taken from the course registration page for the fall semester, spring semester, and summer section. They were sorted one by one to find which ones contain sustainable coursework. The attached document contains sections for the sustainable courses (and courses containing sustainability) offered each semester as well as the full course inventory for each semester.

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:
N/A

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:
Julie Peller and Doug Tougaw worked on this.

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