Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	49.65
Liaison	Jennifer Bodine
Submission Date	Feb. 19, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Weber State University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	4.42 / 14.00	Alice Mulder SPARC Director, Professor Geography

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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	6,684	357
Number of sustainability courses offered	46	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	109	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

2.20

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:

53.06

Course Inventory

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

AC_1 Revision.xlsx

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 :

Courses were identified using the inventory of courses from WSU’s existing Environmental Studies Major and Minor, the WSU course catalog, from information obtained from the office of Institutional Research, and from discussions with individual faculty members, deans, department chairs, and the Provost. Timeframe: Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 Note on attached Excel file (AC1_Revision) that courses that had multiple sections are indicated in this way in the semester columns: Y = 1 section, Y2 = 2 sections, Y3 = 3 sections

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

Optional Fields

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

https://www.weber.edu/sustainability/courses

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Courses were identified using the inventory of courses from Weber State Universities course catalog, information obtained from the office of Institutional Research, and from discussions with individual faculty members, deans, department chairs, and the Provost. Current sustainability related courses can be found at:https://www.weber.edu/sustainability/courses

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.