Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 57.02
Liaison Monika Kamboures
Submission Date Aug. 17, 2023

STARS v2.2

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.93 / 14.00 Pearl Sungkamee
Sustainability Technical Student Assistant
Facilities Planning & Management
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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 2,552 826
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 237 24
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 781 95

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
33.66

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
91

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
40

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
43.96

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 :

We use the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as our framework to choose courses. The definition we use is “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations.” The essential purpose of this guide is to highlight courses offered at Cal Poly Pomona that promote one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Each course chosen is reviewed by Sustainability Student Assistants, the University Sustainability Coordinator, Department Professors, and Department Heads.


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:

Data from 2021-22 Academic Year


Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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