University of California, Los Angeles
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
7.47 / 14.00 |
Nurit
Katz Chief Sustainability Officer Sustainability |
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 | 7,669 | 4,638 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 265 | 133 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 400 | 269 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
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?:
A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
Please see 2020 STARS report for the prior methodology to develop our inventory. For this 2023 submission, we shared the prior inventory with the Deans Council and asked each School and College to provide updates of any added courses or courses that are no longer listed. The inventory was then shared with the Registrar's Office for the calculations and course total.
Many of the courses on the list are “multiple-listed” courses, meaning the same course is listed as being offered by two or more different departments. We felt that listing all versions of a course was more comprehensive, more useful for students looking for courses, and better reflected the broad reach of sustainability courses at UCLA.
We excluded three types of courses from this assessment: 1) courses that are primarily performance based (Art, Dance, Music), 2) courses that are primarily clinical practice (School of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing), and 3) courses that are individual studies or identified as "tutorial" type activity (graduate and undergraduate).
We recognize that this list likely contains errors. We have made our best effort to be thorough in our identification of courses so as to make the list most useful for students seeking courses with substantial sustainability content. We will endeavor to update the list as we become aware of new courses.
How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted:
The inventory is the full list of courses that are "on the books" in the UCLA course catalog, while the courses "offered" is a different number and are those that were actually offered during the 2022-23 academic year. Some courses listed in the inventory may not have been offered that year, and others may have been offered more than once.
Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In addition to the links on the Publications and Resources page, the inventory is also linked on this Academics page: https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/academics-and-research/
In addition to the links on the Publications and Resources page, the inventory is also linked on this Academics page: https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/academics-and-research/
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.