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So, You Think That’s a
Sustainability Course
?!?
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WHO We Are
• Julian Dautremont-Smith
• Chad Frederick
• Elizabeth Lloyd-Pool
• Katherine Nelson
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WHY We Are HereSTARS 1.2• Sustainability-focused courses
concentrate on the concept of sustainability, including its social, economic, and environmental dimensions, or examine an issue or topic using sustainability as the lens.
• Sustainability-related courses incorporate sustainability as a distinct course component or module or concentrate on a single principle or issue
STARS 2.0• A sustainability course is a course in
which the primary and explicit focus is on sustainability and/or on understanding or solving one or more major sustainability challenge (e.g. the course contributes toward achieving principles outlined in the Earth Charter).
• A course that includes sustainability is primarily focused on a topic other than sustainability, but incorporates a unit or module on sustainability or a sustainability challenge, includes one or more sustainability-focused activities, or integrates sustainability issues throughout the course.
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Should this count as sustainability focused?
MeteorologySwine ProductionPrinciples of AccountingAmerican Economic HistoryPetroleum GeologyFamily Resource ManagementFundamentals of MarketingContemporary ChinaBeginning Tai Chi Chi KungIntroduction to Public AdministrationIssues in Humanitarian Studies
Physics Theory IIntroduction to BusinessIntermediate Spanish 1Introduction to EngineeringPapermakingPost-Spinosist Theory and ModernismScience FictionWeb Mapping/Publishing Pavement DesignTravel Demand ForecastingPrinciples of Turfgrass Irrigation
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WHAT We Are Talking About
1. Definitions & Methodologies• Presenters Information
Audience Questions
2. Pitfalls & Pressures• Presenters Information
Audience Questions
3. Balance & Benefits• Presenters Information
Audience Questions
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Definitions
Methodologies&
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee• Definition
Agreed upon by 5 faculty & Office of Sustainability
Melding of STARS, University of New Hampshire, UW-River Falls, UW-Oshkosh, & Oberlin College
• Methodologies
Survey to faculty AND students, for by-in more than capturing full scope
Full course analyses by
• Overview
Conservative
Transparency- All course descriptions are listed
All 14 Schools & Colleges had at least a minimum contribution
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Portland State University
• Sustainability is a campus-wide learning outcome
• Sustainability is not a major or academic department
• There is no Sustainability 101 course
• Students are not going gain a complete understanding of sustainability through one course
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Interconnection: The most basic concept of sustainability that must be present in a single
course
• Sustainability Focused Course
Equity
EconomyEnvironment
Course Topic
Equity
EconomyEnvironment
Course Topic
Course Topic
Course Topic
Equity
EconomyEnvironment
Course Topic
Course Topic
Course Topic
• Sustainability Related Course
• Not a Sustainability Course
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CriteriaNot a
Sustainability Course
Sustainability Related Sustainability Focused
EquityENG 301:
Shakespearean Tragedy
WS 306: Women, Environment, and
Activism(equity + environment)
SOC 465: Environmental
Sociology
EconomyEC 445:
Comparative Economic Systems
PHL 309: Business Ethics (economy + equity)
USP 317: Introduction to International
Community Development
Environment BI 357: General Ecology
ESM 222: Applied Environmental Studies: Policy Considerations
(environment + economy)
GEOG 363: Geography of Africa
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Questions for You
•What are the pros and cons of how your institution identifies sustainability courses?
• Should there be a standardized methodology / required identification form?
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Pitfalls
Pressures&
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• Geography of Africa A survey course on the physical and
human geography of the continent of Africa, focusing on the variability of the physical landscape, including geomorphology, vegetation, and climate and on the patterns and implications of cultural diversity. Examines links between natural resources, economic development, and environmental management on location, national and regional scales.
Don’t Judge a Course By It’s Title
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Points Pressure
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Questions for You
•What lessons have you learned from course identification?
•What kinds of pressures have you experienced at your institution?
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Balance
Benefits&
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Balance
• Faculty are busy!
• It is helpful to have staff who can work on this
• Make it simple and repeatable, i.e. different people would categorize a course the same way
• “Current best thinking” vs “perfect”
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• Basis for moving the discussion forward
• Reducing confusion about how your institution incorporates sustainability in the curriculum
• Answering the student question, “What sustainability courses do you offer?”
• Helping students get a more robust sustainability education through informed choices
Benefits
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Questions for You
•How do you balance trade offs in course identification?
•What kinds of benefits have you experienced at your institution?
• Any other remaining questions?!?
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Thank You!