SCU's Leading Through Laudato Si' Strategic Action Plan outlines the following Academic Sub-Strategies related to course inventory:
- Undergraduate Sustainability Learning Outcome: By 2028, 100% of undergraduate schools or programs will adopt at least one sustainability-related learning outcome to be implemented starting 2030.
- Academic Program Inventory: By 2025, establish a task force to inventory and
identify opportunities to create new programs, certificates, and degrees relevant to sustainability and justice across the university. - Sustainability Content: By 2028, 100% of academic departments will offer at least one course that includes an assignment that integrates discipline-specific sustainability content.
*Please note, this inventory is updated annually. To make updates, please email sustainability@scu.edu.
Courses that "Include Sustainability"
Primarily focused on a topic other than sustainability, but include any of the following:
- a module on sustainability (e.g., environmental determinants of mental health in a Psychology course)
- a sustainability challenge addressing 2 or more pillars of sustainability (e.g., an assignment on financing sustainable energy in a Finance course)
- one or more sustainability activities (e.g., a simulation or field trip)
- sustainability issues integrated throughout course (e.g., in intro Biology or Chemistry labs, Calculus problem sets)
"Sustainability Course"
Courses primarily about any of:
- the concept of sustainability (e.g., “Sustainable Development”)
- the application of sustainability within a field (e.g., “Sustainable Agriculture” or “Environmental Communication”)
- a sustainability challenge addressing 2 or more pillars of sustainability (e.g., a course on climate change, global poverty and inequality, natural resource depletion, environmental degradation, or any targets in the UN SDGs)