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Overall Score 65.47
Liaison Pamela Mischen
Submission Date March 5, 2020

STARS v2.2

Binghamton University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.01 / 14.00 Carl Lipo
Director of Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies Program
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Part 1. Sustainability course offerings

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 1,544 616
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 14 16
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 35 42

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
4.95

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
44

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
20

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
45.45

Documentation

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 compiled the inventory by review the course descriptions for all of the course offerings in departments at Binghamton University that met the requirements of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For each course that was offered during the academic year semester (Fall 2018, Spring 2019), we evaluated each course description to determine whether the content of the class was primarily focused on issues of sustainability or whether it included content related to sustainability. We listed courses that are cross-listed in departments only once.

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:
Courses were only listed once based on their description in the schedule. We did not include sections. Cross listed courses were only counted once and listed in their parent department or program.

Optional Fields 

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