| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 57.92 |
| Liaison | Keisha Payson |
| Submission Date | Feb. 25, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Bowdoin College
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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6.12 / 14.00 |
Keisha
Payson Sustainability Director Sustainable Bowdoin |
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Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 690 | 0 |
| Number of sustainability courses offered | 13 | 0 |
| Number of courses offered that include sustainability | 35 | 0 |
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Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
16
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Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
32
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Number of years covered by the data:
One
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A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
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An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
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The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:
For this submission of STARS Bowdoin used a similar methodology as was employed for Bowdoin's 2013 STARS report. During the fall semester 2015, The Dean of Student Affairs office worked with the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee to formalize a definition for sustainability in the curriculum. Once established, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs sent an e-mail to a selected group of faculty that the Environmental Studies Department and Sustainability Office had narrowed down as potential courses to include. The Dean's e-mail asked the faculty to self-identify if they believed any of their courses fell under the categories of sustainability related or sustainability focused. They also asked faculty to self-identify if they thought their scholarly research projects or grants met the criterion for sustainability research. Courses where the faculty member self-identified their course as being sustainability focused or sustainability related were included in the final list. Only courses taught during the 2014-2015 academic year have been included.
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How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
Each course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of offerings or sections
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A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):
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Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
| Yes or No | |
| Internships | No |
| Practicums | No |
| Independent study | No |
| Special topics | No |
| Thesis/dissertation | No |
| Clinical | No |
| Physical education | No |
| Performance arts | No |
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Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
No
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Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
No
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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