Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 47.42
Liaison John Stolz
Submission Date March 1, 2023

STARS v2.2

Duquesne University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 9.90 / 14.00 Mary Kate Ranii
Program Administrator
Center for Environmental Research & Education (CERE)
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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 2,957 1,972
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 74 57
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 438 158

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
14.75

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
170

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
102

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
60

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 :
All undergraduate and graduate courses were reviewed. If the course title or description involved any of the three pillars of sustainability (environmental, social, or economic) it was included on this list.

Course codes were used to differentiate and identify departments. Graduate and undergraduate codes were counted as different departments (i.e. Undergraduate Program in Biology and Graduate Program in Biology)

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:
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Optional Fields 

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:
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