Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.42
Liaison Andrew D'Amico
Submission Date Aug. 25, 2021

STARS v2.2

Princeton University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.82 / 14.00 Shana Weber
Director
Office of Sustainability
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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 1,088 378
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 35 2
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 55 6

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
6.68

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
36

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
17

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
47.22

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 :
A spreadsheet of course titles and descriptions of courses offered by the University in one academic year (2019-2020) are requested from the Registrar’s office and then reviewed to distinguish content that is sustainability focused versus sustainability inclusive. Internships, practicums, independent study, special topics, thesis/dissertation, performance arts/practice-oriented courses, mandatory research conduct courses, and courses with four or fewer students were not included in the course totals

How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
Other (please describe below)

A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted:
We count each time a course is offered as a separate course so if a course is held once in the fall term and once in the spring term then it is counted as 2 courses. Same with sections. If a course has two sections, then it is counted twice.

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:
Although Princeton has 36 undergraduate and 42 graduate degree-granting departments, Princeton offers classes through 107 "subjects." These "subjects" include degree-granting departments, certificate programs, centers, and more as listed on the Registrar's website.

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