Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 70.33
Liaison Enid Cardinal
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

Rochester Institute of Technology
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.94 / 14.00 Neha Sood
Assistant Director for Campus Sustainability
RIT 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 2,332 1,035
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 38 35
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 156 65

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
8.73

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
60

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
40

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
66.67

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?:
Two

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
Both undergraduate and graduate course catalogs were pulled from the university website. Courses were counted and analyzed individually to determine the total number of offerings, as well as classifying courses as sustainability-focused or inclusive. If the course was fully based in sustainability or environmental education, the course was marked as sustainability-focused. If the course was primarily teaching a different subject but had strong ties to sustainability, it was marked as sustainability-inclusive

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:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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