Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	38.93
Liaison	Veronica Johnson
Submission Date	May 10, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Southwestern University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	6.02 / 14.00	Kathryn Caudell Student Sustainibility Coordinator Environmental Studies

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Part 1

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	750	0
Number of sustainability courses offered	32	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	21	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

7.07

Part 2

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):

None

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:

47.83

Course Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:

AC-1 Sustainable Course Inventory.docx

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:

Two

A brief description of the methodology used to determine the total number of courses offered and to identify sustainability course offerings, including the definitions used and the process for reviewing and/or validating the course inventory :

Sustainability coordinator identified all courses offered Fall 2015-Spring 2018 and read descriptions of each course to determine whether or not courses included a sustainability element or were solely focused on sustainability.

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 (if different from the options outlined above):

Because our institution is small, we counted courses with multiple offerings as a single course to better represent the diversity of classes offered.

Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

	Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships	Yes
Practicums	No
Independent study	Yes
Special topics	Yes
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	No
Physical education	No
Performance arts	Yes

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://www.southwestern.edu/departments/environmental/curriculum.php

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

https://www.southwestern.edu/live/files/6358-2017-18-catalogpdf To count the total number of courses, we sorted through the course catalog for the school. Courses with multiple listings were only counted once in the final number.

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