Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.83
Liaison Andrew Porter
Submission Date March 10, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Cincinnati
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 11.03 / 14.00 Daniel Hart
Sustainability Coordinator
Planning + Design + Construction
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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 3,126 781
Number of sustainability courses offered 93 52
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 387 103

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
16.25

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
109

None
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
74

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
67.89

Course Inventory

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 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 :
Faculty were asked several years ago, with the advent of the new online course catalog, to indicate whether their courses should be labelled with "sustainability" as a keyword. The courses that were part of that group that were offered for AY15-16 were included in the inventory. Then consultants from the Unlimited Carbon Assistance Network (UCAN), all of whom are experts in various aspects for sustainability, examined the entire course catalog and used course titles and descriptions to flag those that were focused on sustainability or that involved sustainability. The final step will be to circle back with faculty whose courses were flagged by UCAN in order to offer them the option to "code" their courses with the sustainability keyword in the course catalog for future years.

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):
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Are the following course types included in the inventory? :
Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships Yes
Practicums Yes
Independent study Yes
Special topics Yes
Thesis / dissertation Yes
Clinical Yes
Physical education Yes
Performance arts No

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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