Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	74.85
Liaison	Andrea Trimble
Submission Date	Feb. 8, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Virginia
EN-12: Continuing Education

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	4.86 / 5.00	Andrea Trimble Director - Office for Sustainability Office for Sustainability

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Part 1 . Continuing education courses in sustainability

Total number of continuing education courses offered:

639

Number of continuing education courses that are sustainability course offerings:

Percentage of continuing education courses that are sustainability course offerings:

9.55

Course Inventory

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

2023-2024_School_of_Continuing_Studies_Sustainability_Courses.xlsx

Institution’s inventory of its continuing education sustainability course offerings and descriptions:

See attached inventory.

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

One

Part 2. Sustainability-focused certificate program

Does the institution have at least one sustainability-focused certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:

Yes

A brief description of the certificate program(s):

The Sustainable Business Certificate in UVA's McIntire School of Commerce is a program for continuing education students (working professionals, the general public, undergraduates, graduate students) business through the lens of social, environmental, and fiscal responsibility. The program is entirely online and lasts 13 weeks, with a curriculum that includes:

Energy and climate change
Water, oceans, and biodiversity
Forests, land, and food
The business case
Strategic sustainability and marketing sustainability
Finance and sustainability
Managing sustainability
Sustainable design
Life cycle assessment
Sustainable structures
Building sustainable communities

https://experience.mcintire.virginia.edu/news/sustainable-business-certificate-address-environmental-challenges/

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s continuing education courses and programs in sustainability is available:

http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/content.php?catoid=49&navoid=3682&p4980=4#ent_courses4980

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

http://records.ureg.virginia.edu/content.php?catoid=58&navoid=4854&p6144=1#ent_courses6144

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