Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	60.83
Liaison	C Jane Hagen
Submission Date	March 2, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Virginia Commonwealth University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.73 / 14.00	Joseph Costa Sustainability Projects and Program Coordinator Sustainability

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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	1,738	1,176
Number of sustainability courses offered	61	46
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	53	5

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

5.66

Part 2

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

118

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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:

22.03

Course Inventory

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

Sustainability Course List.xlsx

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 :

This information represents the Fall '17 semester, Spring '18 semester, and Summer '18 semester The inventory was completed by having each faculty member tag their own classes as sustainability-related or sustainability-focuses. Each class was then confirmed as such by the Sustainability Academic Leadership Team, created by the Sustainability Committee. "Sustainability courses" and "courses that include sustainability" were designated by professors, and "courses that include sustainability" became a qualifier in the class registration application.

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	No
Practicums	No
Independent study	No
Special topics	No
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	No
Physical education	No
Performance arts	No

Optional Fields

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

https://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/vcucourses/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

http://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/ https://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/vcucourses/ https://opds.vcu.edu/media/decision-support/factandfigures/facts-cards/FactCardFinalWebsiteVersion.pdf https://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/scheduleofclasses/

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