| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 51.46 |
| Liaison | Bradley Flamm |
| Submission Date | March 6, 2020 |
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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8.77 / 14.00 |
Bradley
Flamm Director of Sustainability Office of the President |
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Part 1. Sustainability course offerings
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 1,809 | 777 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 47 | 3 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 123 | 22 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
7.54
Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department
51
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
44
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
86.27
Documentation
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One
A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
A task force of two WCU faculty members, the Director of the Office of Sustainability and the Graduate Assistant for Data Monitoring and Analysis developed a 13 question survey distributed electronically to all full- and part-time WCU faculty to obtain detailed information on their teaching, research, and service activities that were, in the 2018-19 Academic Year, sustainability-focused or sustainability-inclusive. The survey was released in mid-September 2019 and was open for responses until mid-November 2019. Announcements were sent via the Provost’s office, with reminder requests distributed by the Office of Sustainability. The definitions for the terms used were these: “A sustainability-focused course is one in which the main goals and objectives include environmental, social or economic sustainability. A sustainability-inclusive course is one in which environmental, social or economic sustainability is addressed, but not included in the main goals and objectives of the course.” The Office of Sustainability analyzed the data, comparing responses to entries in the university’s official course catalogue.
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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