Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	73.17
Liaison	Megan Litke
Submission Date	Feb. 28, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

American University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	8.49 / 14.00	Hannah Moskowitz Sustainability Analyst Office of 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	1,647	2,498
Number of sustainability courses offered	44	30
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	157	96

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

7.89

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:

Course Inventory

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

Academic Courses Submitted.pdf

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 :

The Office of Sustainability asked faculty to use the above guidance to self-identify whether any of their classes included sustainability or were sustainability courses. 21.42% of faculty (598 out of 2792) completed the survey and the results were used to produce a catalog of sustainability curricula.

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):

If a class was taught by multiple professors in a given year, then each professor was counted separately.

Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

	Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships	No
Practicums	No
Independent study	No
Special topics	Yes
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:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Green Apple courses are part of a program and do not designate all sustainability classes in the course offerings.