Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	60.78
Liaison	Jessica Bowen
Submission Date	March 4, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Aquinas College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	13.05 / 14.00	Jessica Eimer Bowen Director of Sustainability Center for 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	1,011	110
Number of sustainability courses offered	35	6
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	186	4

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

20.61

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:

75.76

Course Inventory

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

Sustainability Courses for STARS.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 :

All department chairs were provided with a survey during spring 2018 and asked to classify courses in their program. Chairpersons were provided with the exact instructions and details included in the STARS 2.1 technical manual to help guide the process. For the handful of chairs that did not respond, sustainability staff used the academic catalog to identify sustainability courses and courses that include sustainability.

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):

Courses that are cross listed between departments were only listed once and the cross listing was removed.

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	No
Clinical	No
Physical education	Yes
Performance arts	Yes

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