| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.56 |
| Liaison | David Blodgett |
| Submission Date | March 13, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Babson College
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
13.25 / 14.00 |
Asheen
Phansey Director of Sustainability President's Office |
Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 316 | 208 |
| Number of sustainability courses offered | 43 | 7 |
| Number of courses offered that include sustainability | 34 | 11 |
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
Number of years covered by the data:
A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
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Spring 2014 Sustainability Courses:
AHS Foundation
Imagining Sustainability
Imagining Nature, Imagining Ourselves
Affordable Design Entrepreneurship
Environmental and Sustainable EPS
Social EPS by Design
Social Issue Doc: Theory and Practice
Health Disparities & Minority Health in US
Seminar in Human Rights
Conscious Capitalism in Business
Leading and Managing Sustainability
Solving Big Problems
Sustainable Energy Solutions
Tech, Nature & Values
Environmental Technology
Economic Botany
Sustainability Synthesis
Social Entrepreneurship
Environmental Entrepreneurship
Financing and Valuing Sustainability
Conscious Capitalism
Social Value Matters
Water in America
Nature, Culture, Progress
Environmental Economic Policy and Analysis
Social Responsibility in Malaysia
Media, Culture and the Environment
Oceanography
Meteorology
Natural Disasters
Corporate Social Responsibility
Fall 2014 Sustainability Courses:
Be the Change: Evaluating Social Impact
Case Studies in Ecological Management
Ecology of Animal Behavior
Environmental Economic Policy and Analysis
Environmental Technology
Imagining Sustainability
Seminar in Human Rights
Solving Big Problems
Sustainable App of Mapping Technology
Sustainable Energy Solutions
Water in America
Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship
Biotechnology
Living the Social EPS Experience
Leading for Social Value
Spring 2014 Inclusive Courses:
Business and Economic Policy in Developing Countries
Political Economy of Latin American Development and Underdevelopment
Regional Economies: Prospects and Tensions in Latin America's Southern Cone
The Ultimate Entrepreneurial Challenge
Living the Social Entrepreneurship Experience
Social Entrepreneurship by Design
Women's Studies
Public International Law
Innovation Law: A Critical Analysis
In the Extreme: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Human Rights
Issues in Leadership and Ethics
Global Management Communications
Managerial Accounting
Electronic Technology
Ecology of Animal Behavior
The Principle of Objectivity
Women's Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Public Policy Entrepreneurship
Designing and Managing Channels
Negotiations
Strategies for Innovation and Growth
Leading and Managing Change
Fall 2014 Inclusive Courses:
Critical Race Studies
Existentialism
First Year Seminar: Living Social Change
The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:
This data was a combination of past collections (updated based on whether the course is still offered or not) and current listing of courses on the concentration website. Some knowledge has been gathered from students and faculty familiar with the course offerings.
How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):
Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
| Yes or No | |
| Internships | No |
| Practicums | No |
| Independent study | No |
| Special topics | Yes |
| Thesis/dissertation | No |
| Clinical | No |
| Physical education | No |
| Performance arts | No |
Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
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