Overall Rating	Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison	Denice Koljonen
Submission Date	March 2, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Boston College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	Reporter	Tara Pisani Assistant Professor Earth and Envronment

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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	1,198	168
Number of sustainability courses offered	6	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	70	10

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

6.30

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:

39.47

Course Inventory

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

STARS Reporting_ Fall2017andSpring2018MCASCourses.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 :

We used courses and departments from the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences.

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):

We did not count separate sections or labs. Courses with multiple sections were only counted once.

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

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