Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.49
Liaison Julia Angstmann
Submission Date Dec. 20, 2021

STARS v2.2

Butler University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.76 / 14.00 Angie Clayton
Assistant Registrar
Registration and Records
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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 7,980 587
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 51 3
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 335 0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
4.54

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
44

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
26

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
59.09

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
Three

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :

We used several methods for data collection. The registrar pulled class data for all classes during our three year time frame. Sustainability courses were identified via key word search in class descriptions and individual review for accuracy by CUES student intern and Assistant Director. A form was developed for faculty to self-identify sustainability classes which was discussed at College meetings and via an email message from the Associate Deans. CUES Assistant Director also emailed individual faculty for class information.


How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
Each offering or section of a course was counted as an individual course

A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted:

Through the class pull by the registrar, every individual class was included in the raw data spreadsheet, including multiple offerings of the same course. These duplicates were counted and enumerated in their own column by each sustainability focused or sustainability inclusive class. The multiple course offerings were also included in the overall number of course offerings by the University for consistency in counting.


Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

To follow up on why a class was selected as sustainability-focused or sustainability-inclusive, please contact Jamie Valentine, jvalentine@butler.edu or 317-940-6505. The responsible party listed pulled the data and Jamie assessed for sustainability.


To follow up on why a class was selected as sustainability-focused or sustainability-inclusive, please contact Jamie Valentine, jvalentine@butler.edu or 317-940-6505. The responsible party listed pulled the data and Jamie assessed for sustainability.

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