| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 59.66 |
| Liaison | Christina Erickson |
| Submission Date | Aug. 15, 2022 |
Champlain College
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
9.64 / 14.00 |
Monique
Taylor Provost Academic Affairs |
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 | 1,130 | 143 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 114 | 31 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 76 | 14 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
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?:
A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
Review of course descriptions in Academic Catalog + a survey to all faculty in Fall 2014; followed up with review of new courses added to Catalog since 2014, applying the Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for categorization. Generally, for "focused" classes, 50% or more of the course content is sustainability/SDG focused; for "included" classes, 50% or less of the course content includes sustainability/SDG.
How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted:
Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
There are 6 total academic divisions at Champlain College (Core, Education & Human Services, Information Technology & Sciences, Communications & Creative Media, Stiller School of Business, Champlain College Online (includes UG and GR)
Within those 6 divisions there are 59 total programs/majors offered.
20 of those programs/majors require students to take a course that falls within the sustainability course inventory - however, ALL on-campus undergraduate students are required to take Core courses, including Core 101: Navigating Higher Education, which is classified as a "course offered that includes sustainability". 18 Departments are then used for "Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level)" to include the Core classes + Major required courses.
Total number of classes came from "Active Course List Spring 2022" prepared by the Registrar's office.
There are 6 total academic divisions at Champlain College (Core, Education & Human Services, Information Technology & Sciences, Communications & Creative Media, Stiller School of Business, Champlain College Online (includes UG and GR)
Within those 6 divisions there are 59 total programs/majors offered.
20 of those programs/majors require students to take a course that falls within the sustainability course inventory - however, ALL on-campus undergraduate students are required to take Core courses, including Core 101: Navigating Higher Education, which is classified as a "course offered that includes sustainability". 18 Departments are then used for "Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level)" to include the Core classes + Major required courses.
Total number of classes came from "Active Course List Spring 2022" prepared by the Registrar's office.
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