Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 81.34
Liaison Mary Whitney
Submission Date Nov. 26, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Chatham University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 13.08 / 14.00 Mary Whitney
University Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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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 4,400 3,728
Number of sustainability courses offered 236 509
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 244 450

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
17.70

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
31

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
31

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
100

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 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 :

Working with a sustainability metrics assistant, each discipline compiled a list of their sustainability research activities and initiatives, then complied them into one sustainability research activities and initiatives inventory. When compiling this data, we spoke with instructors and professors that we know include sustainability in all their courses, regardless of course title (some of which have been in the catalog for 30+ years). These professors work with the Office of Sustainability to conduct projects each semester the course is offered.


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 (if different from the options outlined above):
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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 Yes
Clinical No
Physical education No
Performance arts No

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Any course with an SUS, FST, ENV, IAR, LAR prefix is a sustainability course, whether internship, independent study or class. Internships and independent study are student-directed study within the sustainability degree programs. Each one will be different, but they ALL must focus on sustainability


Any course with an SUS, FST, ENV, IAR, LAR prefix is a sustainability course, whether internship, independent study or class. Internships and independent study are student-directed study within the sustainability degree programs. Each one will be different, but they ALL must focus on sustainability

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