Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	48.37
Liaison	Calandra Lake
Submission Date	Dec. 20, 2016
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

College of William & Mary
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	7.76 / 14.00	Calandra Waters Lake Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability

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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	2,771	1,166
Number of sustainability courses offered	35	10
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	142	38

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

5.72

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:

82.14

Course Inventory

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

W&M courses and VIMS.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 :

The complete list of courses from Summer 2015 through Spring 2016 was received from the Registrar. All faculty were asked to self-identify courses, those courses with promising titles or descriptions were also contacted directly. Many self-identified courses were without descriptions, so additional review and validation came in the form of requesting descriptions. The definitions used for the survey are as follows. Sustainability focused courses are explicitly focused on sustainability as a concept having social, economic, and environmental dimensions, and/or focused on understanding or solving a sustainability challenge. Courses that include sustainability applications are not primarily focused on sustainability but include units or lessons on sustainability or a sustainability challenge, incorporate one or more sustainability-focused activity, or integrate sustainability issues throughout the course.

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	No
Practicums	No
Independent study	No
Special topics	Yes
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	No
Physical education	No
Performance arts	No

Optional Fields

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