Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	69.32
Liaison	Ian Johnson
Submission Date	June 3, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Colorado College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	8.50 / 14.00	Ian Johnson Sustainability Director 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	1,088	0
Number of sustainability courses offered	51	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	35	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

7.90

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:

Course Inventory

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

Sustainability_Courses.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 2018-2019 class schedule was used to compile the number of course offered. To identify sustainability courses, the class descriptions were carefully reviewed for content and topics. Definitions of sustainability courses were taken from Sustainability Focused (T1 designation) or Sustainability Related (T2 designation) definitions for Colorado College, which were designed to be in line with STARS course designations. Sustainability Related courses meet one or two of the sustainability learning objectives. Sustainability Focused courses meet three or more of the sustainability learning objectives. Objectives can be found at https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/sustainability/academics/ Not all courses listed are designated, but are eligible to be designated should the faculty of record so choose; not all faculty choose to list their course.

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):

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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	Yes
Performance arts	Yes

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/sustainability/academics/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The Office of Sustainability has implemented a course designation for sustainability-focused and sustainability-related courses. The designation was written by a group of students, faculty, and staff that was part of the Sustainability Action Team appointed by the president during the 2013-2014 academic year. A number of courses, mostly ones that were developed by faculty as part of the Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshop, have gone through the designation process. In addition to the courses developed in the Sustainability Across the Curriculum workshop, an intern at the Office of Sustainability goes through the course catalog and identifies courses that may be either sustainability focused or sustainability related and contacts the professor to ask them to fill out the course designation application (https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/sustainability/academics/curriculum/). These courses are listed on the college's webpage https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/sustainability/academics/curriculum/sustainability-courses/. However, the designation is not yet included in the course catalog or on student transcripts.