| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.20 |
| Liaison | Lauren Poole |
| Submission Date | Dec. 10, 2021 |
Colorado School of Mines
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
7.58 / 14.00 |
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 | 1,348 | 1,234 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 9 | 7 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 41 | 45 |
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 :
To complete this inventory, an Excel catalog of all courses offered by the Colorado School of Mines was conditionally formatted based on the occurrence of keywords like "hydrology," "sustainability," "environment," "energy," "community," "social responsibility," an otherwise. Then, all course entries marked as containing any of these key words were reviewed and coded by human volunteers based on the relative importance of sustainability in the course description. Course descriptions that allocated more than 50% of its content to talking about sustainability topics were designated as "sustainability-focused." Courses that contained less sustainability focus but still referenced at least one of the 17 SDGs (at least conceptually) were designated as "sustainability-inclusive."
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:
Student intern worked with registrars office. Went through course catalog. Some courses offered in different departments but with the same name were counted as one course offered. A course inventory is attached. For our next report, we hope to have a more a designated code for sustainability courses as an institutional requirement.
Student intern worked with registrars office. Went through course catalog. Some courses offered in different departments but with the same name were counted as one course offered. A course inventory is attached. For our next report, we hope to have a more a designated code for sustainability courses as an institutional requirement.
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