| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 53.05 |
| Liaison | April Thompson |
| Submission Date | Sept. 22, 2023 |
Creighton University
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
10.16 / 14.00 |
April
Thompson Project and Reporting Coordinator Office of Sustainability |
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 | 1,364 | 2,541 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 56 | 12 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 373 | 138 |
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 :
We started with the master course list from the Creighton University course database, taken over 3 years, which removed all repeated sections of courses and/or multiple concurrent sections of the same course. This became our "total number of courses offered by the institution." We then performed a SQL search using 50 keywords, based on AASHE definitions of a sustainability course and UN Sustainable Development Goals, on this total list of courses. The short list of identified courses was reviewed by the Sustainability Reporting Coordinator and if the course description easily identified it as sustainability-focused or sustainability-inclusive, it was selected for the inventory. If any questions arose, it was further reviewed by faculty representatives. The course list was then split into courses taught within graduate programs or undergraduate programs.
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:
Each course (both total and sustainability) was counted as a single course regardless of the number of sections offered over three years or concurrently; however, some course offerings are cross listed to other departments and course numbers. These were not aggregated in this count due to the complexity of performing this on the master course list for the entire university, but the method used was equally applied to both total and sustainability courses for direct comparison.
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:
Data are for academic years 2021-23. This is to be consistent with the performance base year using across this survey.
Data are for academic years 2021-23. This is to be consistent with the performance base year using across this survey.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.