Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	74.59
Liaison	Chris Adam
Submission Date	Sept. 7, 2020
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Dawson College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	9.29 / 14.00	Chris Adam Coordinator Sustainability Office

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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	15,871	0
Number of sustainability courses offered	714	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	1,650	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

14.90

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:

Dawson_College_AASHE_SUBMISSION_COURSES_2018-2019.xlsx

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:

Two

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 :

Courses from the college course calendar were obtained from the registrar's office for the academic year 2018-19. The content was placed in an excel sheet format by our IT department and then key search words representing the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals or Earth Charter were used to isolate the course descriptions to be reviewed. This was done by a contracted outside consultant. Interviews with teachers from various programs about their sustainability content demonstrated that some course descriptions were dated and did not reflect the sustainability content of various teachers interviewed. This is a challenge that needs to be addressed. The results reflect the course descriptions as they existed in 2018-19, unless a teacher came to the sustainability office with their course outline and demonstrated their sustainability content. This only represented 3 courses, as no communication went out publicly to change course outline descriptions. AASHE guidelines were used as per the STARS 2.1 indicator sustainability course or sustainability-related course guidelines. The sustainability office worked with the registrar's office and the external consultant to document results.

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	No
Clinical	Yes
Physical education	Yes
Performance arts	Yes

Optional Fields

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

https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/programs/alphabetical-listing

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

1.- CONTRIBUTION OF SUSTAINABLE MONTRÉAL 2016-2020 TO THE 17 SDGs (https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/rapportmontrealdurable/doc/montreal-durable-2016-2020-contribution-aux-ODD-2018-en.pdf) The Dawson website interchanges the words program, disciplines and profiles at times. The 27 programs were identified from the College Academic sector and from the official "Viewbook" that is distributed to feeder schools.