Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.89
Liaison Wendy Harness
Submission Date July 6, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Delta College
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Linda Petee
Sustainability & Risk Management Coordinator
Facilities Management
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Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that is one week or more in length?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution, including how each program addresses the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability:
Delta College offers several sustainability-focused immersive study abroad destination programs. Programs focus on understanding the connectedness of humans with their environment and the concepts of socio-cultural, ecological, and economic sustainability. Students choose to earn credit through independent study, special projects, an existing course with instructor permission, by enrolling in TTI200-Academic Sustainability Travel or a sustainability-related service learning course. A second sustainability-related study abroad course, Business & Cultural Travel, is currently in development. Immersive study abroad destination programs include Brittany, France; Drakes Bay, Costa Rica; Ireland; Monteverde Costa Rica: and Samara, Costa Rica.

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