| Overall Rating | Bronze |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 43.68 |
| Liaison | Jeane Pope |
| Submission Date | June 23, 2020 |
DePauw University
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
7.87 / 14.00 |
Malorie
Imhoff Director of Sustainability 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 | 1,120 | 0 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 54 | 0 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 28 | 0 |
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 :
The Environmental Fellows Program identifies and compiles a list of all course offerings for students involved with the program each semester. Only courses with 1/3 or more of the class with an environmental theme can be EFP-approved. The list is reviewed and revised by the Environmental Fellows Steering Committee before each semester.
This year, The University Sustainability Committee also distributed among faculty a Faculty Survey to capture data on other sustainability-inclusive courses offered within the last three years. Sustainability-focused courses were defined in the survey to include:
- Foundational courses with a primary and explicit focus on sustainability (e.g., Introduction to Sustainability).
- Courses with a primary and explicit focus on the application of sustainability within a field (e.g., Sustainable Agriculture).
- Courses with a primary and explicit focus on understanding or solving a major sustainability challenge (e.g., Climate Change Science).
Sustainability-inclusive courses were defined as primarily focused on topics other than sustainability, but:
- Incorporate a unit or module on sustainability or a sustainability challenge,
- Include one or more sustainability-focused activities, or
- Integrate sustainability issues and concepts throughout the course.
Data from both the EFP lists and the 2019-2020 faculty survey were compiled together into the Sustainability Course Inventory - Spring 2020 (attached below).
For the total number of classes taught by the university, we referred to the course catalog page: https://www.depauw.edu/academics/catalog/courses/search/?q=
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:
Even if the course was taught by multiple professors or on an annual basis, we still only counted it as a single course within the 3 years.
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:
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