Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 66.01 |
Liaison | Lissette Hernandez |
Submission Date | July 1, 2024 |
Florida International University
AC-1: Academic Courses
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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13.02 / 14.00 |
Lissette
Hernandez Director Parking and Transportation |
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 | 2,205 | 2,078 |
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 137 | 89 |
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 246 | 280 |
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 :
FIU Office of University Sustainability staff and interns reviewed the 2021-2022 course catalogs using the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SGDs) as guidelines. Courses designated as sustainability-focused either concentrate centrally on the concept of sustainability or focus on examining an issue or topic using sustainability as a lens.Courses specified as sustainability-related either focus significantly on the intersection of at least two targets of the UN SDGs or focus a significant sub-theme, module, major course assignment, significant project or service-learning experience on the concept of sustainability.
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:
For the purposes of this credit, academic divisions were counted as departments because many divisions do not have separate departments. In addition, some divisions have classes which do not fall under a specific department.
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.