Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.20
Liaison Josh Lasky
Submission Date May 14, 2014
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George Washington University
ER-8: Sustainability Courses by Department

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.27 / 7.00 Lisa Benton-Short
Director of the Sustainability Academic Program
Department of Geography
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The number of departments that offer at least one sustainability-related or -focused course :
42

The total number of departments that offer courses:
62

A list of departments that offer sustainability courses:

Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
American Studies
Anthropology
Biology
Chemistry
Economics
English
Environmental Resource Policy
Environmental Studies
Geography
History
Interior Design and Architecture
Media and Public Affairs
Museum Studies
Organizational Sciences and Communication
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Public Policy
Religion
Romance Languages
Sociology
Theatre & Dance
University Writing

Elliott School of International Studies (does not have departments)

Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Human and Organizational Learning
Curriculum and Pedagogy

Milken Institute School of Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Exercise Science
Global Health
Health Policy
Prevention and Community Health

School of Business
Finance
Strategic Management and Public Policy
Tourism and Hospitality Management

School of Engineering and Applied Science
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

School of Law (does not have departments)

College of Professional Studies (does not have departments)

Office of the Provost (host of pan-university courses)


The website URL where the publicly available sustainability course inventory that includes a list of departments that offer sustainability courses is available:
A copy of the sustainability course inventory :
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The Green Leaf Course list is subject to change from semester to semester. For the most updated list, please download the Compendium of Green Leaf Courses from our website at https://sustainability.gwu.edu/green-course-list.

The Elliott School of International Affairs, Law School and College of Professional Studies do not have departments. We have counted each of these schools as one department.

The School of Medicine and Health Sciences has been excluded from this analysis.

Four courses are listed under the Office of the Provost, so it is counted as one department. These courses are considered pan-university and therefore do not fit within any one department. They are placed within the Office of the Provost because they are supported by his office as exemplars of the kinds of cross-disciplinary approaches to education touted in the university's strategic plan.


The Green Leaf Course list is subject to change from semester to semester. For the most updated list, please download the Compendium of Green Leaf Courses from our website at https://sustainability.gwu.edu/green-course-list.

The Elliott School of International Affairs, Law School and College of Professional Studies do not have departments. We have counted each of these schools as one department.

The School of Medicine and Health Sciences has been excluded from this analysis.

Four courses are listed under the Office of the Provost, so it is counted as one department. These courses are considered pan-university and therefore do not fit within any one department. They are placed within the Office of the Provost because they are supported by his office as exemplars of the kinds of cross-disciplinary approaches to education touted in the university's strategic plan.

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