| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 47.69 |
| Liaison | David Petree |
| Submission Date | June 4, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Guilford College
ER-5: Sustainability Course Identification
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Vicki
Foust Business Professor Business |
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Has the institution developed a definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:
Yes
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A copy of the institution's definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:
Social Justice and Environmental Responsibility
The purpose of the Social Justice and Environmental Responsibility requirement is, through the prisms of many different disciplines, to prepare students to be more effective agents of change by:
1. Exploring possible meanings of justice and responsibility in relation to society and/or the environment
2. Studying institutions, structures, ideologies, and/or power relations that (1) produce and reproduce social inequalities which oppress humanity, and/or (2) degrade the environment
3. Considering institutions, structures, ideologies, and/or power relations which empower people, enhance life, and/or sustain the environment, and exploring and evaluating possible methods of actively pursuing change at the personal, social, and/or institutional levels.
The subject matter in some courses on Social Justice and Environmental Responsibility may overlap with the Cultural Diversity or Intercultural requirements. However, the focus in courses on Social Justice and Environmental Responsibility is on structural and ideological analysis and change.
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Has the institution identified its sustainability-focused and sustainability-related course offerings?:
Yes
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the inventory:
Criteria:
• The perspectives addressed by the course may focus on either social justice or environmental responsibility or a combination of both.
• The course may have social justice or environmental responsibility as its primary focus, or it may use one or both as a recurring theme.
• A course must incorporate all three purposes of the requirement into its course framework: exploring different understandings of justice and responsibility in relation to society and/or the environment with an analytical framework, studying institutions, structures, ideologies, and/or power relations that (1) produce and reproduce social inequalities which oppress humanity, and/or (2) degrade the environment studying institutions, structures, ideologies, and/or power relations which empower people, enhance life, and/or sustain the environment, and exploring and evaluating possible methods of actively pursuing change at the personal, social, and/or institutional levels.
• A course might have varying emphases on these three purposes.
• A course is strongly encouraged to include an experiential component, such as relevant laboratory work, role plays, case studies, simulations, field work.
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Does the institution make its sustainability course inventory publicly available online?:
Yes
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The website URL where the sustainability course inventory is posted:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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