Higher Colleges of Technology
AC-1: Academic Courses

This course inventory was prepared and completed by the Sustainability division in the General Services Department with support from the Deanship of Curriculum Assessment and Development Department, Registrar and Student Information System Department as well as the College faculty and academic Departments.

The data represented here reflects all the courses offered at the 14 Higher Colleges of Technology campuses across the UAE. The list of courses listed in this report represents three academic years 2018/2019, 2019/2020, and 2020/2021.

The Sustainability division asked each Faculty department at HCT to provide a list of courses that are sustainability-focused or -inclusive. In addition, it was required also to summarize how each course reported is related to sustainability.

In order to increase the faculty member's awareness of sustainability, and course classifications into sustainability-focused or sustainability-inclusive, we followed the STARS definition. The examples provided in the STARS manual (AC-01- p.8 & p.9) were very helpful guides to faculty members. The constraints of excluding courses as indicated by the STARS manual were introduced to faculty members to follow.

After receiving the sustainability-related courses from the course leaf of different departments, we sent the list to the Deanship of Curriculum Assessment and Development Department, Registrar and Student Information System Department seeking their help to provide us with the number of sections offered and students enrolled in these courses in the last three academic years. In addition, they provided us with the number of academic departments at HCT campuses in the last three years.

Notes:
* The attached Excel file (HCT_STARS_AC_1) summarizes the numbers of focused / inclusive, courses and sections for undergraduate levels at Higher Colleges of Technology over the three academic years (2018/19 2019/20, and 2020/21).
* The courses offered that are either sustainability-focused/embedded are highlighted in yellow in the attached HCT catalog 2021-2022.

Each offering or section of a course was counted as an individual course. That is, courses were measured based on the number of sections offered in the last three academic years. For example, the course Renewable Energy Systems from the Engineering Tech & Science Department was offered with 46 offerings and sections in 2019, 47 offerings and sections in 2020, and 49 offerings and sections in 2021. (refer to the documents attached in the submission).

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