| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.64 |
| Liaison | Michelle Seppala Gibbs |
| Submission Date | May 2, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Hope College
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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4.23 / 14.00 |
Steve
Bouma-Prediger Professor of Religion Religion |
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Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 1,026 | 0 |
| Number of sustainability courses offered | 15 | 0 |
| Number of courses offered that include sustainability | 15 | 0 |
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Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
17
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Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
37
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Number of years covered by the data:
One
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A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
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An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
Biology 315: Conservation Biology (Greg Murray)
Biology 380/GES 341: Island Biology and Geology (Tom Bultman and Brian Bodenbender)
English 113: Expository Writing (sections taught by Curtis Gruenler, Pablo Peschiera)
English 375: American Literature and the Environment (Bill Pannapacker)
Engineering 366: Engineering for Sustainable Development (Staff)
Environmental Studies 377: Environmental Philosophy and History (Steve Bouma-Prediger)
Environmental Studies 490: Research Project (Steve Bouma-Prediger)
Environmental Studies 499: Internship (Steve Bouma-Prediger)
GEMS 152: Atmosphere and Environmental Change (Ed Hansen)
GEMS 153: Populations in Changing Environments (Kathy Winnett-Murray)
GEMS 157: Planet Earth (Jon Peterson)
GEMS 160: Chemistry of Our Environment (Michael Seymour)
GEMS 204: Regional Flora and Fauna (Kathy Winnett-Murray)
GEMS 295: Abrupt Climate Change (Joanne Stewart)
GEMS 295: Island Life: Biology, Geology, and Sustainability on Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas (Brian Bodenbender)
GES 212: Earth Environmental Systems II (Brian Bodenbender et alia)
GES 310: Environmental Public Policy (John Lunn, Jon Peterson)
IDS 100: Think Globally, Act Locally (Virginia Beard)
IDS 100: Sustainability for Normal People (Brian Bodenbender)
IDS 100: From Farm to Table (Anna Bonnema)
IDS 100: Slow Food (Anna Bonnema)
IDS 100: There’s No Place Like Home (Steve Bouma-Prediger)
IDS 100: Cycling Toward a Sustainable Lifestyle (Tom Bultman)
IDS 100: Science on the Beach (Ed Hansen)
IDS 100: It’s Not That Easy Being Green (Jeff Johnson)
IDS 100: Fast Food Nation (Jeanne Lindell)
IDS 100: Science of New Energy Technologies (Cathy Mader)
IDS 100: People, Prosperity, and Pollution (Roger Nemeth)
IDS 100: Food For Thought (Mark Pearson)
IDS 100: Investigating the Poisoning of America? (Cathy Mader)
IDS 100: Petroleum, People, and the Hydrocarbon Age (Jon Peterson)
IDS 100: Alternative and Sustainable Energy (Steve Remillard)
IDS 100: A Rood Over Our Head, Food In Our Bellies, Clean/Cheap Water (Linda Strouf)
IDS 100: Food Is Life (Joel Toppen)
IDS 467: God, Earth, Ethics (Steve Bouma-Prediger)
Management 356: Managing Organizations for Environmental Sustainability (Vicki TenHaken)
PHYS 295: Physics of Sustainable Energy (Steve Remillard)
Religion 100: Earth and Ethics (Steve Bouma-Prediger)
Religion 365: Ecological Theology and Ethics (Steve Bouma-Prediger)
Sociology 295: Environmental Sociology (Roger Nemeth)
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The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:
In order to determine sustainability-focused and sustainability-related courses, faculty members reviewed course descriptions and learning outcomes. Courses that have been established as sustainability-focused or related are emphasized within the Environmental Studies minor course selection information.
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How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
Each course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of offerings or sections
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A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):
Total number of courses offered (counting course numbers, not sections) for 15-16 AY: 1,026
Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
| Yes or No | |
| Internships | Yes |
| Practicums | No |
| Independent study | Yes |
| Special topics | Yes |
| Thesis/dissertation | No |
| Clinical | No |
| Physical education | No |
| Performance arts | No |
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Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
No
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Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
No
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Additional information about sustainability academics can be found at: https://hope.edu/offices/sustainability/academics.html
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