Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 29.52
Liaison Logan Plaisted
Submission Date Sept. 25, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Illinois Institute of Technology
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.18 / 14.00 Stephen Pepper
Assistant Director of Sustainability
Office of Campus Energy & Sustainability
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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 857 888
Number of sustainability courses offered 19 30
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 6 8

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
3.61

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
46

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
12

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
26.09

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?:
One

A brief description of the methodology used to determine the total number of courses offered and to identify sustainability course offerings, including the definitions used and the process for reviewing and/or validating the course inventory :

Counted by catalog listing based on course descriptions. Separate sections of the same course were not counted, as they are rare in this institution. Independent study and special project courses were not included as undergraduate courses. Research projects, special projects, thesis, dissertations, and continued residency were not included as courses.


How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
Each course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of offerings or sections

A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):
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Are the following course types included in the inventory? :
Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships No
Practicums No
Independent study No
Special topics Yes
Thesis / dissertation No
Clinical No
Physical education Yes
Performance arts No

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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