| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 37.54 |
| Liaison | Matthew Shockey |
| Submission Date | Dec. 17, 2020 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Indiana University South Bend
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
9.02 / 14.00 |
Deb
Marr Director Sustainability Studies Program |
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Part 1
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 1,419 | 131 |
| Number of sustainability courses offered | 42 | 5 |
| Number of courses offered that include sustainability | 167 | 25 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
15.42
Part 2
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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):
15
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
42.86
Course Inventory
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 :
The course inventory was extracted from the IUSB Course Bulletin for courses offered in academic year 2018-2019 (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019).
Courses that have been approved for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Sustainability Studies, Sustainability Studies minor, and Graduate Certificate in Strategic Sustainable Leadership are listed in the first Excel spreadsheet. The second Excel spreadsheet shows which of these courses were offered in 2018-2019.
The third spreadsheet includes courses that examine two of the three domains in Sustainability (environmental, economic, and social). These courses indirectly address Sustainability issues through approaching complex societal problems from an interdisciplinary perspective. These courses were identified by using search terms included in the course description, following the method used by IU Bloomington.
Course descriptions that offer tools for solving a sustainability problem as defined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, or approached a sustainability problem from only one domain were labeled Courses That Include Sustainability. We found the UN SDGs to be a helpful tool in determining sustainability curricula.
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):
N/A
Are the following course types included in the inventory? :
| Yes (included) or No (not included) | |
| Internships | Yes |
| Practicums | Yes |
| Independent study | Yes |
| Special topics | Yes |
| Thesis / dissertation | No |
| Clinical | No |
| Physical education | No |
| Performance arts | No |
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The course inventory was retrieved from the IUSB Course Bulletin for courses offered in academic year 2018-2019.
http://bulletins.iu.edu/iusb/2018-2019/index.shtml
Trends can be found at the following site: https://tableau.bi.iu.edu/t/prd/views/SectionsTaughtTrendsandComparisons/SectionsTaughtTrends?%3Aembed=y#5.
To asses the total number of courses offered by IUSB for undergraduate and graduate level programs a total course inventory was created as a spread sheet. The courses and course descriptions for the Sustainability Studies program and courses
The spreadsheet was filtered to show undergraduate and graduate courses separately. The course inventory used to create the spreadsheet was retrieved from the IUSB Course Bulletin for courses offered in academic year 2018-2019. http://bulletins.iu.edu/iusb/2018-2019/index.shtml
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