Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.66
Liaison Christie-Joy Hartman
Submission Date Dec. 23, 2013
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James Madison University
ER-6: Sustainability-Focused Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 10.00 Melissa Altman
Grant Writer
Office of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
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The number of sustainability-focused courses offered :
15

The total number of courses offered :
3,029

Number of years covered by the data:
One

A list of sustainability-focused courses offered:

Those courses are:
GISAT 100. Environmental and Energy Sustainability (General Education)
ISAT 429. Sustainability: An Ecological Process
ENGR 411. Sustainability Fundamentals
ENGR 412. Sustainability II
GEOG 470. Senior Seminar in Environmental Conservation, Sustainability and Development
ENGR 232. Engineering Design II
ENGR 301. Engineering Bridge Course for Transfer Students
ENGR 331. Engineering Design III
ENGR 431. Engineering Design V
ENGR 499B. Honors Engineering Design V
GEOG 320. Human Dimensions of Global Change
GEOG 380. Cultural Geography
ISAT 428. Industrial Ecology
JUST 357. Environmental Justice
PPA 484. Environmental Regulatory Policy and Politics


The website URL where the publicly available sustainability course inventory that includes a list of sustainability-focused courses is available:
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A copy of the sustainability course inventory:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

These estimates are based on the word "sustainability" being included in the very brief course catalog description or title OR the courses including a large sustainability component as self-reported by faculty who participated in the faculty development program for incorporating sustainability in the curriculum. Many more courses address sustainability learning objectives, and a more complete inventory is planned.

The total number of distinct courses is:
> Undergraduate Courses (Course Number < 500) 2,279
> Graduate Courses (Course Number > 499) 750
> Grand Total Distinct Courses 3,029
The source for the distinct course information is the JMU 2011-12 Annual Course Enrollment Data (as reported to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia). Data provided by the JMU Office of Institutional Research.


These estimates are based on the word "sustainability" being included in the very brief course catalog description or title OR the courses including a large sustainability component as self-reported by faculty who participated in the faculty development program for incorporating sustainability in the curriculum. Many more courses address sustainability learning objectives, and a more complete inventory is planned.

The total number of distinct courses is:
> Undergraduate Courses (Course Number < 500) 2,279
> Graduate Courses (Course Number > 499) 750
> Grand Total Distinct Courses 3,029
The source for the distinct course information is the JMU 2011-12 Annual Course Enrollment Data (as reported to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia). Data provided by the JMU Office of Institutional Research.

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