Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.12
Liaison Kristina Hope
Submission Date March 1, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Knox College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.28 / 14.00 Deborah Steinberg
Director of Campus Sustainability Initiatives
Office of 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 480 0
Number of sustainability courses offered 15 0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 14 0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
6.04

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
19

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
11

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
57.89

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 :

The Sustainability Office was provided a list of courses taught during the most recent academic year. Sustainability staff reviewed the course description for each course, and from that description determined if sustainability issues were covered. In some cases, students who took the course knew that sustainability case studies were used in courses, that the course description may not have reflected.


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 Yes
Practicums No
Independent study Yes
Special topics Yes
Thesis / dissertation Yes
Clinical No
Physical education No
Performance arts Yes

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