Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 45.14
Liaison Kristina Hope
Submission Date Feb. 2, 2024

STARS v2.2

Knox College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 9.00 / 14.00 Kristina Hope
Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Sustainability course offerings

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-focused courses offered 14 0
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 35 0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
10.21

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
19

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
14

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
73.68

Documentation

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?:
Two

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
The Sustainability Office was provided a list of courses taught during the 2022/2023 academic year. An email was sent to all faculty to inquire about sustainability courses that were offered. A list was compiled of the responses. If we did not receive feedback from some of the faculty, the Sustainability staff reviewed the course descriptions in the course catalogue for each course, and from that description determined if sustainability issues or topics were covered.

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:
Individual courses were tallied for each term (not different sections. The number of course offerings each term were added together for a total for the entire two years, as we offer some courses every other academic year.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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