| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.35 |
| Liaison | Delicia Nahman |
| Submission Date | Sept. 12, 2023 |
Lafayette College
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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10.62 / 14.00 |
Melissa
Adamson Climate Action and Circularity Manager Office of Sustainability |
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Part 1. Sustainability course offerings
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 651 | 0 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 26 | 0 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 80 | 0 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
16.28
Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department
39
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
24
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
61.54
Documentation
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One
A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
Using the course catalogs from Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 we eliminated all thesis, independent study, and internship courses from our total course count. We also deleted repeated courses because we wanted to calculate the opportunities that students had to take sustainability related courses compared to the overall course offerings and that value is calculated by counting each course in a department once.
Once we had the edited overall course list, we used a sustainability key word list to sort out courses that would definitely not be sustainable by removing courses with zero key words in the description from our potential sustainability courses. From there, we looked at every course individually and based off of the course titles and descriptions we were able to categorize a majority of the courses as sustainability focused, sustainability inclusive or no mention of sustainability. There were some courses from the course description and title alone were difficult to place in a category, so we looked at the syllabi to make a final decision. After looking at the syllabi, we finalized sustainability focused and sustainability inclusive courses as well as the total number of courses from this period.
Once we had the edited overall course list, we used a sustainability key word list to sort out courses that would definitely not be sustainable by removing courses with zero key words in the description from our potential sustainability courses. From there, we looked at every course individually and based off of the course titles and descriptions we were able to categorize a majority of the courses as sustainability focused, sustainability inclusive or no mention of sustainability. There were some courses from the course description and title alone were difficult to place in a category, so we looked at the syllabi to make a final decision. After looking at the syllabi, we finalized sustainability focused and sustainability inclusive courses as well as the total number of courses from this period.
How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
Other (please describe below)
A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted:
Each course was counted once within a department no matter how many times it was offered in that department throughout the year. If the course was cross listed though, it was counted for every department it was in.
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Classes from the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 were added together to obtain these results.
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