Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 42.78
Liaison Michael Mumper
Submission Date May 20, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Lebanon Valley College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.98 / 14.00 Michael Zeigler
Dir of Client Services
Information Technology
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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 618 64
Number of sustainability courses offered 2 0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 24 4

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
4.40

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
18

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
6

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
33.33

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 Institutional Research Office inventoried all courses offered in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018.


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

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

LVC offers courses in 58 disciplines (each with its own registration code), while faculty members hold appointments in 18 multidisciplinary departments. Faculty offering sustainability courses belong to 6 of the 18 departments.


LVC offers courses in 58 disciplines (each with its own registration code), while faculty members hold appointments in 18 multidisciplinary departments. Faculty offering sustainability courses belong to 6 of the 18 departments.

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