Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.65
Liaison Audrey McSain
Submission Date July 13, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Lehigh University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.79 / 14.00 Delicia Nahman
Sustainability Officer
Office of Sustainability
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Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
Undergraduate Graduate
Total number of courses offered by the institution 1,142 449
Number of sustainability courses offered 15 2
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 76 23

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Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
18

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Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
31

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Number of years covered by the data:
One

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A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
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An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
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The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:
A set of keywords was defined to be descriptors of sustainability. These keywords were used to filter the academic course catalog for the year 2014-2015. Each course description that had matching word was then read further to determine if it was sustainability based, or included sustainability topics.

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How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
Each course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of offerings or sections

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A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):
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Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
Yes or No
Internships No
Practicums No
Independent study No
Special topics No
Thesis/dissertation No
Clinical ---
Physical education ---
Performance arts ---

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Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
No

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Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
No

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Note that number of departments in this section (31) differs from AC-9 (37) due to some courses belonging to "interdepartmental programs", rather than a specific department, whereas in AC-9, faculty belong to specific departments. These courses are listed under department titles such as "Interdepartmental Arts" or "Interdepartmental Engineering"

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