Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.42
Liaison Amy Dvorak
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Lewis & Clark College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 11.74 / 14.00 Nicole Godbout
Student Assistant
Undergraduate
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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 989 488
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 40 40
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 76 56

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
14.35

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
41

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
37

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
90.24

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?:
Three

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
General:
Total course numbers are obtained from registrars and varies by year/term when the data is selected (2018-19 base year)

Course syllabi or websites are used to determine if the course includes any of the following components: environmental health or issues, economic health/prosperity, social health/well-being. Once these data are determined, the reviewer assesses whether the course examines the issue or subject at global or local scale (spatial extent) and also the temporal scale (is this a long-term solutions oriented course or historic with current implications?). Lastly, the assessor examines the course to see if sustainability is explicitly listed in the course title or description. If the course includes two more 'sustainability components' ie social and environmental, as well as relevant spatial or temporal scale, it is counted as inclusive or focused. If sustainability is specifically listed in the description or title, it is also counted as focused.

Methodology/Validation:
1. Initial course catalog review
2. follow up with departments to obtain syllabi and further clarify the list
3. follow up with professors to verify list

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:
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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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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
This course inventory covers three academic years with the base year being AY 2018-19 and the last year being 19-20, without duplication.

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