Luther College
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Luther College offers multiple incentives for incorporating sustainability into new and existing courses including the following: - faculty development workshops focused on sustainability in the curriculum - financial incentives for faculty who create a new course or modify an existing course to include sustainability - a learning community of faculty who provide mutual support and guidance in the process of course development to include sustainability In 2015-16 the Center for Sustainable Communities partnered with the Dean's Office to develop and distribute a request for proposals to faculty for a small grant program for course development related to sustainability. The Associate Dean responsible for faculty development and a committee of faculty chose the most worthy proposals for inclusion in the program. Faculty who were chosen attended a workshop in the summer modeled on AASHE's sustainability across the curriculum workshops. After the summer workshop, faculty involved met monthly for six months to share ideas and resources and provided mutual accountability as they developed their courses. After six months each faculty participant submitted a complete syllabus and supporting materials that demonstrated the inclusion of sustainability in the course. Courses that were revamped in 2015-16 include: ART 104 - Visual Thinking SCST/FCUL 251 - Topics in Nordic Film ENVS 239 - Rivers and Society MGT 240 - Principles of Management ACCTG 357 - Government Accounting PSYC 450 - Applied Psychology ENG 260 - Shakespeare PHIL 140 - Environmental Philosophy

Faculty participants received a total of $1200 for successfully completing this program.