Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.20
Liaison Megan Butler
Submission Date May 31, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Macalester College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.61 / 14.00 Suzanne Savanick Hansen
Sustainability Manager
Macalester Sustainbility Office
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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 838 0
Number of sustainability courses offered 32 0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 80 0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
13.37

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
45

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
22

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
48.89

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 Sustainability Office limited the inventory to the courses of the previous academic year, and did a precursory identification of sustainability courses based on the official course description. After compiling the original list, the department chairs reviewed the list and asked to make any adjustments to course identification.


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

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

Data from Course Catalog 2016 - 2017


Data from Course Catalog 2016 - 2017

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