Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	29.38
Liaison	Lori Chance
Submission Date	Aug. 31, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Messiah University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	4.22 / 14.00	Brandon Hoover Director of Sustainability Operations

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Part 1

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	1,400	0
Number of sustainability courses offered	16	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	15	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

2.21

Part 2

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

None

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

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:

Course Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:

Academics_STARS.docx

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:

Three

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 :

Faculty serving on the Sustainability Committee combed through the four schools and each department's course listing to determine if the course contained any reference to "environment" "Social" "economics." If it did, the course was flagged and the course description was read through to determine if Sustainability was a learning objective, and further if it was primary or just included.

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

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://www.messiah.edu/info/20498/sustainability

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

cross listed courses were counted as individual courses only 1x (i.e. a SOAN and PSYCH cross listed class is counted as a single class). student teaching is not counted because it is considered a practicum