Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	48.56
Liaison	Alan Turnquist
Submission Date	July 8, 2020
Executive Letter	Download

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Michigan Technological University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	8.20 / 14.00	Jay Meldrum Executive Director of Sustainability Facilities Management

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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	1,755	879
Number of sustainability courses offered	20	15
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	86	53

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

6.61

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:

83.33

Course Inventory

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

MTU_Sustainability_Course_Index_8HOW4YG.xlsx

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 :

A survey was administered to faculty. Based on faculty descriptions and self-reports, those particular classes were included in the inventory. The remainder of the inventory was collected by reading through descriptions of each course (undergraduate and graduate). Course descriptions included phrases or topics of sustainability, sustainable development, social/economic/environmental impacts of systems, etc. In addition, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and keyword phrases suggested in the University of Toronto's report available at https://data.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SUSTAINABLE-DEVELOPMENT-conceptual-report.pdf was used as a guide in determining sustainability offerings.

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	No

Optional Fields

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

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

MTU_course_descriptions.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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