Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.98
Liaison Joanne Wong
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Mills College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.74 / 14.00 Mark Henderson
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Public Policy
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Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
Undergraduate Graduate
Total number of courses offered by the institution 913 432
Number of sustainability courses offered 24 18
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 19 31

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
15

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
50

Number of years covered by the data:
Three

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):

ARTS 109 Adv. Painting
BIO 110 Cal Flora
BIO 125 Ecology
BIO 149 Conservation Biology
BIO 158 Marine Biology
DNC 034/134
ECON130 Economics of Poverty, Inequality and Discrimination
ECON 153/MGMT 253 Environmental Economics
ECON 134/PPOL 215 Public Sector Economics
ECON 138/MGMT 238 Environmental Sustainability & Business
ECON 139 Urban Economics
EDUC 180/280 Economics of Climate Change, Environmental Economics
EDUC 348 Building Structures for Equity, Excellence and Access
ENVS 022 Intro to Environmental Science
ENVS 050 Environmental Geology with Laboratory
ENVS 105 Oceanography
ENVS 107 Biogeochemicals and Climate Change
ENVS 115 Environmental Geochemistry with Laboratory
ENVS 179 Directed Research (Urban Reservoirs Project)
ETHS 039 Raíces (roots): Latin America & Caribbean
ETHS 042 Ethnicity and Environment in California
ETHS 047 Third World: Colonialism and Globalization
ETHS 112 Race, Gender, and the Environment
MGMT 272 Socially Responsible Business
PPOL 150 Environmental Policy Analysis
REL 180 Sustainability and Spirituality

Classes that include sustainability
BIO 002 General Biology II with Lab
BIO 049 Evolution for Future Presidents
BIO 144 Animal Behavior
BIO 161 Vertebrate Biology
BOOK 117/217 Visible Language
BOOK 184/284 Books as Multiples, Publishing on the Letterpress
BOOK 113/213 Artists’ Books: Concept, Content, Form
ECON 142 Industrial Organization and Public Policy
ECON 155/MGMT255 International Trade
ECON 158/MGMT 219 International Finance
EDUC 303 Teaching Children Mathematics
EDUC 305A Curriculum and Instruction for Secondary Mathematics and Science
EDUC 385 Student Teaching in the Secondary School
ENG 280 Special Topics in Literature and Culture
ENG 155/255 Creative Writing
GOVT 141 Politics of Developing Nations
GOVT 60
ICL 181 Social Change Leadership Seminar: Theory and Practice
ICL 187 Civic Leadership and the Social Text
MGMT 200 Microeconomic Theory
MGMT 226 Management Information Systems
MGMT 232: Operations Management
MGMT 244 Leadership and Ethics
MGMT 209 Economics for Managers
MGMT 230 Marketing Management
MGMT 233 Marketing Research
MGMT 236 Managerial Economics
MGMT 290 Strategic Management
MUSIC 242 Music Improvisation Ensemble II
PPOL 015 Introduction to Public Policy and Economic Analysis
PPOL 100/200, Methods of Policy Analysis
PPOL 230, MPP Integrative Core I
PPOL 231 MPP Integrative Core II
PPOL 180 Special Topics
PPOL 227 Local and Community Policymaking, Planning and Management
REL 40 Introduction to the Study of Religions


The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:

Faculty were asked to complete a brief online survey indicating which, if any, of their courses are "sustainability focused" or "sustainability related."


How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
Each offering or section of a course was counted as an individual course

A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):
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Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
Yes or No
Internships No
Practicums No
Independent study No
Special topics Yes
Thesis/dissertation No
Clinical No
Physical education No
Performance arts Yes

Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
No

Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
No

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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