Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.48
Liaison Allison Maxted
Submission Date Jan. 22, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Mohawk College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 9.66 / 14.00 Kayla LaChance
Sustainability Programs and Services Coordinator
Sustainability Office
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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 2,051 233
Number of sustainability courses offered 33 2
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 153 21

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
9.15

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
18

None
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
18

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
100

Course Inventory

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 :
In October 2018, Mohawk Sustainability completed a thorough analysis of all courses to determine how many courses were related to sustainability. Methodology: 1. Develop a living document where all findings on sustainability courses (related or focused) were integrated together. 2. A sustainability course is a course in which the primary and explicit focus is on sustainability and/or on understand or solving one or more major sustainability challenge 2a. A course that includes sustainability is primarily focused on a topic other than sustainability, but incorporates a unit or module on sustainability or a sustainability challenge, includes one of more sustainability-focuses activities, or integrates sustainability issues throughout the course 3. Data collection, input and review for identified sustainable program-courses. Data collection was conducted using academic calendars and program of study course website pages.

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):
Each course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of offerings or sections. Courses offered across modules were not double counted.

Are the following course types included in the inventory? :
Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships Yes
Practicums Yes
Independent study Yes
Special topics Yes
Thesis / dissertation No
Clinical Yes
Physical education Yes
Performance arts Yes

Optional Fields 

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:
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