Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.37
Liaison Alan Brew
Submission Date Feb. 26, 2021

STARS v2.2

Northland College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 14.00 / 14.00 Alan Brew
Dean
Academic Affairs
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Part 1. Sustainability course offerings

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 403 0
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 50 0
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 31 0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
20.10

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
6

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
6

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
100

Documentation

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?:
Three

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
The College's course proposal form includes a section that asks Faculty to identify their courses as sustainability courses or sustainability inclusive courses (see additional documentation, Course Form.)
All courses are coded in the College's ERP system, allowing for summary pulls of sustainability and sustainability inclusive courses.
The College also maintains a list of all academic courses and distinguishes those including sustainability courses and sustainability inclusive courses. See the attached Excel document and note the three tabs.

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:
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Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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