Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 27.21
Liaison Jonathan Miller
Submission Date May 8, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Nova Southeastern University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.48 / 14.00 Megan Knights
Student Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Management
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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 1,228 2,744
Number of sustainability courses offered 3 32
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 289 290

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
15.46

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
29

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
10

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
34.48

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 :

Course descriptions that included language which stated, suggested, or hinted towards the STEM environmental fields, environmental/ human interactions, sustainability, or business sustainability economics were included in the course offering sheet. Sustainability Coordinator Megan Knights studiously reviewed both the undergraduate and graduate course offerings for both the fall and winter semesters to find these courses. Each course description includes the title, department (or equivalent), and level of each course.


How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
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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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 Yes
Clinical Yes
Physical education Yes
Performance arts Yes

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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