Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 31.26
Liaison Jonathan Miller
Submission Date Dec. 3, 2020

STARS v2.2

Nova Southeastern University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.04 / 14.00 Amber Orr
Sustainability Coordinator
Physical Plant
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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 1,228 2,744
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 3 32
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 289 291

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
15.48

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
26

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
15

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
57.69

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?:
One

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
In a review of each college's individual course catalogs, all course descriptions that included language which stated or suggested relations to the STEM environmental fields, environmental/ human interactions, sustainability, or business sustainability economics were included in the course offering sheet. 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:
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Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data for Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department were reported by colleges rather than individual departments due to recent restructuring of departments within the colleges.

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