Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	61.51
Liaison	Karen Eckert, Ph.D.
Submission Date	March 5, 2021
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Principia College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	9.73 / 14.00	Karen Eckert, Ph.D. Professor and Director Center for Sustainability

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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	832	0
Number of sustainability courses offered	12	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	85	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

11.66

Part 2

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

None

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

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:

Course Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:

STARS_2021_Principia_College_Catalog_2019-2020_courses_w_SUS_outcomes.pdf

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:

Three

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 inventory was counted by catalog listing. The courses that identify as sustainability courses carry the SUS course code. The courses that include sustainability content were inventoried by the Center for Sustainability for the purpose of this audit. Many of these courses are included as required or elective courses in our SUS degree program (minor, major) and, according to the College Catalog (attached), these courses "must address at least one of the sustainability learning outcomes and must include a significant project or assignment looking at sustainability from the perspective of the course discipline."

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):

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Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

	Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships	Yes
Practicums	No
Independent study	Yes
Special topics	Yes
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	No
Physical education	Yes
Performance arts	Yes

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://catalog.principiacollege.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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