Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	60.66
Liaison	Neha Sood
Submission Date	March 30, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Rochester Institute of Technology
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	8.51 / 14.00	Enid Cardinal Senior Sustainability Advisor to the President Office of the President

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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	2,365	1,029
Number of sustainability courses offered	47	59
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	154	43

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

8.93

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:

74.14

Course Inventory

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

Sustainability Courses - with descriptions.xlsx

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

Two

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 :

All courses offered over the last two years were reviewed and evaluated against the STARS AASHE Sustainability definition. Honors class were counted in addition to the regular form of the class. Labs were also included in the course count. Multiple sections of the same level course were counted as one course.

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	No
Practicums	No
Independent study	No
Special topics	Yes
Thesis / dissertation	Yes
Clinical	No
Physical education	No
Performance arts	Yes

Optional Fields

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

http://www.rit.edu/sustainability/academics-research

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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