Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 37.30
Liaison Jennifer Dunseath
Submission Date July 26, 2022

STARS v2.2

Roger Williams University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.81 / 14.00 Brian Williams
Chief Of Staff For President
Office Of President
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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 1,641 79
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 128 8
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 146 10

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
16.98

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
78

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
47

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
60.26

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 :
We first established a time period for data gathering which was Fall 20/Spring 21 course offerings. The Registrar provided a list of all courses offered during that academic year. Courses were reviewed for whether they were sustainability focused or inclusive using the definitions in the technical manual. Course descriptions and syllabi were used to make this determination. Courses were reviewed according to the parameters in the technical manual and we removed the following:

Internships
Recitations
Directed seminars
Labs
Enrollments of 4 or less
Independent studies
Performance classes
Theses classes

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:
Courses with multiple sections were counted as separate courses.

Optional Fields 

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