Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 55.03
Liaison Sara McIntyre
Submission Date Aug. 10, 2022

STARS v2.2

Sewanee - The University of the South
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 14.00 / 14.00 Amy Turner
Director of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
Office of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
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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 786 61
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 106 2
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 108 0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
25.50

Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
33

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
33

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
100

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 utilized the AASHE faculty/course survey and requested faculty to completed the survey and submit their courses for the three year AASHE STARs reporting period. They were asked to self evaluate whether they were sustainability focused or sustainability-inclusive based on the UNSDGs and Earth Charter.

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:
We asked they they only recorded the course 1 time so courses and asked how often courses were offered but each course was only counted once.

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:
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The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.