Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	65.64
Liaison	Rachael Wein
Submission Date	March 3, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Smith College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	7.80 / 14.00	Emma Kerr Campus Sustainability Coordinator Office of Campus 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	895	143
Number of sustainability courses offered	38	1
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	73	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

10.79

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:

52.27

Course Inventory

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

Academic Courses.docx

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 :

The course catalogs for 2014-2015, 2015-2016, and 2016-2017 were examined to determine which courses include sustainability or are a sustainability course, based on the definitions provided. Courses that were taught in multiple academic years were not counted more than once. The total number of courses used is an average of the number of courses taught across the three years. This methodology was used to allow better comparisons with our previous reports that just looked at one year.

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

Optional Fields

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

http://catalog.smith.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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