Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 32.25
Liaison Rich Walker
Submission Date March 22, 2013
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
ER-5: Sustainability Course Identification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Kevin Adkins
Sustainability Officer
Vice Chancellor for Administration
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Has the institution developed a definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:
Yes

A copy of the institution's definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:

Sustainability-focused courses concentrate on the concept of sustainability, including its social, economic, and environmental dimensions, or examine an issue or topic using sustainability as a lens.
Sustainability-related courses incorporate sustainability as a distinct course component or module or concentrate on a single sustainability principle or issue.


Has the institution identified its sustainability-focused and sustainability-related course offerings?:
Yes

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the inventory:

All faculty were contacted via listserve and/or email and given the definitions and asked to self report. A list was assembled of all classes offered in the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters. A committee reviewed this list and complied a list of classes meeting the criteria. When in question the departments and/or faculty members teaching the course were contacted and the critieria was discussed.


Does the institution make its sustainability course inventory publicly available online?:
Yes

The website URL where the sustainability course inventory is posted:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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