Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	30.46
Liaison	Jesse Carswell
Submission Date	Oct. 11, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Southern New Hampshire University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	5.36 / 14.00

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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	3,690	0
Number of sustainability courses offered	42	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	95	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

3.71

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:

58.06

Course Inventory

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

Sustainability_Course_Inventory__1.xlsx

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 :

Southern New Hampshire University courses from Fall 2016 –Present were reviewed to determine which could be classified as "sustainability courses" or "courses that include sustainability." The listing includes undergraduate and graduate courses taught by University College and the College for Online and Continuing Education, the online branch of SNHU. Information reviewed for each class includes the course department, number, title, description, and learning outcomes. The AASHE STARS Technical Manual was used as the standard to determine classification for each course. The classification methodology included first reviewing department and course titles and then conducting a keyword search on the course descriptions and learning outcomes. Keywords searched include “sustainability”, “environment”, “ecology”, “social”, “triple bottom line” and others. Courses were noted as “Sustainability Courses” or “Courses that include Sustainability” based on the amount that the course covered sustainability when compared to other topics. As this is the first STARS report for SNHU, several data collection improvements were noted and will be passed along to the registrar for consideration as the University adopts a new information system in the next 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):

N/A

Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

	Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships	Yes
Practicums	Yes
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:

https://www.snhu.edu/admission/academic-catalogs

Additional documentation to support the submission:

AC 1.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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