Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.00
Liaison Lisa Mitten
Submission Date March 4, 2015
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State University of New York at New Paltz
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.09 / 14.00 Lisa Mitten
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Campus Sustainability
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Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
Undergraduate Graduate
Total number of courses offered by the institution 852 170
Number of sustainability courses offered 9 2
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 33 4

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
24

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
38

Number of years covered by the data:
One

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):

See the attachment.


The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:

The sustainability committee includes one elected faculty representative from each of the five academic divisions. Each academic sustainability committee member met with the dean of his/her department to identify faculty with sustainability interests for a number of credits including sustainability courses, learning outcomes, and research. They also connected with chairs of each department. Using information they learned from the deans and individual chairs and their prior knowledge, sustainability committee members reached out directly to individual faculty members in their division. Either the sustainability committee member or individual faculty members filled out an online form for each sustainability course or course that included sustainability. Information for courses going back three years were collected, but only courses taught in 2014 were included in the final count. Campus Sustainability Coordinator Lisa Mitten reached out directly to faculty with sustainability interests that were not captured during prior efforts and added any missing courses from prior inventories.


How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
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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Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
Yes or No
Internships No
Practicums No
Independent study No
Special topics No
Thesis/dissertation No
Clinical No
Physical education Yes
Performance arts Yes

Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
No

Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
No

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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