Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	58.11
Liaison	Elizabeth Drake
Submission Date	April 19, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Swarthmore College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	9.48 / 14.00	E. Carr Everbach Professor of Engineering Engineering

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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	2,348	0
Number of sustainability courses offered	79	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	181	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

11.07

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:

75.76

Course Inventory

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

Swarthmore_AC1_STARS17.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 :

A survey was sent to all faculty and department chairs asking for nominations for courses that "include sustainability" or are "sustainability courses." From initial responses, each department's offerings over 3 years was reviewed and verified with the faculty member or department chair. Professors Betsy Bolton, Carr Everbach, and Giovanna DiChiro verified the completion of the final inventory.

How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:

Each offering or section of a course was counted as an individual course

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

Optional Fields

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

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

There are only 33 academic departments from which courses were counted. Although Athletics is considered a department (explaining by 34 departments are counted in IC 3) by the Registrar’s Office, courses offered by Athletics were not considered in our count of courses that were sustainability focused or contained topics concerning sustainability.