Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 61.55
Liaison Melissa Cadwell
Submission Date Jan. 7, 2022

STARS v2.2

Syracuse University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 11.27 / 14.00 Melissa Cadwell
Sustainability Coordinator
Energy Systems & Sustainability Management
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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 2,829 1,273
Number of sustainability-focused courses offered 216 133
Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered 198 161

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
17.26

Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
84

Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
55

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
65.48

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :

A comprehensive search of course offerings, following this rubric for Sustainability-focused and Inclusive courses
S-A = Foundational courses
S-B = Application of sustainability within a field
S-C = Skills or knowledge for solving sustainability challenges


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 the course was listed under two offerings the first offering was chosen.

As Syracuse University students are allowed to take SUNY ESF classes, as ESF students are allowed to take Syracuse University class, ESF courses were added to SU's course total for undergrad and graduate classes. SU also counted their inclusive and focused classes too.


Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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