Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.04
Liaison Rebecca Collins
Submission Date Feb. 21, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Temple University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.14 / 14.00
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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 1,832 2,635
Number of sustainability courses offered 109 45
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 173 58

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
8.62

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
112

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
62

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
55.36

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 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 :

Courses that address any combination of the five dimensions listed in the Temple University Definition of Sustainability will be designated as "sustainability courses." There are two tiers of sustainability courses. Intensive Sustainability courses devote at least 2/3 of the coursework (e.g. readings, lectures, assignments) to sustainability per the Temple University definition. Sustainability courses devote at least 1/3 or coursework.


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

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data is based on Fall 2016, with sustainability courses that are only offered in the spring counted in Spring 2017.


Data is based on Fall 2016, with sustainability courses that are only offered in the spring counted in Spring 2017.

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