Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	46.18
Liaison	Suzanne Wood
Submission Date	April 3, 2020
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

UMass Chan Medical School
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	7.12 / 14.00	Suzanne Wood Sustainability & Energy Manager Facilities Managment

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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	0	322
Number of sustainability courses offered	0	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	0	42

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

13.04

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:

28.57

Course Inventory

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

2018 Courses_1.xlsx

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 :

For the total course inventory, the online descriptions of each class were reviewed and assessed. The descriptions were evaluated against the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Earth Charter Principles to determine courses containing sustainability content with either the goals or principles as indicators. These course are listed in the column titled "courses that include sustainability with reasoning." This method assumes that courses include specific content that supports learning of skills and information that combats sustainability challenges. The method for determining if a course is sustainability inclusive is if the course contributes to achieving a target within the UN Sustainability Development Goals.

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):

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Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

	Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships	Yes
Practicums	Yes
Independent study	No
Special topics	No
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	Yes
Physical education	No
Performance arts	No

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