Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.50
Liaison Chris Bond
Submission Date Nov. 27, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Unity Environmental University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 14.00 / 14.00 Jonathan Gibbons
Sustainability Engagement and Data Coordinator
Sustainability
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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 229 14
Number of sustainability courses offered 37 10
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 90 4

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
58.02

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
7

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
7

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
100

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 :

The total number of courses, sustainability courses, and courses that include sustainability are identified using the course catalog and then the course title and description. A sustainability course is a course in which the primary and explicit focus is on sustainability and/or on understanding or solving one or more major sustainability challenge. A course that includes sustainability is primarily focused on a topic other than sustainability, but incorporates a unit or module on sustainability or a sustainability challenge, includes one or more sustainability-focused activities, or integrates sustainability issues throughout the course. Sustainability courses and courses that include sustainability are not identified by other special notation or a stand-alone listing in the course catalog.


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

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:

The curricular focus of Unity College is Sustainability Science. The required General Education courses that all students take have a sustainability focus, and the upper level courses have a general common theme of sustainability.


The curricular focus of Unity College is Sustainability Science. The required General Education courses that all students take have a sustainability focus, and the upper level courses have a general common theme of sustainability.

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