Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	67.83
Liaison	Alex Roman Gonzalez
Submission Date	March 10, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of Cincinnati
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	11.03 / 14.00	Daniel Hart Sustainability Coordinator Planning + Design + Construction

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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	3,126	781
Number of sustainability courses offered	93	52
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	387	103

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

16.25

Part 2

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

109

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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:

67.89

Course Inventory

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

AC1_UC Course Inventory AY2015_2016_final.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 :

Faculty were asked several years ago, with the advent of the new online course catalog, to indicate whether their courses should be labelled with "sustainability" as a keyword. The courses that were part of that group that were offered for AY15-16 were included in the inventory. Then consultants from the Unlimited Carbon Assistance Network (UCAN), all of whom are experts in various aspects for sustainability, examined the entire course catalog and used course titles and descriptions to flag those that were focused on sustainability or that involved sustainability. The final step will be to circle back with faculty whose courses were flagged by UCAN in order to offer them the option to "code" their courses with the sustainability keyword in the course catalog for future years.

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

Optional Fields

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

https://webapps2.uc.edu/scheduleofclasses/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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