University of Dayton
AC-1: Academic Courses

Total number of courses offered by the institution: Report generated by the University's Institutional Reporting Office (Susan Sexton). Criteria for the report: 1) timeframe: Spring 2016 – Fall 2018 (3 years); 2) cross-listed courses counted separately; 3) courses with multiple sections and in multiple terms counted as a single offering; 4) courses counted across all schools in the university; 5) offerings such as internships, independent studies, music ensembles, etc were not counted; 6) labs were counted as separate courses; 7) only courses taught were counted. Special topics courses were also counted, and include several different course sections with special topics within a single course number. Each special topic course section that fit the criteria listed above was counted and included in the reporting. Number of Sustainability courses and courses that include sustainability: The same criteria were used as defined above for institutional data. In addition, for sustainability criteria, a preliminary course inventory was prepared from HSI faculty and staff knowledge and from reviewing the course catalog and the university's Course Inventory Management (CIM) system (following the definitions provided in the STARS documentation). The CIM system documents full course proposals for the Common Academic Program and recently for any new or revised course submitted to the Academic Affairs Committee. When further clarification on a specific courses was needed, faculty were asked for syllabi or relevant course documentation. For all sustainability focused courses, we recorded whether courses fell into category A,B, or C and for all C courses what sustainability challenge(s) they focused on. For all courses that include sustainability it was noted either that they included sustainability as a topic or outcome or we noted what sustainability challenge was included in the course (module or outcome). If the course description was not sufficient to support our classification, we provided additional comments on the specific course topics taught or the relevant student learning outcome(s).