Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	66.29
Liaison	Kevin Kirsche
Submission Date	Dec. 22, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of Georgia
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	6.38 / 14.00	Tyra Byers Program Coordinator Office of Sustainability

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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	13,955	8,422
Number of sustainability courses offered	387	140
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	965	658

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

9.61

Part 2

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

155

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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:

38.06

Course Inventory

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

Course Descriptions of 2015-2016 STARS.xlsx

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:

Two

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 :

Sustainability courses are those courses in which the primary and explicit focus is on sustainability and/or on understanding or solving one or more major sustainability challenge (e.g. the course contributes toward achieving principles outline in the Earth Charter) Courses that include sustainability are those courses that are primarily focused on a topic other than sustainability, but incorporate a unit or module on sustainability or a sustainability challenge, include one or more sustainability-focused activities, or integrate sustainability issues throughout the course.

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):

Courses were counted each semester they were offered during the two year time period.

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	Yes

Optional Fields

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

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