Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.87
Liaison Troy Goodnough
Submission Date Feb. 18, 2012
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University of Minnesota, Morris
ER-5: Sustainability Course Identification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Troy Goodnough
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Has the institution developed a definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:
Yes

A copy of the institution's definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:

REQUIRED DEFINITION 1: SUSTAINABILITY-FOCUSED COURSES

Sustainability-focused courses: concentrate on the concept of sustainability or focus on several principles of sustainability throughout the course, including its social, cultural, economic, and environmental dimensions.

REQUIRED DEFINITION 2: SUSTAINABILITY-RELATED COURSES

Sustainability-related courses: incorporate sustainability as a distinct course component or module or concentrate on a single sustainability principle or issue during the course.


Has the institution identified its sustainability-focused and sustainability-related course offerings?:
Yes

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the inventory:

A team of faculty were involved with reviewing sustainability definitions and preparing a methodology for soliciting responses. An electronic survey was sent to faculty asking them to respond with their courses that met the above definitions.


Does the institution make its sustainability course inventory publicly available online?:
Yes

The website URL where the sustainability course inventory is posted:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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