University of Montana
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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9.63 / 14.00 |
Eva
Rocke Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
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Part 1. Sustainability course offerings
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 1,158 | 674 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 55 | 18 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 134 | 43 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
13.65
Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department
56
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
35
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
62.50
Documentation
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One
A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
- Office of Sustainability (OoS) staff obtained a list of all courses taught during the fall 2023 and spring 2024 semesters including online-only, graduate/undergraduate, Missoula College, and those courses affiliated with external-to-UM programs (like nursing)
- We removed duplicate courses (multiple sections of English 101, for instance), independent studies, internships, recitations, and clinical experiences from our 'total classes' list
- We used a combination of self-reported course labels from faculty from a faculty survey on teaching and research AND a search of the course catalog for sustainability-related key terms. Using those two methods to create a comprehensive list of possible sustainability-related courses, our staff sifted through each course to check if it was current (had been taught in the last 2 years) and if it did in fact meet our sustainability-focused or -inclusive criteria. We used a combination of course catalog descriptions and OoS-generated descriptions to write the course descriptions included in our inventory.
- We removed the same course types from our sustainability course list as we did for our 'total courses' list (independent study, recitations, internships, etc.).
- Classes were then labeled as 'UG/G' and totaled
- Using the list of academic departments/programs from the Provost's Office, OoS labeled each course with its corresponding host department and cross-checked that list with sustainability courses to determine the # of departments that offer sustainability courses
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:
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