Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	45.40
Liaison	Luc Surprenant
Submission Date	Dec. 2, 2016
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STARS v2.1

Université de Montréal
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	11.35 / 14.00	Pascale Lefrancois Vice-rector Student Affairs & Academics

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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	3,225	1,995
Number of sustainability courses offered	58	44
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	453	295

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

16.28

Part 2

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

None

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:

72.60

Course Inventory

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

STARS_UdeM_AC1_TERMINE_1.xlsx

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

Three

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 :

1. The title and description of courses that may include sustainability content were analysed through a process that detected the presence of specified keywords from a predetermined list of term or abbreviation developed to this end. A sorting was, afterward, performed according to the output: a. The courses with negative output (does not contain at least one of the term or abbreviation in their title or descriptive) were identified as such and weren’t analyzed further. b. Those with positive output, but without any sustainability content, were qualified as “false positive” after being identified visually. c. The courses with a positive output with visually confirmed sustainability content were sorted as “sustainability-focused” or “sustainability-related” accordingly to STARS criteria (AASHE, 2016). Thereafter, the professorial community was consulted to confirm the attribute associated with their courses (“sustainability-focused” or “sustainability-related”). Every demand of withdraw was executed without any need of justification while demand to add an attribute, for methodological reasons, were asked to be explained and justified. 2. Some courses have been excluded from the total number, in respect with the criteria of STARS, considering the lack of stability in content or the absence of specific topics. The following courses were specifically targeted: a. PhD Comprehensive Examination b. Internship c. Practicum courses d. Research project e. Thesis presentation courses (Master and Ph. D) f. Directed study courses/special topic course/directed reading g. Seminar courses h. Stage i. Methodology courses 3. The list of keyword was developed to be able to discriminate the courses that may contain some component of sustainability from those who don’t. It was assumed that courses without any of the specified keyword in their title or descriptive were not related to sustainability. The Sustainability Policy of the University of Montreal (Université de Montréal, 2014) and the definition of sustainability of STARS (AASHE, 2016) were used as substrate to create the 65 words or abbreviations used in the analysis: agriculture gouvernance aménag hydro autochtones interna bio justice changement social locale citoy malnutrition climat margi collaborat minorité coloni mobilité communaut mondialis conservation naturel consultation oppression contamination paix coopéra partage culture patrimoine démocrat pauvreté démogra paysa déterminant pollution discriminat population diversi protection durable recyclage éco ressources naturelles égalit santé publique énergie socia enviro sociét équit spéciation éthique territoire ethno tiers-monde exclusion transport féminis urba femme vert gestion intégrée violen globalisation

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	No
Practicums	No
Independent study	No
Special topics	No
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	No
Physical education	No
Performance arts	No

Optional Fields

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

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

References: AASHE, 2016. STARS, Technical Manual, Version 2.1, Administrative Update One, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. 316 p. URL: http://www.aashe.org/files/documents/STARS/stars_2.1_technical_manual_-_administrative_update_one.pdf Université de Montréal, 2014. Politique de développement durable, Recueil officiel : règlements, directives, politiques et procédures. 5 p. URL: http://secretariatgeneral.umontreal.ca/fileadmin/secretariat/Documents/Reglements/adm10_50-Politique_developpement_durable.pdf