Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.88
Liaison Amy McElhinney
Submission Date Oct. 2, 2014
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STARS v2.0

University of Mount Union
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.18 / 14.00 Chuck McClaugherty
Director of Center for Envi. Sci.
Brumbaugh Ctr Envi Sci
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Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
Undergraduate Graduate
Total number of courses offered by the institution 750 21
Number of sustainability courses offered 12 0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 60
+ Date Revised: Dec. 4, 2014
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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):
16

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
24

Number of years covered by the data:
Three

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
The University of Mount Union offers 72 courses that include sustainability or are considered a sust
+ Date Revised: Dec. 4, 2014

An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):

Course # Name
BIO405/CHE490/GEO425 SCE for EnvSci majors
CHE 210 Environmental Chemistry
ECE490 Civil Engineering Capstone
ENV/BIO 190 Intro to Environmental Science
ENV 350 Environmental Case Studies
ENV299 Appalachian Environments
GEO 205 Weather and Climate
GEO 210 Hydrology
PHL 290 Environmental Ethics
PSY 350 Social Responsibility
REL 480 Religion and Ecology
WRT399 Science Writing

ART 215 Design 2
ART 220 Sculpture 1
ART 100 Intro to Art
BIO 140 The Unity of Life
BIO 141 The Diversity of Life
BIO 220 Ecology
BIO230 Conservation Biology
BIO 280 Biology of Marine Organisms
BIO 315 Physiological Ecology
BIO321 Aquatic Ecology
BIO322 Eco toxicology
BIO 325 Environmental Soil Science
CHE 100 Chemistry and Society
CHE 210 Environmental Chemistry
COM 265 Persuasion and Social movements
COM 329 Conflict management and Negotiation
COM 381 American Indain Rhetoric
COM 382 African American Rhetoric
COM 384 Intercultural communication
CRJ 208 Diversity issues in Criminal Justice
ECE 330 Environmental Engineering
ECN 371 Environmental Economics
ECN 372 Natural Resource Economics
ECN 375 Development Economics
EDU 219 Educational media
EDU 175 Intro to teaching professions
EDU 215 Multicultural Education
ENG 335 Literature and Human Rights
GEO 112 Physical Geology
HIS 230 Problems of Developing Nations
HON 160N Honors Environmental Science
MUS 250 Music in America
NUR 120 Intro to Professional Nursing
NUR 290 Foundations of Nursing Practice
NUR340 Nursing Care of Childbearing Family and Newborn
NUR360 Nursing Care of Adults with Psychiatric Mental Heath Condition
NUR420 Community Health Nursing
PBH101 Intro to Public Health
PBH350 Global Health
PBH450 Community Assessment
PHL120 Contemporary Moral Problems
PHL 280 Bio-Medical Ethics
PHL260 Aesthetics
PHL291 The Wilderness
POL 105S State and Local Govt
POL240 Environmental Policy
POL 315 Public Policy
POL 348 Politics of the Developing World
PSJ150 Intro to Peace building and Social Justice
PSJ 400 Building Community, Building Peace
REL 340 Christian Social Ethics
SOC 200 Contemporary Social Issues
SOC 220 The Many Faces of Poverty
SPB 450 International Sport Business
THE 205 Tragedy tomorrow:Comedy tonight; History of American Musical Theater


The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:

We surveyed all department chairs and followed up with questions about courses that we suspected had sustainability components. We also inquired directly of faculty that had previously listed their courses as having sustainability content. Finally we reviewed catalog descriptions and relied on our own knowledge of classes offered. We undoubtedly missed some course that include sustainability.


How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
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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Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
Yes or No
Internships No
Practicums No
Independent study No
Special topics No
Thesis/dissertation No
Clinical No
Physical education No
Performance arts Yes

Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
No

Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
No

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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