| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.01 |
| Liaison | Cindy Shea |
| Submission Date | July 18, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
9.47 / 14.00 |
Cindy
Shea Director, Sustainability Office Campus Enterprises |
Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 21,530 | 10,362 |
| Number of sustainability courses offered | 460 | 100 |
| Number of courses offered that include sustainability | 2,518 | 632 |
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
Number of years covered by the data:
A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
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:
Initially, a group of UNC students took on the AASHE STAR’s curriculum inventory project as their semester-long Environmental Capstone, a hands-on course required for Environmental Science and Studies majors and open to all students for course credit. The capstone team created a definition of sustainability and identified sustainability courses by searching UNC course bulletins and websites, and by surveying faculty members about possible sustainability-related course content. Three subsequent Sustainability Office interns updated the inventory using a similar methodology. The definition of sustainability was reviewed and modified by a committee of faculty and Sustainability Office staff and the course inventory was updated and refined. Recently introduced enterprise software now includes a course search engine. The registrar's office also provided a searchable description of each course which was matched against the sustainability keyword list developed to conduct the research inventory.
The following semesters are included in the inventory:
Academic Year 2010-2011:
Fall 2010
Spring 2011
Summer 2011
Academic Year 2011-2012:
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Summer 2012
Academic Year 2012-2013:
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Summer 2013
Courses included in course inventory are Lecture courses only. Clinics, Inter-Institutional, Labs, and Recitations were not included in total course count or sustainability-related courses.
How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):
Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
| Yes or No | |
| Internships | Yes |
| Practicums | Yes |
| Independent study | No |
| Special topics | Yes |
| Thesis/dissertation | No |
| Clinical | No |
| Physical education | No |
| Performance arts | Yes |
Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.