| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.31 |
| Liaison | Rob Andrejewski |
| Submission Date | Dec. 23, 2024 |
University of Richmond
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
12.51 / 14.00 |
Daniel
Hart Associate Director of Sustainability and Environmental Justice Office for Sustainability |
Part 1. Sustainability course offerings
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
| Total number of courses offered by the institution | 992 | 399 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 69 | 7 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 175 | 16 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
Part 2. Sustainability course offerings by department
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
Documentation
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
To cover all courses offered in one year, all courses offered in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, and Summer 2024 were included in this inventory. All standard course descriptions were reviewed for connections to sustainability.
Theere are 40 total academic departments at UR, 29 of which offer sustainability courses, for the sake of STARS we are counting programs and majors as Departments in addition to formal Departments, i.e. such as, Global Studies is an interdisciplinary program that offers sustainability coursses in a variety of different departments. Please see below for a list of programs and departments where we clarify that distinction.
How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted:
If the same course is offered in different semesters, we count it seperately. Courses with multiple sections were counted as separate courses (same instructor or not). As an example, the FYS courses are all "FYS 100" but there are dozens of unique sections taught by different faculty/staff. Therefore, they were each counted as separate courses. Cross-listed courses were counted as one course. Since the launch of the Sustainability Minor at UR in 2022, to not confuse students, we are publically promoting only Minor courses as sustainability courses at UR, however, we have worked with the Registrar to develop an internal attribute system for defining courses as either being sustainability focused or inclusive per AASHE's STARS definition and parameters. All of the Sustainability Minor courses at UR are sustainability focused, but not all sustainability focused courses are applicable in the Minor.
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Undergraduate
Arts and Sciences Departments (23)
Department of Art and Art History
Department of Biology
Department of Chemistry Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Department of Classical Studies
Department of Education
Department of English
Department of Geography and the Environment
Department of Health Studies
Department of History
Department of Journalism
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Department of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Department of Military Science and Leadership
Department of Music
Department of Philosophy
Department of Physics
Department of Political Science
Department of Psychology
Department of Religious Studies
Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Department of Theatre and Dance
Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary Programs (10)
American Studies
Africana Studies.
Environmental Studies
Film Studies
Global Studies
Integrated Science
Interdisciplinary Studies
Linguistics
Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Business Majors (3)
Accounting
Business Administration
Economics
Leadership Studies(1)
Graduate (3)
MBA
Law
SPCS
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.