Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	67.00
Liaison	Ken Foster
Submission Date	March 15, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Vassar College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	7.88 / 14.00	Alistair Hall Sustainability Assistant Dean of Strategic Planning

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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	1,100	0
Number of sustainability courses offered	37	0
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	81	0

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

10.73

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:

53.85

Course Inventory

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

Sustainability Courses 2017%2F2018.pdf

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

One

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 :

In order to inventory sustainability-centered courses at Vassar, the Office used the Course Catalogue as a main reference point. In reviewing the Course Catalog, we searched for specific terms used in class descriptions such as sustainability, the impacts of climate change, and environmentalism. Faculty were then surveyed to capture courses that include sustainability modules and coursework, even if the official course description does not specify so.

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	Yes
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	No
Physical education	Yes
Performance arts	Yes

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