Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	38.03
Liaison	Bradley Flamm
Submission Date	March 1, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

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West Chester University of Pennsylvania
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	6.89 / 14.00	Bradley Flamm Director of Sustainability Office of the President

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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	1,768	762
Number of sustainability courses offered	41	15
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	99	33

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

7.43

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:

58.82

Course Inventory

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

CourseInventory2018.pdf

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

Two

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 the Spring 2018 semester, to develop its inventory of sustainability-focused and -related courses, WCU's Office of Sustainability developed a Qualtrics-based survey to ask faculty to document whether they taught courses which were sustainability-focused or sustainability-related during the Academic Years 2017 and 2018 (from the Summer Semesters of 2016 to the Spring Semester of 2018). The definition used to assist faculty members in determining whether any of their courses fit into these categories: "A Sustainability-Focused course is one in which the main goals and objectives include any of the topics below: A Sustainability-Related course is one in which any of the topics below are addressed, but were not part of the main goals or objectives: · The impact of human activities (e.g., energy, agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, development, recreation) on natural systems (e.g., biodiversity loss, air and water pollution, soil erosion, etc.) · The relationship of population, consumption, culture, social equity, and the environment · Technical, design, and scientific strategies that foster sustainable development, e.g., promote energy efficiency, conserve natural resources, prevent and control the generation of pollution and waste, remediate environmental problems, and preserve biological diversity · Social, cultural, legal, and governmental frameworks for guiding environmental management and sustainable development · The causes, consequences, and severity of climate change · How to apply principles of sustainable development in the context of professional and personal activities." Faculty members completed the survey, and the results were used to produce an inventory of such courses sustainability. The Office of Sustainability's Graduate Assistant for Data Monitoring and Analysis, Will Hendel, compiled and confirmed responses. Each course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of offerings or sections.

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

Optional Fields

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

https://www.wcupa.edu/Sustainability/education.aspx

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

12 courses were offered at both the graduate and undergraduate level that were sustainability focused while 19 courses were offered at both the undergraduate and graduate level that were sustainability related. E.g. 29 undergraduate + 12 undergraduate = 41 undergraduate courses total.