Williams College
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
10.51 / 14.00 |
Tanja
Srebotnjak Director Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives |
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 | 803 | 22 |
| Number of sustainability-focused courses offered | 44 | 3 |
| Number of sustainability-inclusive courses offered | 45 | 1 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
Total number of academic departments that offer courses:
Number of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
A brief description of the methodology used to complete the course inventory :
Zilkha Center intern Brodie Leo went through the 2021-22 Courses and Programs catalog, which contains courses potentially to be run during Fall and Spring semesters as well as Winter Study of this academic year. Brodie went alphabetically through each department and their respective courses, and read each course description that was listed as having a meeting date (i.e., not “canceled” or “not offered this academic year”). Courses that met this criterion and whose descriptions indicated relation to or focus on one or multiple of the defined SDG Clusters were recorded, along with course cross listing(s), professor name, and course description. Courses that appeared under multiple department subheadings (due to cross listings) were only counted once but each department was counted as offering sustainability focused or inclusive courses depending on the course's designation. Brodie also distinguished between “sustainability focused” and “sustainability inclusive” by the extent to which the course descriptions focused on sustainability (in terms of interpreted Clusters), as per STARS guidelines and definitions. Any courses whose distinctions were not clear were brought to Christine Seibert, Mike Evans, and Tanja Srebotnjak for determination.
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:
Each undergraduate course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of undergraduate offerings / cross-listings.
Website URL where information about the sustainability course offerings is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The methodology used to catalog courses is included in the spreadsheet submitted for this credit.
The methodology used to catalog courses is included in the spreadsheet submitted for this credit.
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.