Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.46
Liaison Paul Mathisen
Submission Date May 22, 2020
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
IN-1: Sustainability Course Designation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 0.50 Paul Mathisen
Dir. of Sustainability & Assoc. Prof
Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Does the institution formally designate sustainability courses in its standard course catalog or listings?:
No

A brief description of the formal sustainability course designation program, including the methodology used to identify and approve courses for inclusion:

Yes, There is a course listing for Environment Engineering, Environmental Studies and Policy Studies, and Civil and Environmental Engineering majors. In addition, a student IQP team recently created a website that lists sustainability themed courses that relate to specific SDGs as well as the faculty who teach the courses. Due to the COVID outbreak, this website could not be linked to the WPI website.


Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
No

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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