Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	62.77
Liaison	Lisa Noriega
Submission Date	June 29, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Yale University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	12.66 / 14.00	Melissa Goodall Associate Director Office of Sustainability

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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	2,273	3,957
Number of sustainability courses offered	177	312
Number of courses offered that include sustainability	297	330

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:

17.91

Part 2

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):

102

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:

82.35

Course Inventory

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

AC1 - AASHE Sustainability Courses_revised_all.xlsx

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 :

A student intern reviewed the course descriptions for all classes listed in the registrar's database and tagged applicable classes using AASHE criteria. As per the AASHE guidelines, *The following course types were excluded from the first database with the sustainability tags: - Physical education courses - Individually-directed courses (i.e. thesis/senior essay, independent study, practicum) - Performance arts courses (i.e. performing arts and visual arts, including Theatre Studies, Drama, Art and Music courses) - Language courses - Clinical courses offered exclusively to doctor’s degree-professional practice students - Courses capped at four or fewer students

How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:

Other (please describe below)

A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):

A course that is held twice in an academic year—once in the fall term and once in the spring term—is counted as two courses. A course that is held once in an academic year but has multiple sections is counted as one course. A course listed in multiple departments or academic divisions is counted as multiple courses. A course listed as both an undergraduate and a graduate course is counted as two courses.

Are the following course types included in the inventory? :

	Yes (included) or No (not included)
Internships	No
Practicums	No
Independent study	No
Special topics	No
Thesis / dissertation	No
Clinical	No
Physical education	No
Performance arts	No

Optional Fields

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

http://www.yale.edu/evst/courses.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Our data set is provided by the University Registrar. In 2016, the courses included in that system reflected the course offerings for undergraduates and graduate students, but not professional school students. In the interim, the system has been updated to be inclusive of all courses – including those of the 11 professional schools.