| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.20 |
| Liaison | Susan Kidd |
| Submission Date | June 21, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Agnes Scott College
AC-1: Academic Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
7.75 / 14.00 |
Elizabeth
Rowe Sustainability Fellow Center for Sustainability |
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 | 1,133 | 0 |
| Number of sustainability courses offered | 22 | 0 |
| Number of courses offered that include sustainability | 58 | 0 |
Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
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:
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 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 :
The number of courses offered shown here in the STARS data is consistent with the data provided by the Office of Institutional Research to the Common Data Set, which can be found at the web link provided. In order to complete our sustainability course inventory, we first counted all courses eligible for credit within our Environmental and Sustainability Studies minor. Second, we reached out to all faculty members who had completed our faculty development training for sustainability across the curriculum for a current list of courses that met the college's sustainability course criteria. Third, we coordinated with the Office of Institutional Research to complete a data search of all courses taught within the past three years that met the keyword searches for our sustainability definitions. These three lists were then compiled, and all syllabi were reviewed to ensure they met the definitions outlined below.
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 (if different from the options outlined above):
Definition of ‘sustainability- focused course’: sustainability-focused courses incorporate as a major theme one or more of the dimensions of sustainability as a lens through which students will see the relevance of the subject matter to local, national, and global sustainability issues.
Definition of ‘sustainability-related course’: sustainability-related courses consider as at least one distinct course component or module the relationship between one or more dimensions of sustainability and the discipline.
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 |
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Agnes Scott did not offer any graduate courses at the time of data collection and STARS submission, but they will be included in future reports with the launch of our graduate program in August 2018.
Agnes Scott did not offer any graduate courses at the time of data collection and STARS submission, but they will be included in future reports with the launch of our graduate program in August 2018.
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.