| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.39 |
| Liaison | Mary Whitney |
| Submission Date | Sept. 25, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Chatham University
ER-5: Sustainability Course Identification
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Has the institution developed a definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:
A copy of the institution's definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:
With Chatham's historic liberal arts focus and the requirements of our mission initiatives of sustainability, women's issues, and global affairs, much of our research is by necessity interdisciplinary in nature. The different disciplines recognized as relating to sustainability include:
• Political ecology, economic geography, critical theory, sustainability, energy, environmental governance, and spatial analysis.
• Sustainability science, global water resources, community ecology, and women’s and children’s environmental health.
• Protected areas, social and economic justice, and the intersection of race and class with conservation and environmentalism
• Sustainability and risk analysis, climate change, energy, toxic chemicals, and public health.
Has the institution identified its sustainability-focused and sustainability-related course offerings?:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the inventory:
Each discipline compiled a list of their sustainability research activities and initiatives, then complied them into one sustainability research activities and initiatives inventory.
Does the institution make its sustainability course inventory publicly available online?:
The website URL where the sustainability course inventory is posted:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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