Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 39.69
Liaison April Thompson
Submission Date March 2, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Creighton University
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.59 / 14.00
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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 879 836
Number of sustainability courses offered 53 20
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 51 42

Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings:
9.68

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
54

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
22

Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings:
40.74

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?:
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 small committee, including faculty, searched the course catalog, to determine sustainability courses. Personal interviews were conducted with program director. List of nearly 150 keywords and phrases were compiled and used to identify courses that speak to sustainability in some way. The inventory of sustainability courses is updated annually.


How were courses with multiple offerings or sections counted for the figures reported above?:
Each course was counted as a single course regardless of the number of offerings or sections

A brief description of how courses with multiple offerings or sections were counted (if different from the options outlined above):
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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:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data are for academic 2016-17. This is to be consistent with the performance base year using across this survey.


Data are for academic 2016-17. This is to be consistent with the performance base year using across this survey.

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.