Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.71
Liaison Matthew Harmin
Submission Date May 14, 2014
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STARS v2.0

Goucher College
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.07 / 14.00 Marc Roy
Provost
Office of the Provost
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Figures required to calculate the percentage of courses with sustainability content::
Undergraduate Graduate
Total number of courses offered by the institution 734 190
Number of sustainability courses offered 24 7
+ Date Revised: June 16, 2014
+ Date Revised: June 16, 2014
+ Date Revised: Oct. 7, 2014
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 19
+ Date Revised: June 16, 2014
+ Date Revised: Oct. 7, 2014
0

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
14
+ Date Revised: Oct. 7, 2014

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
49

Number of years covered by the data:
One

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
An inventory of the institution's course offerings with sustainability content (and course descriptions):
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The website URL where the inventory of course offerings with sustainability content is publicly available:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the course inventory:

This course inventory was compiled using three lists of courses. The first is the list of courses offered in Goucher's Environmental Studies Program (first link above), the second is those courses required for Goucher's Environmental Sustainability Liberal Education Requirements (http://www.goucher.edu/Documents/Associate%20Dean%20UG/Liberal%20Education%20Requirements.pdf), and the third is courses from Goucher's Graduate Studies in Environmental Studies Program (http://www.goucher.edu/graduate-programs/ma-in-environmental-studies). These are courses that all specifically deal with environmental sustainability as a topic of study.


How did the institution count courses with multiple offerings or sections in the inventory?:
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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Which of the following course types were included in the inventory?:
Yes or No
Internships Yes
Practicums No
Independent study Yes
Special topics No
Thesis/dissertation Yes
Clinical No
Physical education No
Performance arts No

Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
Yes

Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
Yes

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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The figures for "Number of sustainability courses offered", "Number of courses offered that include sustainability", and "Total number of courses offered by the institution" for both Undergraduate and Graduate categories reflect totals for the Spring 2014 semester.


I apologize for the blank pages on the attached inventory. This is due to a glitch in merging PDF's. Please continue scrolling to see all of the pages.

The figures for "Number of sustainability courses offered", "Number of courses offered that include sustainability", and "Total number of courses offered by the institution" for both Undergraduate and Graduate categories reflect totals for the Spring 2014 semester.

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