Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.07
Liaison Andrew Horning
Submission Date June 30, 2015
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STARS v2.0

University of Michigan
AC-1: Academic Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.80 / 14.00 Donald Scavia
Director
Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
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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 3,655 3,873
Number of sustainability courses offered 91 76
Number of courses offered that include sustainability 272 204

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer at least one sustainability course and/or course that includes sustainability (at any level):
46

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that offer courses (at any level):
70

Number of years covered by the data:
Three

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:

We completed the course inventory by downloading course information from the Office of the Registrar and searching in the descriptions for key words related to sustainability. Once this list has been narrowed down, we read over the descriptions to determine if a course is a sustainability course or a course that includes sustainability. We make sure to run the report for classes that are taught. If a course was taught multiple times in the past 3 years, we only counted it once. Cross-listed courses were also only counted once.


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
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Does the institution designate sustainability courses in its catalog of course offerings?:
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Does the institution designate sustainability courses on student transcripts?:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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