Info for Instructors

Each semester, the Director(s) of General Education will work with instructors on assessing one subsection of General Education courses. This fall, the four Common Core areas plus Fundamental Literacy/Writing will be assessed. Assessment includes three steps: First step: Syllabus collection. if you are teaching in one of the areas being assessed this fall, the Director… Read more »

We ask that instructors of tagged Information Literacy (IL) courses take extra care in ensuring that students are clearly aware of their grade status not just for the course, but for the IL component, too. We note that of all courses that our students take, a tagged IL course is the only one they’ll experience… Read more »

Groupings within our General Education curriculum are assessed on a rotating basis so that each component is reviewed every 3rd semester. The following components will be assessed during the Spring 2024 semester, with each component listed below providing a hyperlink to download the corresponding Rubric Worksheet in .XSLX format: Extended Literacies: Computer Literacy Extended Literacies:… Read more »

Groupings within our General Education curriculum are assessed on a rotating basis so that each component is reviewed every 3rd semester, with a subset of individual courses being selected via systematic sampling — we strive to obtain assessment data from at least 50% of the relevant offerings during each assessment cycle.  The Student Learning Outcomes… Read more »

Groupings within our General Education curriculum are assessed on a rotating basis so that each component is reviewed every 3rd semester, with a subset of individual courses being selected via systematic sampling.  The Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) to be assessed for each component (e.g., Quantitative Reasoning within the Fundamental Literacies category) should be identical for… Read more »

Gen-Ed Co-Directors Jennifer Muñiz & Henry Scott and FYS Director Betsy Local Updates to Academic Affairs Gen-Ed website: Student petition forms (for substitutions or exceptions) revised to reflect curriculum as of Fall 2021 New Course Proposal forms, and procedures, moved to Gen-Ed Blog under Info for Instructors Updated to reflect curriculum as of Fall 2021… Read more »

Groupings within our General Education curriculum are assessed on a rotating basis so that each area is reviewed every 3rd semester, with individual courses being selected via systematic sampling.  The Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) to be assessed for each component (e.g., Quantitative Reasoning within the Fundamental Literacies category) should be identical for all offerings, and… Read more »

Groupings within our General Education curriculum are assessed on a rotating basis so that each area is reviewed every 3rd semester, with individual courses being selected via systematic sampling.  The Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) to be assessed for each area (e.g., Fundamental Literacies –  Quantitative Reasoning) should be identical for all offerings that satisfy that… Read more »

Information Literacy (IL) is part of our campus-wide general-education requirements. Prior to Fall 2021, IL was under the Fundamental Literacies category of our general-education curriculum, and all students were to satisfy it by taking COAS-Q 110, Introduction to Information Literacy (1 credit). Starting in Fall 2021, however, IL is now categorized under Additional Requirements, and… Read more »