Compass Curriculum General Education Student Learning Outcomes Proficiency Assessment-­‐ 12/2/14 DRAFT Gen Ed SLOs Upon successful completion of the Compass Curriculum Program, students will be prepared for success in academic, professional, and personal pursuits and will be able to: 1. Gather, critically analyze and evaluate quantitative information within relevant disciplinary contexts. 2. Gather, critically analyze and evaluate qualitative information within relevant disciplinary contexts. 3. Apply and integrate knowledge from a range of disciplines, including interdisciplinary or cross-­‐disciplinary research. 4. Communicate through reading and/or writing to receive, comprehend, and convey information. 5. Communicate through a prepared, purposeful, presentation or goal-­‐oriented interpersonal or group interaction. 6. Articulate origins, influences, and impacts of inclusion and exclusion within societies. 7. Explain sustainable practices and impacts relative to the interaction between human development and the natural world. 8. Demonstrate the core ethical principles and responsible methods of your discipline. General Education Core Goals #1 x x #2 x x #3 •
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Lab reports WIC papers Literature reviews Interdisciplinary or cross-­‐disciplinary research Writing portfolio Service learning reports Recorded oral presentation Multi-­‐media presentation Community outreach reports Applied projects Original creative or artistic works Consultant report Entrepreneurial business models Project or paper from Compass Curriculum flagged courses Other Specific Assessment To Be Determined Definition of Proficiency (review AACU rubrics) CC SLO 1 Rubric (draft ready 10/27) CCSLO2 Rubric (draft ready 10/27) Integrative and Applied learning value rubric examples Writing Portfolio Assessment Guide (CC SLO4 Rubric) NEXT STEP: Comm faculty are developing a rubric here Inclusiveness and global learning-­‐ draft from AACUs x x x x Check out Global learning AACU VALUE rubric x Check out AACU Ethical reasoning value rubric COMM NOTES: Brian Spitzburg makes a eval instrument but it requires training-­‐conversational skills; Steve Bebe or Kevin Barge have created a Competent Group Communicator eval tool; HBR may have a group; 3-­‐step process of instruction, practice, feedback; possibly faculty development workshops for summit faculty-­‐ grant $ to develop COMM part of course; all GPS faculty have training including COMM piece (is GPS a place to assess?); Directory of Communication measurement instruments.