Course Outcome Assessment for Global Learning Courses
Faculty Name: Dr. Richard Tardanico & Dr. Paul Warren
Course: IDS 3XXX, The Culture of Capitalism and Global Justice
Academic Unit:
UCC
Degree Program:
Global Learning Student Learning
Outcome Addressed
Global Awareness: Students will be able to
demonstrate knowledge of the
interrelatedness of local, global, international,
and intercultural issues, trends, and systems.
Course Learning Outcome
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the
interrelationships between capitalism and
economic, social, political, cultural, and
ecological spheres on local, national,
transnational, and global levels.
Semester Assessed:
Assessment Method
Assessment Results
Assessment Activity/Artifact:
To be entered at end of course
Students will take a multiple-choice exam
demonstrating knowledge of the culture of
capitalism and its relation to economic, social,
political, cultural, and ecological spheres of
life.
Evaluation Process: Number of correct
answers on the multiple-choice exam.
Minimum Criteria for Success: 75% correct
answers.
Sample: All students will be assessed.
Use of Results for Improving Student Learning
To be entered at end of course
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Course Outcome Assessment for Global Learning Courses
Faculty Name: Dr. Richard Tardanico & Dr. Paul Warren
Course: IDS 3XXX, The Culture of Capitalism and Global Justice
Academic Unit:
UCC
Degree Program:
Global Learning Student Learning
Assessment Method
Outcome Addressed
Assessment Activity/Artifact:
1. Short Essay (4-6 pages): Students will
Global Perspective: Students will be able to
write a short essay that either (i)
develop a multi-perspective analysis of local,
analyzes the world-scale aspects of
global, international, and intercultural
capitalism from a sociological
problems.
perspective or (ii) analyzes the worldscale aspects of the culture of
Course Learning Outcome
capitalism from a philosophical
perspective.
Students will demonstrate an ability to analyze
the world-scale of the culture of capitalism
from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
2. Students will orally present their short
essay in a tutorial session with the
professor or teaching assistant.
Evaluation Process:
A 5-point rubric will be used to judge the
student’s ability to apply sociological and/or
philosophical theories and concepts to the
analysis of the world-scale aspects of the
culture of capitalism.
Minimum Criteria for Success: 80% of the
students will receive a 4 or better.
Use of Results for Improving Student Learning
To be entered at end of course
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Semester Assessed:
Assessment Results
To be entered at end of course
Course Outcome Assessment for Global Learning Courses
Faculty Name: Dr. Richard Tardanico & Dr. Paul Warren
Course: IDS 3XXX, The Culture of Capitalism and Global Justice
Academic Unit:
UCC
Degree Program:
Global Learning Student Learning
Outcome Addressed
Global Engagement: Students will be able to
demonstrate willingness to engage in local,
global, international, and intercultural problem
solving.
Course Learning Outcome
Students will be able to articulate political or
action proposals that address local, national,
transnational, and/or global issues of the
culture of capitalism and global justice.
Semester Assessed:
Assessment Method
Assessment Results
Students will collaborate on a group project
that articulates a political or action proposal
that addresses global issues raised by the
culture of capitalism and that shows evidence
of co-curricular engagement with local or
global community organizations concerned
with global justice issues.
Student groups must make an oral
presentation of their project and submit a
written version.
To be entered at end of course
Evaluation Process: Policy or action
proposals must demonstrate global
awareness and global perspective (as defined
above) and show evidence of co-curricular
engagement activities. A 5-point rubric will be
used.
Minimum Criteria for Success: 80% of the
students will receive a 4 or better.
Sample: All students will be assessed
Use of Results for Improving Student Learning
To be entered at end of course
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