Course Outcomes Form
Northwest Indian College
All hand-outs are posted on the faculty website at www.nwic.edu/faculty (follow the Assessment link)
Before completing this form, please refer to the Instructions for Completing the Course Outcomes
Form. Please submit this form electronically to amkarlberg@nwic.edu.
Last date this form was updated or edited
April 4, 2006
Course Number (e.g., ENGL 101)
ENGL 101
Course Name (e.g., English Composition I)
English Composition I
List all instructor(s) who participated in
creating and approved these course outcomes
(please consult with at least one other person)
Kathy Mackenzie, Janice Brendible, Katrice Shuler
List the main textbooks, readings or other
resources used in this course (including title,
year and publisher)
Literacies: Reading, Writing, Interpretation. 2nd ed.
Brunk, Diamond, Perkins, and Smith. W.W. Norton &
Company, Inc. 2000.
Exercises from The Bedford Handbook
The OWL (online writing lab) at Purdue’s website
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
IL: Various handouts/articles/essays for summarizing
A. NWIC outcomes: From the List of NWIC Outcomes, select the most important outcomes you assess
in this course (at least one NWIC outcome must be chosen).
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Instructional Activities: How
will students master this
outcome? (e.g., solving
problems, group activity)
Assessment/Evaluation Strategies:
How will you measure this
outcome? (e.g., student
presentations, essays)
Written communication: 2a.
Write standard English
Grammar/punctuation exercises
Exercises and written work
Written communication: 2b.
Write in a variety of text
forms using various credible
sources
Writing practice on a variety of
subject matter, discussions on
research and use of academic
citation
Summaries and MLA style essays
NWIC outcome # (e.g.,
“Written communication: 2a.
write standard English”)
IL: Writing practice on a
variety of subject matter,
handouts on research and use
of academic citation
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IL: Research exercises using intext citations and Works Cited
page, summaries, and MLA style
essays
B. Course outcomes: In order of priority, list the most important other learning outcomes for this course that
you assess (a maximum of 8).
Other course outcomes:
Complete the sentence –
As a result of this course,
students will be able to…
Instructional Activities: How
will students master this
outcome? (e.g., solving
problems, group activity)
Assessment / Evaluation Strategies:
How will you measure this
outcome? (e.g., student
presentations, essays)
1. Demonstrate college-level
writing skills
Daily writing exercises, inclass summaries, and lectures
Summaries and essays
2. Identify mechanics and
grammar basics
3. Integrate basics of
research (citation/use of
evidence) in writing
IL: summaries, handouts and
exercises on grammar and
mechanics, essays
Worksheets and exercises
Discussion of sources, MLA
example essay, and MLA
formatting and rules
IL: handouts and websites on
MLA formatting and rules
4. Show evidence of critical
(thoughtful) reading and
writing
5. Prepare summaries and
reading responses
6. Complete effective essays
Class discussion of reading
and question(s)
IL: assigned reading and
written responses
Lecture, in-class discussion,
and work
IL: assigned readings,
summaries, and responses
Lecture and examples.
Organization, transition, voice,
audience, thesis, introduction,
body paragraph, and
conclusion discussion
Written work
Essays in MLA style with outside
sources
IL: research assignment using
outside sources and incorporating
MLA style in-text citations and
Works Cited page (utilize in-text
citations and create a Works Cited
page with at least 3 sources)
Written response(s) to assigned
readings
Written work
Three essays of different types
IL: finished drafts of 3 essays
incorporating feedback from rough
drafts
IL: handouts on essay
organization, feedback and
comments given on first drafts
of essays
C. Please list the NWIC outcomes and course outcomes from above on your syllabus.
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