General Education: Developing Outcomes and Assessing Them

Carlotta Campbell, College of Alameda, FacilitatorJoe Safdie, San Diego Mesa CollegeMaggie Taylor, Fresno City College

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Overview

• Introductions• Outcomes

– Identify strategies to develop and assess General Education outcomes.

• Questions• Please fill evaluation form.

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What’s the state of SLOs at your college?

• Take a few minutes to complete the rubric…

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What is General Education?

• Title 5, section 55063– Natural Sciences– Social and Behavioral Sciences– Humanities– Language and Rationality

• FCC used Title 5 for GE Outcomes

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CSU GE Breadth

• English Language Communication and Critical Thinking

• Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning• Arts and Humanities• Social Sciences• Lifelong Learning and Self-Development

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IGETCIntersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum

• English Communication • Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative

Reasoning• Arts and Humanities• Social and Behavioral Sciences• Physical and Biological Sciences

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FCC Institutional Outcomes

• Communication• Critical Thinking and Information Competency• Community and Global Awareness and

Responsibility• Personal, Academic and Career Development

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Mapping

• Institutional Student Learning Outcomes

• General Education Outcomes

• Program or Degree/Certificate Outcomes

• Course SLOs or Service Unit Outcomes

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COMM 2: Interpersonal Communication

• ISLO– Communication

• GE SLO– Construct, deliver, and comprehend appropriate and

clear oral messages and exchanges in interpersonal, public, and professional contexts.

• Degree SLO– Evaluate various communication situations.

• Course SLO– Evaluate and apply interpersonal processes and

behaviors.

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PHIL 1A: Theories of Philosophy and Reality

• ISLO:– Critical Thinking and Information Competency

• GE SLO:– Compare and contrast theories used to

understand the nature of reasoning, reality and value.

• Course SLO:– Analyze various theories about the nature of

reality, as well as theories of knowledge.

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