Goals for AY 2004-05

1. The General Education Governing Committee, in consultation with the departments that teach the courses, will determine measurable student learning outcomes for the four Foundation Areas of General Education at CSULB (written English, oral communication, critical thinking, and mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning).
2. The General Education Governing Committee, in consultation with the Assessment Committee, will determine the kind(s) of assessment for each of the student learning outcomes proposed for the Foundation Areas of General Education.
3. All departments will determine at least five measurable student learning outcomes for the majors in all the degree programs in their department. Although some overlap is permissible, these outcomes should be in addition to those the University has determined for all students.
4. All departments, in consultation with the Assessment Committee, will choose and start implementing at least one and preferably two or more kinds of assessment to determine how well their majors have met the student learning outcomes.
5. All departments will identify procedures to utilize assessment results to guide improvements in pedagogy, curriculum, and academic support, both for the undergraduate degree programs that they offer and for the general education courses that they teach.

1. The General Education Governing Committee will determine what, if any, areas of General Education other than Foundation will have student learning outcomes for all majors and what these student learning outcomes will be.
2. The General Education Governing Committee, in consultation with the Assessment Committee, will determine the kind(s) of assessment for each of the student learning outcomes proposed for the areas of General Education other than Foundation.
3. All departments will complete their initial determination of student learning outcomes in the major for all undergraduate degree programs in their department.
4. All departments will complete the initial determination of the means of assessment they expect to use for student learning outcomes for the undergraduate degree programs that they offer.
5. All departments will implement procedures to utilize assessment information to guide improvements in pedagogy, curriculum, and academic support, both for the undergraduate degree programs that they offer and for the general education courses that they teach.
6. All departments will gather and analyze data on the assessment of student learning outcomes by the majors in their department during the preceding two years and written the results into a format acceptable for inclusion in a Self-Study.
7. The Assessment Committee will gather and analyze data on the assessment of all established learning outcomes in general education.
8. The Planning and Educational Policies Council will use assessment information as a routine part of program review.
9. The General Education Governing Committee uses assessment information as a routine part of course reviews for general education.