• University Policy for course learning outcomes
• Academic Program Review (APACE)
• Board of Regents
• SACS requirements
• Professional Accreditation
• Right thing to do

How--examples to follow.

• GSU General Education Outcomes
• Upper Division Adaptations of General Education Outcomes
• General Education outcomes for core courses--Geography
• Outcomes in the major--Computer Science
• Aligning courses and learning outcomes--Computer Science, Geology

Background Information

• Purpose of Outcomes
• Goals
• Types of Learning Outcomes

Handbooks and Manuals

• Cal State--Fresno
• Texas A&M
• University of Wisconsin
• Virginia Commonwealth University

Welcome to Georgia State University's Online Guide to developing and assessing learning outcomes. These pages and links are designed to assist faculty to work through the process of deciding on the knowledge, skills and attitudes that students should have when successfully completing the requirements of a course, program major, and degree.

It is recognized that the various parts of the University will have discipline-specific approaches to specifying outcomes for students. For example, various professional fields already have well-developed frameworks of learning outcomes that help define the programs and courses at Georgia State. For example, professional organizations and accrediting agencies define much of what a nurse or a teacher or an accountant must know and skills to be demonstrated. Conversely, disciplines in the arts and humanities traditionally are not as prescribed.

• GSU Assessment Plans and Reports

• GSU Learning Assessment Newsletter vol.1 no.1

• GSU Learning Assessment Newsletter vol.1 no. 2

• GSU Learning Assessment Newsletter vol.2 no. 1

• GSU Learning Assessment Newsletter vol.2 no. 2

• GSU Learning Assessment Newsletter vol.3 no. 1

• GSU Learning Assessment Newsletter vol.4 no.1

Announcements:

Departmental Instructional Effectiveness Awards-2006-2007

• Criminal Justice (BS and MS) for departments without professional accreditation--2006-2007

• Health Professions (Nutrition BS, Respiratory Therapy BS, Nutrition MS, Respiratory Therapy MS, and Physical Therapy DPT) for departments with professional accreditation--2006-2007

Previous Departmental Instructional Effectiveness Awards 2004-2005 and 2005-2006

• Political Science Department (BA, MA and PhD) for departments without professional accreditation--2005-2006

• Early Childhood Education (BSED, MED, EdS, PhD) for departments with professional accreditation--2005-2006

• Also, the BS program in Geology and BA program in Psychology provide models for reporting on student learning outcomes.

• Psychology Department for departments without professional accreditation--2004-2005.

• Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing  and Department of Kinesiology and Health share the award for departments with professional accreditation--2004-2005
   

Building an Assessment Plan

• Templates for assessment reports are on WEAVEonline

• Tools to facilitate developing assessment plans

• Frequently Asked Questions about Assessing Student Learning

• Regional Accreditation and Student Learning: Principles for Good Practice (from the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions)

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