Criteria for Review 2.4

The institution's expectations for learning and student attainment are developed and widely shared among its members (including faculty, students, staff, and where appropriate, external stakeholders). The institution's faculty takes collective responsibility for establishing, reviewing, fostering, and demonstrating the attainment of these expectations.

Links to Evidence and Related Topics

General Education

• American Language and Culture Institute (ALCI)
  • ALCI Student Handbook
• General Education Web Pages
• Revision to Grading Policy, EM 92-13
• Mission Statements
• Examples of department and university expectations of students
• University Catalog 2005-2007, General Education

Baccalaureate Programs

• Advisory Committees 
• Associated Students University Affairs Council
• CSU, Chico is reviewed and accredited by numerous agencies
• Comprehensive exams:
  • Philosophy 323: Moral Issues in Parenting
  • Marketing 279: Strategic Marketing
  • ENVS 540: Pollution Ecology
  • BIOL 211: Allied Health Microbiology
• Faculty responsibility
• Institutional expectations
• Staff Council

Faculty, students, and others who are interested may review the above accreditation documents which are maintained in the Office of the Provost. The WASC accreditation report is available on the Chico Web. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges may be reached at 985 Atlantic Ave., Suite 100, Alameda, CA 90501 (510-748-9001).

Graduate Programs

• Academic departments have developed goals and objectives for their master's programs (examples):
  • Nutrition and Food Sciences Graduate Program
  • Graduate Programs: Psychology Department
  • Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies
• Academic departments have developed assessment plans to measure progress in meeting their learning objectives
• Faculty are involved in evaluating students' culminating activities, e.g. portfolio reviews, attendance at thesis defenses, reading comprehensive exams
• Some departments have graduate studies committees (i.e., Geography, Anthropology) that oversee the graduate program in the department (including curriculum evaluation and revision, monitoring student progress, developing learning goals (MBA) and objectives and assessing outcomes)
• Graduate Coordinators Committee (GCC), composed of the graduate coordinator from each graduate program, serves as a clearinghouse for information on departmental practices and a venue for discussion of best practices; GCC reviews graduate programs every five years and approves curriculum changes.
• Comprehensive exams:
• • MA in Education
  • MA in Communication Studies
  • MA in Political Science
  • MA in Social Work
• Graduate Student Handbooks