Why Have General Education Program Level Assessment?
General Education is more than a collection of courses; it is an academic program. Like all academic programs, GE needs to be periodically reviewed to ensure that it is current, meeting its goals, efficient, and contributing to rigorous student learning. A major goal of GE revision at Chico State was to create a General Education program with clearly articulated learning outcomes that can serve as a means of programmatic assessment, as well as to create an institutional structure – through Pathway coordinators and CAB – that can lead assessment efforts.
GE Program Learning Outcome Assessment, 2018-Present
In response to the five-year review, Chico State aligned its new GE Program Learning Outcomes with the WASC Core Competencies ( re-identified in all GE courses from Fall 2022), which meant adding Information Literacy as a Learning Outcome, and changing some of the 2012-18 learning outcomes to GE values.
- Information Literacy (data to be collected 2022-2023)
- Quantitative Reasoning (data collected 2021-22, analysis and report in 2022-2023)
- Oral Communication 2019-2021 (PDF)
GE Program Five-year Review, 2017-2018
- Self Study (PDF)
- External Reviewer's Report (PDF)
- Concluding Essay (PDF)
- Summary of Commendations and Recommendations (PDF) presented to Academic Senate on January 31, 2019
GE Program Learning Outcome Assessment, 2012-2018
Following the launch of a revised GE Pathways Program in 2012, ten learning outcomes ( identified in all GE courses (PDF)) were regularly assessed.
- Creativity 2014-2015 (PDF)
- Critical Thinking 2012-2013 (PDF)
- Critical Thinking 2015-2016 (PDF)
- Diversity 2013-2014 (PDF)
- Global Engagement 2016-2017 (PDF)
- Information Literacy 2014-2015 (PDF)
- Mathematical Reasoning 2014-2015 (PDF)
- Oral Communication 2013-2014 (PDF)
- Personal and Social Responsibility 2014-2015 (PDF)
- Sustainability 2017 (PDF)
- Written Communication 2012-2013 (PDF)
- Written Communication 2016-2018 (PDF)