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Sign up to participate in the Fall semester GER Assessment!
Build knowledge of human institutions, sociocultural processes, and the physical and natural world through the study of the natural and social sciences, technologies, mathematics, humanities, histories, languages and the arts.
Competence will be demonstrated for the foundational information in each subject area, its context and significance, and the methods used in advancing each.
Step 1: Develop a Key Concept for Assignment
Step 1: Develop a Key Concept for Assignment
What is one key concept in your course that you consider essential or foundational — something students must understand in order to build future knowledge and deepen their learning?
Your key concept should be:
Central to the course (not a minor topic or isolated skill)
Transferable beyond a single assignment or exam
Foundational for future learning in your discipline
Rich enough to explain, apply, and reflect on
Step 2: Fill out Instructor Participation Form
Step 2: Fill out Instructor Participation Form
Complete the Instructor Participation Form to confirm your course’s involvement in this assessment cycle. This form collects essential details about your course, assignment alignment, and anticipated student participation. Submitting the form ensures we can coordinate timelines, provide support, and include your course in reporting.
Step 3: Include this Assignment in your Course
Step 3: Include this Assignment in your Course
Please copy and paste the assignment language provided in the Student Submission Form along with the link to the form directly into your course syllabus (and/or LMS). Using the shared language ensures students receive consistent instructions and understand how the assignment connects to General Education learning outcomes and program assessment.
What to expect...
What to expect...
An email first day of faculty being back on contract shares some context of General Education. This email is followed by a procedural email by the General Education Learning Outcome Assessment Committee.
We ask faculty to "assign" the assignment in the second half of their GER course. We make it easy by emailing faculty the assignment to add to their courses in whatever way works.
Students will submit the assignment through a provided link.
Faculty will be given a list of who turned in the assignment and they may, if they wish, provide extra credit, incorporate the assignment into their grading, or just review the assignments to assess student learning on their own, but they are not required to do any of those things.
We do not expect additional graded labor.
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