Comprehensive Assessment Plan: General Education

Welcome to the Department of Biology's official Website for its Comprehensive Assessment for General Education Course Offerings. Here are the links you will find useful:

• General Education Evaluation Plans and Outcomes
  For 2006-2008, general education courses and labs must emphasize the criteria described in the draft rubrics below.
  
  
  

  Program Name	Year of Impact	Assessment Plans [,]	Evaluation Rubric(s) [,]	Outcomes []
  General Education (all)	2006-2007	Annual Report: under development	under development	SACS Follow-Up Report: 12/20/06
  General Education (all)	2005-2006	Annual Report: Comprehensive Assessment Plan [Word | PDF] Summary Report on Assessment of Student Learning [Word | PDF ]	Critical Thinking domain [Word | PDF ] Project Management domain [Word | PDF ]	Annual Report: Executive Summary

  
  
• Sample Documents Used to Meet Our Goals
  • Sample Syllabus [ Word | PDF ]
    This is an example of a syllabus in the Department of Biology that describes the SLOs emphasized in a course and summarizes the characteristics of student work that meet the rubric criteria utilized to assess the SLOs. When including SLOs and rubrics on your syllabus, here is some additional help:
    • Help Sheet for SLO Action Words [ Word | PDF ]
      This is a table containing action words you might find useful when writing SLOs on your syllabus.
    • Faculty Reports On Rubric Ratings [ Word | PDF ]
      This provides examples from faculty in the Department of Biology of descriptions of characteristics of student work that meet rubric criteria.
  
  
• Official Documents Summarizing Our Goals and Outcomes
  In the table above:
  • Annual Report 2005-2006, Comprehensive Assessment Plan for General Education Course Offerings: This document provides current and historical information on the assessment plan for general education courses in the Department of Biology.
  • Annual Report 2005-2006, Summary Report on Assessment of Student Learning: This document states the 2005-2006 assessment plan for general education course offerings in the Department of Biology using the templates provided by the UWF administration.

For links to other Biology-related assessment sites:

• Department of Biology, main quality enhancement site: Click here.

OTHER LINKS YOU MAY WISH TO SHARE WITH YOUR STUDENTS ON YOUR COURSE SYLLABUS TO DESCRIBE EXPECTATIONS FOR ACADEMIC CONDUCT:

• Academic Conduct Policy [Web]
• Plagiarism Policy [ PDF]
• Student Handbook [ PDF]

Tips for Teaching

• Syllabus Elements