General Education Assessment

The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) is committed to a process of assessment that is faculty-driven, student-centered, and meets the needs of individual programs.

Units must provide evidence of continuous assessment of General Education program outcomes. Continuous is defined for this purpose as assessment of appropriate outcomes during every semester in which the course is offered. Failure to provide evidence of continuous assessment may result in the course being removed from the General Education curriculum.

Why Assessment?

To develop better courses for our students.
To ensure the General Education Courses are appropriate for the foundation of individual programs.
To improve the General Education Program through internal, rather than external feedback.
To illustrate departments' needs by gathering evidence for the programs.

The General Education committee would like to encourage as many faculty as possible who are teaching General Education courses to assess the outcomes using Canvas and the provided common rubrics. Assessing outcomes in Canvas with common rubrics will provide more detailed student-level assessment data, and is potentially an easier and more sustainable model for many faculty and departments. Departments/courses that choose to move in this direction will also have the option of submitting a more limited assessment report when they are on the General Education assessment cycle.

Adding General Education Rubrics/Outcomes to Canvas

UNO Guide for the Assessment of General Education Student Learning Outcomes

Please refer to the tables below for the assessment cycle and templates

Assessment Cycle
2020-2021	Basic Competencies: Writing, Speech, Quantitative Literacy, Social Science and Natural Sciences and select courses as determined by the General Education Committee	Courses for assessment
2021-2022	Humanities and Fine Arts, and select courses as determined by the General Education Committee	Courses for assessment
2022-2023	Cultural Diversity, and select courses as determined by the General Education Committee	Courses for assessment

Curriculum	Assessment Templates	Rubrics
Writing Comp I, Comp II, Writing in the Disciplines	template - canvas template - standard	rubric Comp I rubric Comp II
Speech	template - canvas template - standard	rubric
Quantitative Literacy	template - canvas template - standard	rubric
Humanities and Fine Arts	template - canvas template - standard	rubric
Social Sciences	template - canvas template - standard	rubric
Natural Sciences	template - canvas template - standard	rubric
Global Diversity	template - canvas template - standard	rubric
U.S. Diversity	template - canvas template - standard	rubric

The UNO General Education Committee reviews and reforms general education courses to, continually improve UNO's academic programs. The committee aims to enhance students' development of skills to, successfully respond to the challenges and demands of the 21^st century.

Committee Member	Department
Katie Hansen	College of Public Affairs & Community Service
Melanie Bloom	College of Arts & Sciences
Ben Smith	College of Business Administration
Huai-Mei Furman	College of Education
Melissa Berke	College of Communication, Fine Arts & Media
Tenace Kwaku Sector	College of Information Science & Technology
Matt Tracy	Director of General Education and Dual Enrollment
Jill Russell	Office of Academic and Student Affairs

For more information, please contact any member of the committee, or email us at unogened@unomaha.edu