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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
2021-2022 Humanities and Fine Arts, and select courses on probation for not completing General Education assessment requirements in previous cycles Courses for assessment
2022-2023 Cultural Diversity, and select courses on probation for not completing General Education assessment requirements in previous cycles Courses for assessment
2023-2024 Basic Competencies: Writing, Speech, Quantitative Literacy, Social Science and Natural Sciences and select courses on probation for not completing General Education assessment requirements in previous cycles
2024-2025 Humanities and Fine Arts, and select courses on probation for not completing General Education assessment requirements in previous cycles
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
Year Annual General Education Data/Assessment Review

2021-2022

Annual Report

2020-2021

Annual Report

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 21st century.


Committee Member Department
Carolina Hotchandani College of Public Affairs & Community Service
LaReesa Wolfenbarger College of Arts & Sciences
Ben Smith College of Business Administration
Huai-Mei Furman College of Education
Melissa Berke College of Communication, Fine Arts & Media
Harvey Siy 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

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Assessment is essential to improving UNO's course curricula

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