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.
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
| 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 |
|---|---|
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2022-2023 |
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2021-2022 |
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2020-2021 |
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 and Community Service |
| LaReesa Wolfenbarger | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Ben Smith | College of Business Administration |
| Christopher Burcal | College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences |
| Melissa Berke | College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media |
| Paul Van Vliet | 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