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.
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.
UNO Guide for the Assessment of General Education Student Learning Outcomes
Learn more about general education and assessment.
Please refer to the tables below for the assessment cycle and templates
| Assessment Cycle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-2019 |
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Courses for assessment | |
| 2019-2020 |
Overall Program Review - General Education Committee |
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| 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 | |
| Curriculum | Assessment Templates | Rubrics |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | template - Comp I template - Comp II template - Writing in the Disciplines |
rubric |
| Speech | template | rubric |
| Quantitative Literacy | template | rubric |
| Humanities and Fine Arts | template | rubric |
| Social Sciences | template | rubric |
| Natural Sciences | template | rubric |
| Global Diversity | template | rubric |
| U.S. Diversity | template | 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 21st century.
| Committee Member | Department |
|---|---|
| Jeff Knapp | College of Public Affairs & Community Service |
| Joan Latchaw | College of Arts & Sciences |
| Kath Henebry | College of Business Administration |
| Germaine Huber | College of Education |
| Melissa Berke | College of Communication, Fine Arts & Media |
| Kate Cooper | College of Information Science & Technology |
| Deborah Smith-Howell | Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dean for Graduate Studies |
| Matt Tracy | Director of General Education and Dual Enrollment |
| Jill Russell | Office of Academic and Student Affairs |
| Karen Hein | CFE/API |
For more information, please contact any member of the committee, or email us at unogened@unomaha.edu
Assessment is essential to improving UNO's course curricula
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