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General Education student learning outcomes assessment is a reflective process by which faculty review and consider the effectiveness of instructional methods, class activities, curriculum, and student engagement by measuring student learning. Core curriculum content and assessment are aligned with a specific Core IMPACTS Domain Student Learning Outcome. The General Education and Core Curriculum (GECC) committee, a standing committee of the Faculty Senate consisting of two representative faculty from each college and University Libraries, provides oversight for core course assessment.

Faculty in each program follow a regular process of collecting student learning artifacts and assessing student learning using direct measures, such as an objective test or performance-based assignment evaluated with an analytic rubric. Data collected through this process is analyzed and summarized in an assessment document based on the General Education Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Document Template* and General Education Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Rubric.

General Education student learning outcomes assessment documents are submitted to the GECC on an annual basis for peer-review using the criteria in the General Education Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Rubric. Each assessment document is independently reviewed by two members of the GECC, one representing a closely aligned discipline and one from another discipline. After reviewing independently, the two reviewers compare their reviews and compile reconciled feedback to suggest potential improvements to the assessment process or documentation.

Core IMPACTS Domains

Fall 2025 Expected Core Course Assessment Document Submission Contents and Deadlines

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Assessment Document Resources

Notes: Updates to above resources to reflect Core IMPACTS forthcoming Spring 2025. Historical Core Areas A through E Details located here.

* Download template as .docx file.

** All assessment coordinators will be auto-enrolled in the Folio course. Please submit an Assessment Services Request Form to request enrollment.

Core Curriculum Student Learning Outcomes

Core IMPACTS Domain	Domain Name	Orienting Question	Learning Outcome(s)	Career-Ready Competencies
I	Institutional Priority	How does my institution help me to navigate the world?	Students will recognize and articulate global perspectives across diverse societies in historical and cultural contexts.	Critical Thinking Teamwork Time Management
M	Mathematics & Quantitative Skills	How do I measure the world?	Students will apply mathematical and computational knowledge to interpret, evaluate, and communicate quantitative information using verbal, numerical, graphical, or symbolic forms.	Information Literacy Inquiry and Analysis Problem-Solving
P	Political Science & U.S. History	How do I prepare for my responsibilities as an engaged citizen?	Students will demonstrate knowledge of the history of the United States, the history of Georgia, and the provisions and principles of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Georgia.	Critical Thinking Intercultural Competence Persuasion
A	Arts, Humanities & Ethics	How do I interpret the human experience through creative, linguistic, and philosophical works?	Students will effectively analyze and interpret the meaning, cultural significance, and ethical implications of literary/philosophical texts or of works in the visual/performing arts.	Ethical Reasoning Information Literacy Intercultural Competence
C	Communicating in Writing	How do I write effectively in different contexts?	Students will communicate effectively in writing, demonstrating clear organization and structure, using appropriate grammar and writing conventions. Students will appropriately acknowledge the use of materials from original sources. Students will adapt their written communications to purpose and audience. Students will analyze and draw informed inferences from written texts.	Critical Thinking Information Literacy Persuasion
T	Technology, Mathematics & Sciences	How do I ask scientific questions or use data, mathematics, or technology to understand the universe?	Students will use the scientific method and laboratory procedures or mathematical and computational methods to analyze data, solve problems, and explain natural phenomena.	Inquiry and Analysis Problem-Solving Teamwork
S	Social Sciences	How do I understand human experiences and connections?	Students will analyze the complexity of human behavior, and how historical, economic, political, social, or geographic relationships develop, persist, or change.	Intercultural Competence Perspective-Taking Persuasion

Career-Ready Competencies Definitions

Critical Thinking – Making decisions and solving problems through the use of logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, and draw conclusions, or approaches to challenges.

Ethical Reasoning- The ability to assess one’s own ethical values and the social context of problems, recognize ethical issues in a variety of settings, think about how different ethical perspectives might be applied to ethical dilemmas and consider the ramifications of alternative actions.

Information Literacy – The ability to recognize when information is needed and how to locate, evaluate, effectively use, and synthesize the needed information, and appropriately credit original material.

Inquiry and Analysis – A systematic process of exploring the world through the collection and evaluating relevant evidence, and using this evidence to support informed conclusions.

Intercultural Competence – The ability to develop knowledge, skills and behaviors that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.

Perspective-Taking – Considering perspectives other than one’s own and allowing new information, differing opinions, and others’ experiences to impress upon one’s thinking, understanding, and appreciation of others.

Persuasion – The use of messages that are intentionally designed to appeal to another’s reason, emotions or both in order to enact change.

Problem-Solving – Problem solving is the process of designing, evaluating, and implementing a strategy to solve problems using data, knowledge and facts.

Teamwork – Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared responsibilities.

Time Management – Behaviors that aim at achieving an effective use of time while performing certain goal-directed activities and the ability to prioritize and structure tasks, resources, and time.