Course-Embedded Assessment

NOTE: What is described on this page is
the assessment procedure for the old General Education program.
The assessment procedure for courses in the Liberal Arts Core
is (as of 9/18/07) still under development.

Downloadable CEA Reporting Forms
Word file [116K] | .pdf file [40K]

Sample CEA Submission
.pdf file [260K]

• To All UNC Faculty Teaching General Education Courses
• Materials to Be Submitted
• Submission Deadline
• An Assessment FAQ

To All UNC Faculty Teaching
General Education Courses...

With an eye to improving General Education at UNC and in response to external accountability pressures as well, the General Education Council requires the course-embedded assessment of student performance in all General Education courses that are up for review for continuation in General Education in any given semester.

Whether or not your course will undergo course review this semester, please include on your syllabus the student outcome objectives for the relevant category of General Education courses. Making students aware of the goals of General Education and the ways in which your course contributes to the program’s meeting those goals should enhance their General Education experience.

You might consider, in addition, introducing the course as a General Education course at the beginning of the term—talking with students about why it is part of General Education, about your expectations in the course, and so on. And you can tie course materials to student performance expectations at various points through the term—both informally and as part of your assessment of student performance.

The Council welcomes your contribution to UNC’s General Education program. The General Education program constitutes the heart of the University’s undergraduate curriculum. While students’ majors help them develop competence in their chosen areas of specialization, the University’s real strength lies in its commitment to the liberal education of all its students.

We on the Council deeply appreciate your efforts to maintain General Education’s central role in our intellectual community. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns, or if you would like to talk further about the General Education program and its assessment plan.

— The General Education Council

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Materials to Be Submitted

When a course is up for review, the following materials are to be submitted to the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office for each section being reviewed (all materials, including the student questionnaires, may be submitted directly to the Dean’s Office by the instructor):

• The course syllabus (the instructional syllabus, not the syllabus of record)
• The completed Course Embedded Assessment (CEA) Reporting Form
• Copies of the exams and/or other materials identified in item B of the CEA Reporting Form (the assignments, not completed student work)
• Copies of the rubrics used to assess student performance
• The completed General Education student questionnaires (both the bubble sheets and student responses to open-ended questions)

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Submission Deadline

All materials are to submitted to the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences within one month of the grade submission deadline for the semester.

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An Assessment FAQ

If you still have questions, take a look at the FAQ that’s been put together by the Council, and if, after you’ve done that, you still have questions, don’t hesitate to drop us a note.

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