Office of Institutional Research
and Assessment
Wilson Hall, Room 512
371 Wilson Boulevard
Rochester,
MI
48309-4486
(location map)
(248) 370-2387
oira@oakland.edu
General Education Assessment
The General Education Committee (GEC) is a standing committee appointed by the OU Senate to oversee assessment of general education courses and the overall program.
Questions about gen ed assessment? Contact dscondron@oakland.edu.
Departments that are interested in offering a course in the General Education program submit an application, along with an assessment plan and a course syllabus.
Currently approved general education courses are listed in the Undergraduate Catalog.
General Education Assessment is focused on evaluating student performance relative to General Education Student Learning Outcomes (GESLOs). Learning outcomes describe what Oakland University expects students to know or be able to do after receiving instruction or engaging in a learning activity. Each of the three broad General Education knowledge areas Foundations, Explorations and Integration includes sub-categories with their own distinct pair of GESLOs.
Additionally, each General Education course is expected to address at least one of four University Learning Outcomes (ULOs). The ULOs are addressed throughout the curriculum: Writing Foundations courses address information literacy, Writing Intensive courses include effective communication, Formal Reasoning courses address critical thinking, and Global Perspective include social awareness.
General education courses are assessed on a four-year cycle. The schedule shows when to collect data and when to submit reports for courses in each knowledge area.
| Knowledge Area | Collect Data | Submit Report |
|---|---|---|
| Capstone | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 |
| Arts, Western Civilization | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 |
| Foreign Language and Culture, Global Perspective, Literature | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 |
| Formal Reasoning, Natural Science and Technology, Social Science, Writing Foundations | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |