Assessment of General Education at Westmont

The following 4 categories comprise the General Education areas of study:

I. Common Contexts

A. Biblical and Theological Canons

  1. Life and Literature of the Old Testament
  2. Life and Literature of the New Testament
  3. Introduction to Christian Doctrine

B.. Introduction to the Christian Liberal Arts

  1. Philosophical Reflections on Truth and Value
  2. World History in Christian Perspective
II. Common Inquiries
  1. Reading Imaginative Literature
  2. Exploring the Physical Sciences - Learning Objectives, Assessment Test
  3. Exploring the Life Sciences - Learning Objectives
  4. Performing and Interpreting the Arts -Learning Objectives , Assessment Test
  5. Reasoning Abstractly - Learning Objectives
  6. Thinking Globally - Learning Objectives, Prompt, Rubric
  7. Thinking Historically
  8. Understanding Society - Learning Objectives
III. Common Skills

1. Three writing-intensive or speech-intensive courses

a) Writing for the Liberal Arts

b) Writing- or speech-intensive course within the major

c) Writing- or speech-intensive course outside the major

2. Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning

3. Modern / Foreign Languages

4. Physical Education

IV. Competent and Compassionate Action

1. Productions and Presentations

2. Research

3. Integrating the Major Discipline

4. Serving Society; Enacting Justice

5. Communicating Cross-Culturally

 

Schedule of Review

 

Common Contexts 2006 - 2009
Biblical and Theological Canons Spring 2008 Fall 2008 Spring 2009
Philosophical Reflections Fall 2007 Spring 2008 Fall 2008
World History Spring 2007 Fall 2007
Fall 2008 Fall 2007
2008-2009
Common Inquiries 2007 - 2010
Reading Imaginative Literature Fall 2008 Spring 2009 2009-2010
Exploring the Physical Sciences Fall 2007 Spring 2008 2008-2009
Exploring the Life Sciences Fall 2007 Spring 2008 2008-2009
Reasoning Abstractly Fall 2007 Spring 2008 2008-2009
Performing and Interpreting the Arts Fall 2007 Fall 2007 Spring 2008
Thinking Globally Fall 2006 Fall 2006 2007-2008
Thinking Historically Spring 2008 (1) Fall 2008 2008-2009
Understanding Society Fall 2008 Spring 2009 2009-2010
Common Skills 2010 - 2012
Writing Intensive (2)
Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning
Modern Languages
Physical Education Spring 2007 Fall 2007
Competent and Compassionate Action 2011 - 2013
Productions and Presentations
Research (5)
Integrating the Major Discipline (5)
Serving Society; Enacting Justice (3)
Communicating Cross-Culturally (4)
Notes
(1)  The History department has a departmental rubric that can be adapted
(2) The English Department has a rubric that might be adapted more broadly
(3)  Pilot assessment in the China Social Entrepreneurship program
(4)  We have  IDI data for WIM students
(5)  Some departments already have data for these areas

 

Additional information on General Education can be found on the Provost's Pages