Assessment of Student Learning

Liberal Education Student Learning Outcomes

The UMD Liberal Education Program allows students to choose courses of interest within ten categories.  Faculty have adopted learning outcomes for each of the ten categories.  These outcomes represent the essential, enduring understandings that will be attained through completion of the Liberal Education core. Each statement indicates what students will do/perform to demonstrate learning as well as an expected level of cognitive competency.

Writing and Information Literacy - Writ 1120 - Learning outcomes and mapping to institutional outcomes

Oral Communication and Languages - Learning outcomes and mapping to institutional outcomes

Logic and Quantitative Reasoning - Learning outcomes and mapping to institutional outcomes

The Natural Sciences - Learning outcomes and mapping to institutional outcomes

The Social Sciences - Learning outcomes and mapping to institutional outcomes

The Humanities - Learning outcomes and mapping to institutional outcomes

The Fine Arts - Learning outcomes and mapping to institutional outcomes

Global Perspectives - Learning outcomes and mapping to institutional outcomes

Cultural Diversity in the US - Learning outcomes and mapping to institutional outcomes

Environmental Sustainability - Learning outcomes and mapping to institutional outcomes