Environmental Literacy

Environmental Literacy (EL) Assessment Spring 2021

As a follow-up to the Fall 2016 pilot, the Assessment Committee revised the rubric and asked all faculty who taught in Spring 2021 courses that met the EL  requirement to participate in the assessment project.  A total of 11 faculty from 7 different departments participated, contributing to 191 scored assignments.  Read more ...

Environmental Literacy (EL) Assessment Pilot Fall 2016

Our new curriculum requires students to complete at least one unit that meets the learning goals of environmental literacy courses. Courses that fulfill the EL requirement may come from a broad variety of departments and programs.  In fall 2015, faculty members teaching EL courses developed a rubric for the assessment of EL goals. The following spring semester, four faculty members piloted the rubric with their classes.  A total of 234 students were assessed.  Read more... 
See also the rubric used for the fall 2016 pilot here:  Environmental Literacy Rubric