Social Science Assessment Spring 2021

Social Science Assessment Spring 2021

In Spring 2021, the Assessment Committee began its first round of General Education assessment with courses that faculty members have designated as fulfilling the learning goals of our Social Sciences graduation requirement.  

Courses fulfilling the Social Sciences (SS) requirement have primary learning goals in which students develop:
(a) an enhanced awareness of the diverse ways in which economic, political, and social institutions can be organized; and/or; 
(b) an understanding of the various ways in which evidence about social structures and interactions is acquired and handled; and/or 
(c) an understanding of how social science knowledge is gained through the formulation, testing, and reformulation of theories and hypotheses.  

All faculty who taught one or more social science courses in the Spring 2021 were asked to participate. A total of 19 faculty did, contributing to 266 scored artifacts at the end of the Spring semester.  Read more...