ACC - Faculty Senate Resources
	Overview of the new GUR program
	Course Approval Forms

Course Criteria & Development
	First-year Experience
	Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning
	Second Writing
	Liaisons

Learning Outcomes & Assessment Resources
	National Teaching & Learning Forum: Assessment & General Education
	QSR working group learning outcomes document (PDF document*)
	Student Learning Outcomes (CII website)
	Writing Resources (CII website)

Background Resources
	Gen Ed Task Force Mission & Reports
	QUE Report

*Reports in PDF format require the free Adobe reader.

First-year Experience Course Criteria

Scope

First-Year Experience (FYE) offerings are intended to:

Give first-year students a small group experience to help them integrate into university life
Give first-year students the opportunity for more interaction with faculty, fostering a stronger sense of academic community
Communicate high academic expectations to students
Help students recognize and take advantage of the roles that various campus resources play in their academic lives

A proposal for a First Year Experience course should identify an existing course or propose a new course with the following features:

First-year courses will have academic content and be offered for academic credit (either as GUR or elective credits
First-year courses will be taught in small sections, with an expected maximum enrollment 30
First-year courses will restrict enrollment to first-year students
The course may be a stand alone course or offered as part of a link or sequence of courses
The course may be letter-graded or pass/fail if it is not offered as a GUR course

First-year courses should be designed to meet at least two of the following learning outcomes:

Demonstrate an understanding of inquiry and creative processes from disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary perspective(s)
Articulate individual learning goals in the context of a liberal arts education and identify means for achieving these goals.
Enhance competency in academic skills including: framing questions/posing problems, critical literacy, evaluating information sources, writing, oral communication, and collaboration

Courses in this group can be altogether new courses or special offerings of existing courses.
Additional learning outcomes are strongly encouraged in the first-year courses, and a comprehensive listing of the most common first-year learning outcomes and appropriate assessment methods will be available online to faculty as they design their first-year course.