General Education Assessment is focused on evaluating student performance relative to General Education Student Learning Outcomes (GESLOs). Learning outcomes describe what Oakland University expects students to know or be able to do after receiving instruction or engaging in a learning activity. Each of the three broad General Education knowledge areasFoundations,ExplorationsandIntegrationincludes sub-categories with their own distinct pair of GESLOs.
Additionally, each General Education course is expected to address at least one of fourUniversity Learning Outcomes (ULOs). The ULOs are addressed throughout the curriculum:Writing Foundations courses addressinformation literacy, Writing Intensive courses includeeffective communication, Formal Reasoning courses address critical thinking, and Global Perspective includesocial awareness.
