This document summarizes Colorado Mountain College's assessment processes and planning. It defines key terms related to assessment and identifies the purposes, stakeholders, and criteria involved in assessment. It also provides examples of assessing student learning outcomes at the course and program level for communication courses. Faculty discipline coordinators and committees are involved in developing and implementing assessment methods and using evidence to improve student learning.

1. ASSESSMENT @ COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE Faculty In-service October 23, 2009 Kathy Kiser-Miller Professor of Humanities and Speech Communication

3. College Goals (College Community identifies) General Education Outcomes (State Requirements) Course Outcomes (Faculty identifies) Course Objectives (Faculty identifies) Program Outcomes (Faculty identifies) Course Assessment (Faculty identifies) Implementation of Methods to Improve Learning Outcomes Program Discipline Assessment of Outcomes Implementation of Methods to Improve Outcomes General Education Conceptual Framework

6. Stakeholders

7. Assessment Process

17. AA Business Matrix SLOs / Required Courses in the Major ACC121 Principles of Accounting I ACC122 Principles of Accounting II BUS115 Introduction to Business BUS216 Legal Environment of Business BUS217 Business Communication & Report Writing BUS226 Business Statistics ECO201 Principles of Macro- economics ECO202 Principles of Micro- economics AA-Business SLOs Knowledge of Business Concepts X X X X A Application of Business Concepts X X X X A Fact-Based Decision Making X X X A X X Written, Oral & Interpersonal Communication X X A X College SLOs Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Natural World X A X Intellectual & Practical Skills X X X X X A X X Personal & Social Responsibility X X X X X X X A Integrative & Applied Learning X X A X X Note: X = course includes aspects that directly relate to the SLO A = SLO assessed in this course