General Education Outcomes
General Education is designed to introduce students to the variety of means through which people comprehend the modern world. General Education Outcomes (GEOs) are statements that define the knowledge, skills, and perspectives acquired by students who satisfy the College's general education requirements. GEOs provide LBCC with a link that connects student learning outcomes at the course and program levels to the overall mission of the college and the success of our students. The College will assess these GEOs on a periodic basis to improve the general education curriculum to the ultimate benefit of students ... more detail
General Education is designed to introduce students to the variety of means through which people comprehend the modern world. General Education Outcomes (GEOs) are statements that define the knowledge, skills, and perspectives acquired by students who satisfy the College's general education requirements. GEOs provide LBCC with a link that connects student learning outcomes at the course and program levels to the overall mission of the college and the success of our students. The College will assess these GEOs on a periodic basis to improve the general education curriculum to the ultimate benefit of students.
Long Beach City College's General Education Outcomes are:
- Aesthetics and Creativity: The ability to appreciate a range of cultural expressions, including art, music, dance, theatre, literature, and film, as well as the ability to generate useful and original ideas.
- Civic Engagement: The ability to participate actively in a democracy that respects the rights of diverse peoples and cultures.
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Democracy: Develop and promote knowledge and skills to become informed participants who play an active an effective role in our society.
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Cultural Sensitivity/Diversity: Appreciate and promote respect of individual differences that embrace the complex ways people integrate into their societies, cultures, and subcultures in order to participate in both our society and in diverse group activities.
- Communication: The ability to effectively interchange ideas and information with diverse audiences and to act within the framework of a society based on information and service.
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Foundational Skills: The ability to effectively read, write, listen, speak, and/or sign.
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Teamwork & Collaboration: Cooperate and work effectively with individuals and groups using appropriate social skills.
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Information Competency: Find, use, manage, evaluate, and convey information efficiently and effectively.
- Critical Thinking: The ability to analyze and evaluate a spectrum of ideas that are represented by theories, images, and concepts.
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Science Literacy: Apply the scientific method to gain an evidence-based understanding of phenomena.
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Numeric Literacy: Apply arithmetic and mathematical skills necessary to solve everyday problems.
- Wellness: The ability to make lifestyle choices that promote physical, mental, and social health.
LBCC General Education Outcomes (GEOs) were approved by the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes Subcommittee in February 2009 and refined by a joint ASLO Subcommittee and AD/GE Subcommittee workgroup so as to align the GEOs with the College's General Education Pattern, Plan A (Associates Degree). The Curriculum Committee approved further refinements in February 2011 based on recommendations derived from the curriculum mapping process.
The College's General Education Program aligns the GEOs and Plan A with its Philosophy of General Education. General Education takes its character from an extensive list of disciplines whose integration generates a broad field of common knowledge that is indispensable to students. General Education concerns itself with how disciplines form and reform their basic conceptualization and how these basic conceptualizations then link with one another to create this general field of understanding.
Institutional Learning Outcomes Assessment Process
The College fulfills its mission to provide open and affordable access to quality associate degree and certificate programs, workforce preparation, and opportunities for personal development and enrichment through a continuous cycle of planning, assessing, and improving student learning for student success. The General Education Outcomes arise from the most general and universal educational goals of the institution, as noted in the mission statement; therefore, they are an indication of the college's collective educational values as reflected from not only that mission statement, but its vision and functions denoted in the catalog. Regardless of major, all students who complete an instructional program's requirements should share common educational experiences ... more detail
The College fulfills its mission to provide open and affordable access to quality associate degree and certificate programs, workforce preparation, and opportunities for personal development and enrichment through a continuous cycle of planning, assessing, and improving student learning for student success. The General Education Outcomes arise from the most general and universal educational goals of the institution, as noted in the mission statement; therefore, they are an indication of the college's collective educational values as reflected from not only that mission statement, but its vision and functions denoted in the catalog. Regardless of major, all students who complete an instructional program's requirements should share common educational experiences, as they attain those attributes found in an educated person. Therefore, the General Education Outcomes and their assessment will document the College's commitment to and is overall reflective of an effective and relevant instructional institution.
Assessment Reports - Curriculum Mapping
A curriculum map is a graphic organizer that illustrates how Plan A courses contribute to the overall General Education of students seeking the Associate's Degree. Such a graphic organizer can visually indicate where specific learning takes place and at what level of engagement such learning occurs. By such mapping the College can discern how each course serves the GE component of Plan A and ultimately the student. Curriculum maps, therefore, are a valuable means to produce objective evidence that can guide the College toward fulfilling its responsibilities ... more detail
A curriculum map is a graphic organizer that illustrates how Plan A courses contribute to the overall General Education of students seeking the Associate's Degree. Such a graphic organizer can visually indicate where specific learning takes place and at what level of engagement such learning occurs. By such mapping the College can discern how each course serves the GE component of Plan A and ultimately the student. Curriculum maps, therefore, are a valuable means to produce objective evidence that can guide the College toward fulfilling its responsibilities to GEO assessment. The General Education Outcomes Work Group has created the necessary curriculum maps and analysis as part of the GEO Initiative. Based on this evidence a report encompassing the results, key findings, conclusions and recommendations for actions has been developed and presented to key constituency groups to be addressed.
Institutional Assessment Reports
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