CGEIP faciliates the course review process adopted by Faculty Senate in 2015 and later
revised in 2018 and 2022. The overall purpose of this review process is to assess
the course based on the General Goals submitted when the course was added to the University's
general education program.
Officially approved courses in the University's general education program can be found
in the University's undergraduate catalog.
Course coordinators are expected to conduct and submit the course report in accordance
to the process and timelines outlined in the GENED Course Coordinator Handbook.
Course coordinators are verified through academic unit leaders periodically. If a
course coordinator needs to be updated, contact facultysenate@missouristate.edu.
CGEIP will provide feedback to course coordinators on submitted course reviews and
will report to Faculty Senate during the spring semester on course reviews that were
submitted, not submitted or submitted incorrectly.
Consult the General Education Course Coordinator's Handbook for information on principles and purpose of course review, general goals assigned
to each course, types of assessment data to collect, and a detailed outline of the
review process & submission.
As outlined in the handbook, courses are to be reviewed biennially, on the following
schedule. Reports will be due on the last business day of January.
Reports due January 2027
Assessment period is Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026 & Fall 2026
Foundations
First-Year Seminar
Written Communication and Information Literacy (ENG 210, ENG 221, ENG 310, ENG 321)
Constitution of U.S. and Missouri and American History and Institutions
Cultural Competence
Public Issues
Exemptions
Courses in the General Education Program may be exempt from course review if prerequisite/co-requisite is a general education
course in the same area of study (i.e. Focus area). Lab only courses do not need to
provide separate reports. See the Handbook for detailed information.
Submitting the Course Review
Coordinators are expected to review the handbook in its entirety prior to submitting
the report.
The report form resides within Office 365. When you click on the link above, you
will need to log into Office 365, and for that you will need to enter your USERNAME@MissouriState.edu,
NOT your regular campus email address. Your password will be the normal one used
for other campus logins.
Gather assessement data and information needed to complete the Course Review Form.
Complete and submit Course Review Form by the designated deadline.
General education course coordinators should not do all of the assessment work – as
the title implies, their role is to coordinate. Each general education course should
have some common goals addressed in all sections, and the coordinator should communicate
with section instructors what the shared goals are and what information instructors
will need to provide for the assessment.
The coordinator also organizes the review process, collecting data and feedback from
section instructors. The coordinators are also responsible for writing and submitting
reports.
The biennial program requires reports for the Foundations and Human Cultures areas
in even years. Reports are required for Natural World and Public Affairs area courses
in odd years.
Friday - January 29th, 2027.
Essentially, the questions to address in the report are:
What do you want students in your class to learn (discipline-specific knowledge, skills,
etc.) that also fits in with your course’s GG? This change allows (encourages) faculty
to evaluate their course on the basis of inherent course objectives that also align
with general education goals.
What evidence do you have that students are learning these topics? You should evaluate
results of course assignments, projects, exam questions, etc., that correspond to
the topic / goal. You can treat these as “checkpoints” to figure out where your students
learned the course materials and where they continued to struggle. For some courses,
the previous system’s SLOs may function well as the checkpoints. For others, the SLOs
aligned poorly with course objectives. The modified system allows coordinators and
their faculty to tailor the checkpoints to their specific discipline and course.
Assessment is an ongoing process. If your general education assessment checkpoints
align well with your course’s discipline-specific learning objectives, general education
assessments should become a natural extension of your evaluation of students’ performances
on exams, projects, etc., rather than a separate exercise.
Report forms will be available on the CGEIP website.
Some basic information about the report will be required, but enrollment data will
automatically be loaded (i.e., you do not need to look this up).
You will need to identify the course’s General Goal(s) (GG(s)) – these will be available
from a pull-down menu on the report form.
You will be asked to describe how your course meets the GG(s), and to provide information
about student learning / achievements relevant to each goal.
You will be asked to reflect on your course’s success at meeting the GG(s). Where
was the course successful / what should be kept the same going forward? Were there
any weak areas where you might alter what or how you teach to improve student learning?
You will be asked to provide a representative syllabus for the course.
There is an optional section for reporting diversity content, if any, in your course.
Report forms will be available on CGEIP website.
There are two CGEIP representatives from most colleges. Talk to your college rep for more information and with questions. You may also contact CGEIP via email.
If a course consistently submits unsatisfactory reports (or fails to submit reports),
the course may be put on a probationary status and will be required to resubmit their
materials in the following year for a new review.
However, the primary response will be to make suggestions on how to improve the course’s
assessment and/or reporting procedures.
