Assessment of Student Learning

CSUMB is an outcomes-based institution and has systems in place that enable development of learning outcomes, assessment of student progress in meeting these outcomes, revision of outcomes when needed, and use of assessment to inform progress in student learning. Outcomes-based education is very well developed in the general education areas, the 13 University Learning Requirements. Each of these has learning outcomes, criteria, and standards used to assess student work. Like the general education program, all of the academic programs have major learning outcomes, which communicate the skills and abilities required of graduating seniors as well as the framework for each degree program, published in a variety of places including internally produced brochures and advising literature. Program faculties collaborate to assess student work for competence in major learning outcomes and use the findings to improve their programs.