Current Academic Year Calendar
Assessment Deadlines and Dates
Academic Program Assessment Cycle
Each academic program assesses their complete set of program student learning outcomes (PSLOs) over a 3-year cycle. Throughout the cycle, programs implement changes to improve student learning.
Annual reports assess the efficacy of those changes.
Programs determine their own reporting schedules for the 3-year cycle. Example: Program A has 4 PSLOs.
Year 1 = New assessment data for PSLOs 1 and 2 reported, along with comparisons to previous PSLOs 1 and 2 data, to show the efficacy of any programmatic changes made as the result of the last assessment of these PSLOs
Year 2 = PSLO 3 reported, along with comparison to previous PSLO 3 data, to show the efficacy of any programmatic changes made as the result of the last assessment of this PSLO.
Year 3 = PSLO 4 reported, along with comparison to previous PSLO 4 data, to show the efficacy of any programmatic changes made as the result of the last assessment of this PSLO.
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | |
| PSLO 1 | Assessed success of previous programmatic improvements evaluated | implementation of agreed-upon programmatic improvements | implementation of agreed-upon programmatic improvements | Assessed success of programmatic improvements evaluated |
| PSLO 2 | Assessed success of previous programmatic improvements evaluated | implementation of agreed-upon programmatic improvements | implementation of agreed-upon programmatic improvements | Assessed success of programmatic improvements evaluated |
| PSLO 3 | implementation of previously agreed-upon programmatic improvements | Assessed success of previous programmatic improvements evaluated | implementation of agreed-upon programmatic improvements | implementation of agreed-upon programmatic improvements |
| PSLO 4 | implementation of previously agreed-upon programmatic improvements | implementation of previously agreed-upon programmatic improvements | Assessed success of previous programmatic improvements evaluated | implementation of agreed-upon programmatic improvements |
General Education Program Assessment Cycle
UMN Morris’s General Education assessment program gathers data on each category over a 3-year cycle. Data are gathered from a selection of the largest General Education courses using the same or comparable assessment tools across various courses.
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | |
| Year 1 | Humanities (HUM) Science with Lab ( SCI-L) Ethical and Civic Responsibility (ECR) | International Perspective (IP) Social Science (SS) |
| Year 2 | Intellectual Community (IC) Artistic Performance (ArtP) Science (SCI) | Writing for the Liberal Arts (WLA) Fine Arts (FA) |
| Year 3 | Human Diversity (HDiv) History (HIst) Mathematical/Symbolic Reasoning (M/SR) | Foreign Language (FL) People and the Environment (ENVT) |
Campus Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Cycle
UMN Morris’s Campus Student Learning Outcomes (CSLOs) are assessed annually through their correspondence to academic Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLOs). Co-curricular assessment of CSLOs takes place independently.
- UMN Morris’s co-curricular programs under Student Affairs are Intercollegiate Athletics; Equity, Diversity, and Intercultural Programs; Residential Life, Student Engagement & Events; and Community Engagement.
- Co-curricular programs underAcademic Affairs are Academic Enrichment and Career Services; Briggs Library; Student Success Center, and the Writing Center.