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) Human Diversity (HDiv) History (Hist) |
| Year 2 | Intellectual Community (IC) Artistic Performance (ArtP) Science (SCI) | Writing for the Liberal Arts (WLA) Fine Arts (FA) World Languages (WL) |
| Year 3 | Mathematical/Symbolic Reasoning (M/SR) Sustainability & the Environment (SE, formerly ENVT) Morris 1101 | Writing Enriched (WE) Capstone Morris Core Curriculum* |
*Morris Core Experience assessment over the year
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 under Academic Affairs are Academic Enrichment and Career Services; Briggs Library; Student Success Center, and the Writing Center.