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ULO Coordinators and Scholars Program

Assessment and Evaluation Resources

From the Academic Senate Assessment Committee

Assessment is only as good as the conversations it generates.

Call for ULO Scholars

All faculty (part-time and full-time lecturers and tenure line) are invited to support student achievement of CSUMB’s Undergraduate Learning Outcomes (ULOs) by applying to be a ULO Scholar and contributing to one or more of the funded projects described below.

Each project will consist of two parts.

  1. A cooperative (meets for 1 - 2 hours approximately 6 times over the semester).
  2. A work group that will study student work to inform assignment design, pedagogy, and professional development (meets for 2 - 3 consecutive days in summer, fall, or winter/spring).

Meeting dates and times will be determined by the facilitators and ULO Scholars.

Faculty can apply to either or both activities and faculty can apply and participate in more than one project.

Background information

ULO projects & descriptions

Up to 6 faculty members will be accepted per project.

More Information

GE Area A1 Oral Communication Cooperative

Facilitators: Lee Ritscher

Discussion of bias in assessment and how to avoid it.

GE Area A2 Written Communication Cooperative

Facilitator: Kelly Medina-Lopez

TBA

GE Area A3 Critical Thinking Cooperative

Facilitator: Patrick Belanger

Our first meeting was spent discussing the interface of critical thinking & AI. We discussed what faculty are doing in their classes, and what guidance they are offering students. The remaining meetings will focus on creating a digital platform to house useful teaching materials related to CT. This builds on work completed in Spring 2025.

Information Literacy Cooperative

Facilitator: Sarah Dahlen

Still under development, but probably making some revisions to existing documents (e.g. rubric guide) based on S25 revisions to the IL rubric. Also starting to think of assessment questions for summer 2026.

Quantitative Reasoning Cooperative

Facilitator: Peri Shereen

TBA

Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility Cooperative

Facilitator: Hojin Song

Continue working on ULO2 Training modules.

Integrative Knowledge Cooperative

Facilitator: Amanda Pullum

Continue to fine-tune assignment wrappers for GE assessment.

Collective facilitation

Participants in this cooperative reviewed the 2017 CSUMB Capstone Self-Study and developed strategies for advancing CSUMB’s capstone requirement, particularly with regard to how CSUMB’s ULOs can enhance student achievement of MLOs. This group was comprised of some members from other ULO project groups.