(tick) Geneseo's learning outcomes and assessment methods in this area meet SUNY's standards for strengthened campus-based assessment

Geneseo Learning Outcomes for Basic Communication

Students will:

  • read significant texts carefully and critically, recognizing and responding to argumenative positions;
  • write sustained, coherent, and persuasive arguments on significant issues that arise from the content at hand;
  • write clearly, following conventions of Standard English.


10. BASIC COMMUNICATION

Students will:

  • produce coherent texts within common college-level written forms;
  • demonstrate the ability to revise and improve such texts;
  • research a topic, develop an argument, and organize supporting details;
  • develop proficiency in oral discourse; and
  • evaluate an oral presentation according to established criteria.


I. Label 

Communication – Written and Oral  (Required)

II. Student Learning Outcomes 

Students will 

• research a topic, develop an argument, and organize supporting details; 

• demonstrate coherent college‐level communication (written and oral) that informs, persuades, or otherwise engages with an audience; 

• evaluate communication for substance, bias, and intended effect; and 

• demonstrate the ability to revise and improve written and oral communication. 


Assessment Results for Basic Communication

How Critical Writing and Reading Has Closed the Assessment Loop

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