General Education Reporting Matrix
East Central College
Implementation date: October 1, 2002
Updated: September, 2003
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State-Level Goals Core Area |
Institutional Competencies |
Course(s) and Credit Hours |
Non-Course Experiences |
Associated Assessment(s) |
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(11 credit hours)
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A. Students will demonstrate the ability to write and speak effectively by making formal oral and written presentations employing appropriate syntax, language, usage and mechanics. |
EN 1223 (3)
EN 1333 (3)
CT 1003 or CT 1103 (3)
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Learning Center visits for individualized work; |
Placement testing, both writing sample and objective tests; Graduate testing using CAAP (written and objective); Departmental rubrics used for assessment;
Oral Reports; Speeches judged using a departmental rubric; Student evaluations; Departmental testing; |
C. Students will develop skills to assist in the transition from high school to college; students will understand their learning style and its impact on success.
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PE 1081 (1)
FS 1001 (1) |
Intramural sports; Campus health and wellness activities
Campus events and activities; workshops; major area activities. |
Fitness evaluation; Course testing
On line evaluations |
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State-Level Goals SKILL AREAS |
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Communicating |
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To develop students' effective use of the English language and quantitative and other symbolic systems essential to their success in school and in the world. Students should be able to read and listen critically and to write and speak with thoughtfulness, clarity, coherence, and persuasiveness.
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A. Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze and evaluate their own and others' speaking and writing.
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Students will select a minimum of two (2) courses designated W (signifies a writing component) from the list in the college course schedule or as posted on the website. |
Learning Center visits for individualized work; Web supported activities |
Institutionally designed guidelines to assess topical writing assignments/tests;
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B. Students will demonstrate the ability to respond to the needs of different venues and audiences and choose words for appropriateness and effectiveness. |
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C. Use course appropriate symbols, models and graphs to present information with clarity, accuracy and precision. |
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D. Read, analyze and respond to material critically and appropriately. |
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Nelson Denny Reading Test; Academic Profile (ETS Reading/Critical Thinking) - A test with performance based criteria and nationally normed scale scores |
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Higher-Order Thinking |
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To develop students' ability to distinguish among opinions, facts, and inferences; to identify underlying or implicit assumptions; to make informed judgments; and to solve problems by applying evaluative standards.
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Students will select a minimum of three (3) courses designated H (signifies higher order thinking skills) from the list in the college course schedule or as posted on the website |
Learning Center visits for individualized work; Library workshops
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Academic Profile (ETS Reading/Critical Thinking) - A test with performance based criteria and nationally normed scale scores.
Assessment of formal arguments presented in writing assignments.
Reflective work. |
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C. Students will reflect on and evaluate their critical thinking processes.
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Managing Information |
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To develop students' abilities to locate, organize, store, retrieve, evaluate, synthesize, and annotate information from print, electronic, and other sources in preparation for solving problems and making informed decisions.
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A. Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate information for its currency, usefulness, truthfulness and accuracy. |
Students will select one of the following courses: CS 1003 (3) CS 1013 (3) CS 1123 (3) OR a minimum of three (3) courses designated M (signifies coursework in managing information) from the list in the college course schedule or as posted on the website |
Computer Lab assistance; Campus wide Internet access; Student email
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Student Success Course: computer skills evaluation Departmental testing; |
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B. Students will demonstrate the ability to organize, store and retrieve information efficiently. |
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C. Students will demonstrate the ability to present information clearly and concisely, using traditional and contemporary technologies.
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Departmental testing; |
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D. Students will demonstrate the ability to access and/or generate information from a variety of sources. |
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Valuing |
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To develop students' abilities to understand the moral and ethical values of a diverse society and to understand that many courses of action are guided by value judgments about the way things ought to be. Students should be able to make informed decisions through identifying personal values and the values of others and through understanding how such values develop. They should be able to analyze the ethical implications of choices made on the basis of these values.
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Students will select a minimum of three (3) courses designated V (signifies valuing competencies) AND three (3) courses designated G (signifies global education competencies) from the list in the college course schedule or as posted on the website |
Various student government and club activities; Various cultural events, including International Day, art exhibits, theater productions and musical performances. Volunteer service.
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Departmental (course-based) testing; Oral presentations; Group projects. |
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B. Students will demonstrate the ability to consider multiple perspectives, recognize biases, deal with ambiguity and take a reasonable position.
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C. Students will demonstrate the ability to recognize the ramifications of one's value decisions on self and others. |
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D. Students will demonstrate the ability to recognize conflicts within and between value systems and recognize and analyze ethical issues as they arise in a variety of contexts. |
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State-Level Goals KNOWLEDGE AREAS |
Institutional Competencies |
Course(s) |
Non-Course Experiences |
Associated Assessment(s) |
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Social & Behavior Sciences |
Students must select three (3) courses from those listed below; at least one must be *. |
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To develop students' understanding of themselves and the world around them through study of content and the processes used by historians and social and behavioral scientists to discover, describe, explain, and predict human behavior and social systems. Students must understand the diversities and complexities of the cultural and social world, past and present, and come to an informed sense of self and others. (Students must fulfill the state statute requirements for the United States and Missouri constitutions.)
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A. Students will demonstrate the ability to explain social institutions, structure and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
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HI 1103 HI 1203 HI 2103 HI 2203 SO 1103 SO 2103 SO 2203 EC 2103 EC 2203 GE 1003 PY 1103 PY 2103 PY 2203 PY 2403 |
Various student government and club activities;
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Academic Profile (long form) from ETS to assess skills in social sciences. Assessment is based on nationally normed scale scores. Test will be given on a rotational basis. Debates, presentations and group projects. |
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B. Students will demonstrate the ability to draw on history and the social sciences to evaluate contemporary problems.
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C. Describe and explain the constitutions of the United States and Missouri. |
HI 1103 * HI 1203 * PS 1203 * |
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Students must pass an internal test demonstrating proficiency on both United States and Missouri constitutions. |
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Humanities & Fine Arts |
Students must select three (3) courses from those listed below; courses must have at least two different prefixes. |
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To develop students' understanding of the ways in which humans have addressed their condition through imaginative work in the humanities and fine arts; to deepen their understanding of how that imaginative process is informed and limited by social, cultural, linguistic, and historical circumstances; and to appreciate the world of the creative imagination as a form of knowledge.
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describe the scope and variety of works in the humanities and fine arts.
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PH 1003, 1203, 1303, 2103 CT 1303 AR 1203, 1703, 1713 HI 2103, 2203 EN 1503, 1603, 1703, 1803, 1903, 2103, 2113, 2203, 2213, 2303, 2313, 2403, 2503 MU 1603, XXXX SP 1104, 1204, 2114, 2124 FR 1104, 1204, 2114, 2124 GR 1104, 1204, 2114, 2124 |
Various cultural events, including International Day, art exhibits, theater productions and musical performances.
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