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MCC Institutional Learning Outcomes: Information and Request for Feedback


In October 2015, Provost Wade charged a cross-divisional team with identifying a new set of Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) for the College. The ILO/MCC Gen Ed Implementation Team is proposing the following set of Institutional Learning Outcomes to the College community, and welcomes feedback on them.

Upon the successful completion of any credit-based credential at Monroe Community College, a graduate will be able to:

·         Engage in discipline-based inquiry or problem-solving.

·         Apply research techniques to locate and utilize valid sources of information.

·         Use technology in discipline-specific ways to further educational or occupational goals.

·         Express the application of personal, educational, or professional values to ethics-based decision-making.

·         Communicate effectively in academic or professional settings.

The first four proposed ILOs are identical to four of the new MCC general education outcomes, which were approved by the Faculty Senate in 2015 and are pending approval by the Provost. The last ILO integrates the following two MCC general education outcomes:

·         Write effectively in a discipline-based context.

·         Engage in effective oral communication in a discipline-based context.

For A.A. and A.S. degree programs, which are designed to include a required SUNY general education component, this communication ILO will be fulfilled by a student meeting both the written and oral communication outcomes by taking a course meeting SUNY Basic Communication.

For A.A.S. degrees, certificates, and any other for-credit credentials awarded at the College, fulfillment of the communication ILO will be satisfied by a student fulfilling either the written communication or the oral communication learning outcome from MCC’s new local general education program.

Please direct any feedback on this proposed ILO set to MaryJo Witz "mailto:mwitz@monroecc.edu" by May 20, 2016.

ILO/MCC General Education Implementation Team:

Amy Burtner, English/Philosophy

Natasha Christensen, Anthropology/History/Political Science/Sociology

Mary DiSano, Chemistry

Paul Emerick, Biology

Mark Ernsthausen, Faculty Senate President (co-chair)

Jason France, Public Safety Training Facility

Michael Heel, Curriculum and Assessment

Emily Putnam, Mathematics

Betsy Ripton, Registration and Records

Krista Rodriguez, Health Professions

Teresa Schichler, Economic Development and Innovative Workforce Services

MaryJo Witz, Curriculum and Program Development (co-chair)

MaryJo Witz
Curriculum and Program Development
05/09/2016