Measurable Student Learning Outcomes
1. (Application Level) Use writing for learning, thinking, and communicating to solve problems, draw logical conclusions, and create innovative ideas. (CSLO #4)
2. (Evaluation Level) Identify and evaluate the main idea, major points, and supporting details in a text, film, image, or presentation. (CSLOs #2, 4)
3. (Evaluation Level) Identify and evaluate the author's rhetorical choices in a text, film, image, or presentation. (CSLO #2)
4. (Evaluation Level) Differentiate between credible and non-credible sources and select appropriate sources for the writing task. (CSLOs #2, 4)
5. (Analysis Level) Identify multiple viewpoints pertaining to a given topic and engage in verbal or written discussion of those viewpoints. (CSLO #1)
6. (Application Level) Recognize writing as a recursive process of inventing, planning, drafting, revising, and editing, and employ these strategies in written work. (CSLO #3)
7. (Evaluation Level) Collaborate with instructor and peers to evaluate written work and incorporate feedback into one's writing. (CSLO #3)
8. (Application Level) Learn to recognize and adapt content, form, style, and tone to the audience, purpose, context, and requirements of a composition assignment. (CSLO #3)
9. (Application Level) Organize one's writing logically using a thesis statement and other organizational strategies such as topic sentences, transitions, and/or specific introductory and conclusion techniques to create cohesive, clear writing. (CSLO #4)
10. (Synthesis Level) Integrate research into written work. (CSLO #2)
11. (Application Level) Define plagiarism and avoid plagiarism in written work and oral presentations through proper quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. (CSLOs #1, 3)
12. (Application Level) Use an appropriate system of documentation in written work, such as MLA, APA, or Chicago Style. (CSLOs #2, 3)
13. (Application Level) Employ the conventions of standard written English and grammar, language usage, punctuation, word choice, and style. (CSLO #3)