Program Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes: 

‘WHAT’ are students expected to learn. Develop 4 to 6 learning outcomes that define the knowledge and skills a student is expected to have learned by completion of the program. Outcomes are often linked to learning domains: cognitive, affective, or psychomotor (the Second Principle). Recommendations for developing learning outcomes:

1. Learning outcomes should be appropriate to the degree level (undergraduate, graduate, certificate, etc.).
2. Learning outcomes should be aligned with learning activities and assessments. A comprehensive curriculum map is the simplest tool to assure this. More on this below.
3. Learning outcomes should be achievable, both in the scope of individual outcomes and in the number of objectives or outcomes set.
4. Learning outcomes should be written from the learner’s perspective, using action verbs. Additional guidelines for writing learning outcomes.

Once program learning outcomes have been identified, they should require only occasional revision, but they should be reviewed annually, prior to preparing the assessment plan for the next academic year. Program learning outcomes are edited through the program workflow in CIM ( https://futurecatalog.wvu.edu/programadmin/).