Learning Outcomes

Student learning outcomes promote student awareness of the learning process and give students a way to organize their learning for themselves and to communicate to others what they know and can do. Outcomes statements also provide a common language about learning for everyone involved in the learning process, a context for course or program design and revision, and a map for curricular and co-curricular assessment and change.
– Adapted from the University of Washington’s statement of the “Purposes and Benefits of Student Learning Outcomes”

Student learning outcomes identify:

• what students should know as a result of learning experiences (cognitive domain)

• what students should be able to do as a result of learning experiences (behavioral domain)

• what students should value as a result of learning experiences (affective domain)

Statements of learning outcomes should be student-focused and action-oriented (“When students complete our program, they will be able to…”).

Reporting Requirements

CLOA Program Review Process
Program Assessment Plan Template 
Annual Program Assessment Progress Report 
Reporting Review Cycle