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Pitt's General Education Reform - Readings & Resources

The Gen Ed Task Force is reviewing University-wide student learning outcomes and all current general education curricula to recommend a more integrative and unified model. If you have any additional resources, please email us at generaled@pitt.edu.

Student Learning Outcomes

Boston University

  • 6 essential capacities, 2-3 separate learning outcomes for each
  • Click each of the capacities, will open a new tab. Scroll down, click "view learning outcomes" for each

Carnegie Mellon University

Ohio State University:

Temple University

University of Arizona

University of Buffalo

  • Program Learning Outcomes
  • Scroll down to "Component Learning Outcomes" and click for specific outcomes for each GenEd category required

University of Louisville

University of South Carolina

Virginia Tech

  • 7 Pathways Core Learning Concepts
  • Scroll down to each concept and click "+" to read full Student Learning Outcomes
  • They define outcomes as "observable behaviors that students will demonstrate"

Assessment Rubrics

Carnegie Mellon University

Pennsylvania State University:

University of Arizona

University of Buffalo

  • Assessment Cycle & Results
  • Click each Program Learning Outcome for methods & findings, publishes percentages of students at certain levels

University of Louisville

University of South Carolina

Virginia Tech

Experiential Learning

Boston University

  • The Hub Co-Curricular Experience
  • For many BU students, experiential learning can be as important to their education as coursework. The BU Hub recognizes the value and impact of learning that happens outside of classroom settings by offering students opportunities to participate in cocurricular experiences that combine activities, discussion, reflection, and related assignments. In this innovative part of the Hub, students can take part in cocurricular activities while fulfilling a Hub requirement.
  • Listing of Hub Co-Curriculars 
  • Study Abroad
  • Cross-College Challenge

Carnegie Mellon University

  • Experiential Learning Overview
  • "Beginning with the class of 2028, each student is required to complete and reflect on at least one experiential learning activity."

Ohio State University

  • Integrative Practices (scroll down)
  • The GE allows students to take a single, 4+ credit course to satisfy a particular GE Theme requirement if that course involves key practices that are recognized as integrative and high impact. Practices currently qualifying for designation as 4+ credit, integrative courses are: service learning; global and intercultural learning; research and creative Inquiry; interdisciplinary team-taught courses; and courses with instruction in a foreign language.