Prof. Diana Majury
This past academic year, the Department of Law and Legal Studies has been engaging in a thorough review of their undergraduate methods and theory courses. Using the program level learning outcomes to guide this process, the team was able to redefine the scope of these essential courses and focus on what students really need to learn. Looking at the courses in this way has challenged faculty to consider not only what they teach, but why certain concepts and skills are taught.
Prof. Diana Majury led the steering committee, which included faculty and staff. Despite being a self-proclaimed skeptic about program assessment, she now claims that she “speaks the language of outcomes.”
To learn more about using program-level learning outcomes in course design, register for the upcoming “Putting Your Course on the Map” workshop (June 14 at 9 a.m.).
If you have an interesting or innovative assessment practice you would like featured in Adventures in Program Assessment, contact Andy Thompson at andrea.thompson@carleton.ca.
