Student Learning Outcomes

Academic Services

Students who utilize the college catalog will

1. read about Fullerton College and know what courses are taught and what it takes to  prepare for and complete a certificate or degree and/or transfer from Fullerton College.
2. be aware of the rules, policies and procedures of Fullerton College.

Students who utilize the college class schedule will

1. know what, when and where courses will be offered for a particular term.
2. be aware of when and how to register, registration fees, important dates for specified term, how to add, drop or withdraw from a course, what support services are available and where they are located, graduation requirements and campus/district policies.

Students who complete a distance education course will

1. use technology successfully to complete assignments and exams.
2. proficiently use technology to exchange ideas with faculty and classmates independent of a physical location.
3. develop and apply self-management skills, including reading and following instructions, to independently complete course assignments.

The Curriculum Committee is a campus-level committee to provide advisement to the Faculty Senate and the District Curriculum Coordinating Committee.  Upon submission by faculty, the committee reviews approves and/or disapproves new curricula or modifications to existing curricula. It also adds, deletes, and modifies courses for submittal to California State University of California, Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC), and Fullerton College Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees. Revised spring, 2007

The Curriculum Committee Chair advised that the College will be implementing SLO’s by Fall 2007 on any new or revised courses. Curriculum Committee minutes of Wednesday, November 1, 2006 indicate that an "outcomes" category has been set up in "Curricunet", (the software program used by the College to submit new and modify existing curricula) to post Student Learning Outcomes and Assessments.  A website listing Department Student Learning Outcomes has also been developed.

The Staff Development Committee was formed in 1983 as a campus-level committee to provide advisement to the President's Advisory Committee.  The Staff Development Committee: 

1. determines campus Staff Development policies

2. provides oversight to and facilitates the utilization of the Teaching Effectiveness Center

3. determines Staff Development priorities and provides materials and workshops based on survey results

4. determines programs and workshops for funding

5. disseminates Staff Development funds

6. communicates regularly with constituent groups

Student Learning Outcomes training workshops at the College have been sponsored through Staff Development.