Core Review Task Force
CCAS Faculty Senate
 
Proposed Assessment Map of the CCAS Core Curriculum
December 2, 2008
 
CCAS Learning Outcome 1. “All students graduating from the College of Arts & Sciences will have learned to communicate clearly and effectively in written, spoken, mathematical, and artistic languages.” (Creighton University Bulletin: Undergraduate Issue, 2009-2010, p. 103)
 
CLO 1	Introduced	Reinforced	Assessed *	
Core A	THL 100 Christianity in Context
 	PHL 250/THL 250 Foundations for Ethical Understanding
PHL 320 God and Persons 
THL 2xx Scripture courses
THL 3xx Christian Theology courses 
SRP 4xx Senior Perspective courses	 	
Core B	CNE/ENG 120 World Literature I
ENG 121 World Literature II
HIS 101 The Modern Western World
PHL 107 Critical & Historical Introduction to Philosophy	HIS 10x Non-Western History courses
International and Global Studies courses

Core C	Natural Science courses	 	 	
Core D	Social & Behavioral Science courses	 	 	
Core E	COM 152 Principles of Communication Competence
ENG 150 Rhetoric & Composition
Language courses
Mathematics courses
Studio/Performing Arts courses	 	 	
Certified Writing	 	Certified Writing courses	 	
 
* Student learning with respect to CLO 1 is not assessed in any Core Curriculum course, but in each major program of study, typically in a senior capstone course. 

CCAS Learning Outcome 2. “All students graduating from the College of Arts & Sciences will have learned to think critically about information, assumptions, and arguments found in multiple forms of academic and cultural discourse.” (Creighton University Bulletin: Undergraduate Issue, 2009-2010, p. 103)
 
CLO 2	Introduced	Reinforced	Assessed *	
Core A	THL 100 Christianity in Context	PHL 250/THL 250 Foundations for Ethical Understanding
PHL 320 God and Persons 
THL 2xx Scripture courses
THL 3xx Christian Theology courses
SRP 4xx Senior Perspective courses	 	
Core B	CNE/ENG 120 World Literature I
ENG 121 World Literature II
HIS 101 The Modern Western World
PHL 107 Critical & Historical Introduction to Philosophy	HIS 10x Non-Western History courses
International and Global Studies courses

Core C	Natural Science courses	 	 	
Core D	Social & Behavioral Science courses	 	 	
Core E	COM 152 Principles of Communication Competence
ENG 150 Rhetoric & Composition
Mathematics courses	 	 	
Certified Writing	 	Certified Writing courses	 	
 
* Student learning with respect to CLO 2 is not assessed in any Core Curriculum course, but in each major program of study, typically in a senior capstone course. 
CCAS Learning Outcome 3. “All students graduating from the College of Arts & Sciences will have learned to integrate broad and diverse learning with at least one individually chosen academic discipline or professional field.” (Creighton University Bulletin: Undergraduate Issue, 2009-2010, p. 103)
 
CLO 3	Introduced	Reinforced	Assessed *	
Core A	 	SRP 4xx Senior Perspective courses	 	
Core B	 	 	 	
Core C	 	 	 	
Core D	 	 	 	
Core E	 	 	 	
Certified Writing	 	 	 	
* Student learning with respect to CLO 3 is not assessed in any Core Curriculum course, but in each major program of study, typically in a senior capstone course. 
 
CCAS Learning Outcome 4. “All students graduating from the College of Arts & Sciences will have learned to appreciate the Christian, Catholic, and Jesuit intellectual traditions in the context of historical, cultural, and spiritual concerns.” (Creighton University Bulletin: Undergraduate Issue, 2009-2010, p. 103)
 
CLO 4	Introduced	Reinforced	Assessed	
Core A	THL 100 Christianity in Context
 	THL 2xx Scripture courses
THL 3xx Christian Theology courses
PHL 320 God & Persons	THL 3xx Christian Theology courses
PHL 320 God & Persons	
Core B	CNE/ENG 120 World Literature I 
ENG 121 World Literature II
PHL 107 Critical & Historical Introduction to Philosophy	 	 	
Core C	 	 	 	
Core D	 	 	 	
Core E	 	 	 	
Certified Writing	 	 	 	
 
CCAS Learning Outcome 5. “All students graduating from the College of Arts & Sciences will have learned to apply a reasoned approach to effective decision-making according to sound and coherent ethical principles.” (Creighton University Bulletin: Undergraduate Issue, 2009-2010, p. 103)
 
CLO 5	Introduced	Reinforced	Assessed	
Core A	PHL/THL 250 Foundations for Ethical Understanding	SRP 4xx Senior Perspective courses	SRP 4xx Senior Perspective courses *	
Core B	 	 	 	
Core C	Natural Science courses	 	 	
Core D	Social & Behavioral Science courses	 	 	
Core E	 	 	 	
Certified Writing	 	 	 	

CCAS Learning Outcome 6. “All students graduating from the College of Arts & Sciences will have learned to relate an active commitment to learning, truth, and justice to a life of service and to the development of the global community.” (Creighton University Bulletin: Undergraduate Issue, 2009-2010, p. 103)
 
CLO 6	Introduced	Reinforced	Assessed *	
Core A	THL 100 Christianity in Context
 	PHL/THL 250 Foundations for Ethical Understanding
SRP 4xx Senior Perspective courses	 	
Core B	ENG 121 World Literature II
HIS 101 Modern Western World	HIS 10x Non-Western World courses
International & Global Studies courses	 	
Core C	 	 	 	
Core D	ANT/NAS 101 Introduction to Native American Studies
ANT 111 Human Variation
EDU 210 Child & Adolescent Development
PLS 101 Introduction to Politics
PLS 105 Introduction to World Politics
PLS 121 American Politics & Government
PSY 111 Introductory Psychology
SOC 101 Self & Society
SOC 223 Social Problems	 	 	
Core E	 	 	 	
Certified Writing	 	 	 	
* CLO 6 is not assessed within any course offered by the college, but through the senior exit survey that graduating seniors complete just prior to commencement.