As reported in the AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that 87% of students met or exceeded expectations at the graduating undergraduate level on the designator learning outcome associated with Integrative Learning. Additionally, 84% of students met or exceeded expectations for Information Literacy. In courses where instructors evaluated student learning on additional applicable learning outcomes, instructors indicated that 84% of students met or exceeded expectations for Scientific Literacy and 85% met or exceeded expectations for Quantitative Reasoning.
Integrative Capstone [CAPS] courses provide a culminating student experience for UCORE, WSU’s general education curriculum, by asking students to integrate their learning to address authentic situations. [CAPS] courses are required to advance designator student learning outcomes associated with four of the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals (Critical and Creative Thinking, Integrative Learning, Information Literacy, and Written Communication). In addition, [CAPS] courses may advance additional applicable designator learning outcomes associated with Quantitative Reasoning, Scientific Literacy, Diversity, and/or Non-Written Communication as appropriate to the course.
In place since 2015, [CAPS] Assessment Reporting for UCORE is intended to help UCORE understand how well students are achieving the [CAPS] designator learning outcomes, as well as provide evidence of UCORE’s contribution towards advancing the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals at the near-graduation level. The report asks instructors to provide an assessment of student achievement of [CAPS] designator learning outcomes in their course (direct measure, using faculty expert judgement). For AY 2024-25, the [CAPS] report form focused on designator learning outcomes aligned with Integrative Learning, Information Literacy, Scientific Literacy, and Quantitative Reasoning.
In AY 2024-25, a total of 155 reports were submitted by 131 instructors, representing 82% of [CAPS] courses and 82% of students completing [CAPS] courses in fall 2024 and spring 2025. In 78% of reports, instructors indicated that their students were primarily (>90%) seniors. Instructors indicated that their students were primarily (>90%) majors in 84% of reports. (Approximately 88% of students enrolled in all [CAPS] courses in fall 2024 and spring 2025 were seniors, see the summary appendix for more information.)
For additional information, see [CAPS] Assessment for UCORE or contact the Office of Assessment for Curricular Effectiveness.