BGP Learning Outcomes Alignment
University Student Learning Outcomes
In 2014-2015, the BGP Committee mapped the BGP learning outcomes to the University student learning outcomes (SLO) and some adjustments to these alignments were made in 2022. Each University SLO aligns with VALUE Rubrics created by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and these are available to faculty within Canvas. The table below documents the BGP learning outcomes alignment by selected University SLOs corresponding with the AAC&U VALUE Rubrics.
| University Student Learning Outcome | BGP Learning Outcomes |
| Critical Thinking | Cultural Diversity in the United States (CD): CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4 English Composition & Oral Communication (ECOC): ECOC1, ECOC2, ECOC3, ECOC5, ECOC6 Humanities & the Arts (HA): HA1, HA2, HA3 International Perspective (IP): IP1, IP2 Natural Sciences (NS): NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4, NS5, NS6 Quantitative Literacy (QL): QL1, QL4, QL5 Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS): SBS2, SBS3, SBS4, SBS5 |
| Information Literacy | English Composition & Oral Communication (ECOC): ECOC1, ECOC2 Humanities & the Arts (HA): HA3 Natural Sciences (NS): NS4, NS6 Quantitative Literacy (QL): QL4 Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS): SBS1, SBS5 |
| Inquiry & Analysis | Cultural Diversity in the United States (CD): CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4 English Composition & Oral Communication (ECOC): ECOC1, ECOC3, ECOC5, ECOC6 Humanities & the Arts: HA1, HA3 International Perspective (IP): IP3 Natural Sciences (NS): NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4, NS5, NS6 Quantitative Literacy (QL): QL1, QL3, QL4, QL5 Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS): SBS1, SBS3, SBS4, SBS5 |
| Oral Communication | Cultural Diversity in the United States (CD): CD2 English Composition & Oral Communication (ECOC): ECOC1, ECOC2, ECOC3, ECOC4, ECOC5, ECOC6 Humanities & the Arts: HA4 International Perspective (IP): IP1, IP2, IP4 Natural Sciences (NS): NS1, NS3 Quantitative Literacy (QL): QL2 Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS): SBS1, SBS2, SBS4 |
| Written Communication | Cultural Diversity in the United States (CD): CD2 English Composition & Oral Communication (ECOC): ECOC1, ECOC2, ECOC3, ECOC4, ECOC5, ECOC6 Humanities & the Arts: HA4 International Perspective (IP): IP1, IP2, IP4 Natural Sciences (NS): NS1, NS3 Quantitative Literacy (QL): QL2 Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS): SBS1, SBS2, SBS4 |
Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and Type of Knowledge
In 2014-2015, the BGP Committee evaluated the rigor of the BGP program by mapping domain learning outcomes by cognitive process level (i.e., Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy) and the type of knowledge outlined by the learning outcome (i.e., factual, conceptual, procedural, or meta-cognitive), and this alignment was updated in 2022. The matrix below illustrates the alignment of the BGP learning outcomes by how students were being asked to learn (i.e., Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy cognitive process dimension) and by what students were being asked to learn (i.e., type of knowledge dimension).
Type of Knowledge | Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Remember | Understand | Apply | Analyze | Evaluate | Create | |||
Factual | NS3 | HA2 | ||||||
Conceptual | CD1 CD2 IP1 IP2 | NS1 NS2 QL2 SBS1 | HA1 | CD3 ECOC3 HA3 IP3 | QL1 SBS5 | |||
Procedural | ECOC4 IP4 QL3 | NS4 NS5 SBS2 | HA4 | ECOC2 | ||||
Meta-Cognitive | QL5 | ECOC5 ECOC6 | CD4 | NS6 QL4 SBS3 | ECOC1 SBS4 | |||
Domains: Cultural Diversity in the United States (CD), English Composition & Oral Communication (ECOC), Humanities & the Arts (HA), International Perspective (IP), Natural Sciences (NS), Quantitative Literacy (QL), Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS)
Updated: 03/13/2026 03:17PM