The General Education requirement is at the heart of the educational mission of The City College of New York; our faculty intend for students to graduate not only with essential skills in writing, critical thinking, information literacy and quantitative reasoning, but with the excitement of academic discovery in a variety of disciplines and a firm grounding in ethics. The educational mission of The City College of New York is to provide a diverse student body with opportunities to achieve academically, creatively, and professionally in their chosen fields.
GENERAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT PLAN
PATHWAYS COMMON CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES PATHWAYS ANNUAL REPORTS (CUNY)
CLAS COLLEGE OPTION LEARNING OUTCOMES
General Education Proficiencies Rubrics are used to assess students' learning as they progress through the curriculum. FIQWS and most of Flexible Core courses (Perspectives) address writing, critical thinking and information literacy skills while FQUAN/Math and Lab Science courses address quantitative skills.
Proficiencies and rubrics used to assess them:
Writing and Communication Critical Thinking Information Literacy Quantitative Skills Technological Competency
LEARNING BENCHMARKS Customized rubric/benchmarks for Creative Expression courses
ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS
2025-2026
- Gen Ed student focus group
- Assessment of student learning - summary report
- Student survey on FIQWS
- Gen Ed faculty survey
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
- URB 20010
- Pathways syllabi assessment
- Fall 21 student survey on FIQWS collaboration
- Fall 21 FIQWS Course and Teaching survey analysis
- Fall 21 FIQWS Syllabi Analysis
- WHUM 101/102
- FIQWS assessments summary
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-18
2016-17
2015-16
Last Updated: 03/10/2026 13:23