Core Oversight Committee

Charge

The Committee shall ensure the integrity of the Wright State Core and oversee all assessment activities related to the Wright State Core and shall report to the Faculty Senate at least once per year.  The Committee shall have the responsibility for the following:

• Taking part in regular assessment of all courses within the Wright State Core, including Wright Core courses tagged with Integrated Writing, Multicultural Competence and Service Learning attributes to ensure the learning goals and objectives associated with the course attributes are satisfied.
• Recommending modifications to courses with the General Education, Integrated Writing, Multicultural Competence or Service Learning attributes that fail to measure learning goals and objectives associated with the course's attribute(s) or removal of the course's attributes to the UCC, UAPC, or the Faculty Senate itself as appropriate.
• Communicating regularly with the University Assurance of Learning Committee

Membership

One (1) faculty representative from each degree-granting undergraduate college, including the Lake Campus. Colleges may name an alternate faculty representative who has voting privileges when the regular member is absent. The Program Director or designated faculty representative associated with any Faculty Senate-approved course attribute, the University Provost or designee the CTL Faculty Director or faculty-ranked designee, and one (1) undergraduate student representative (selected by Student Government) will serve as ex-officio, non-voting members. Past chairs of UCRC may be asked to represent the Faculty Senate on the University Assurance of Learning Committee.

Assessment Schedule

CORE courses will be evaluated once every six years to assess whether the course meets CORE learning outcomes. Courses will be grouped by element and follow this schedule:

• Element E – Natural Science, 2025-26
• Element B – Statistics and Logic, 2026-27
• Element D – Social and Behavioral Science, 2027-28
• Element C – Arts and Humanities, 2028-29
• Element A – English Composition and Oral Communication, 2029-30

AY-1 January 15 - Chairs notified of Core courses to be evaluated; assessment plan opened in Planning & Self Study 
AY-1 April 15 - Faculty submit assessment plans via Planning & Self Study
AY-0 August - May - Assessment activities over academic year
AY+1 October 15 - Course assessments due via Planning & Self Study
AY+1 December 1 - Core Oversight Committee submits recommendation to re-certify / deny Core status to Faculty Senate

Assessment Resources

Visit the Wright State Accreditation and Assessment page for the following resources:

• Planning & Self Study by Watermark
• Student Learning Outcomes
• Outcomes Assessment
• Assessment Resources
• Academic Program Review
• Assessment Champions
• Annual Program Assessment Documents
• Core General Education Assessment
• Assurance of Learning Committee