Competencies and Rubrics

TCU assesses four essential Core Curriculum learning outcomes. Each competency has a shared institutional rubric, a rotating assessment schedule, and a faculty assessment committee.

Critical and Creative Thinking

Analyze human experiences, cultural expressions, or creativity.

Rubric, results, and committee

Communication

Share information effectively, both verbally and in writing.

Rubric, schedule, and committee

Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning

Apply mathematical and scientific literacy skills or concepts.

Rubric, results, and committee

Responsible Citizenship

Describe concepts or theories of social responsibility in diverse or global communities.

Rubric, schedule, and committee

How the Rubrics Are Used

Faculty assessors, rather than individual course instructors, score sampled student work through a juried assessment process. Instructors may adapt a Core rubric for their courses, but they are not required to use it as their course-grading rubric.