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  • Students

    Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend Cal Poly.

  • Admissions

    See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at Cal Poly. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.

  • College Costs & Financial Aid

    Learn about costs to attend Cal Poly and how much financial aid is typically awarded.

  • College Cost Estimator

    Estimate your cost to attend Cal Poly in a few simple steps.

  • Classes and Campus Life

    Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at Cal Poly.

  • Student Experiences

    Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at Cal Poly – inside and outside the classroom.

  • Majors, Graduation and Next Steps

    See which majors are most popular at Cal Poly and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.

  • Student Success & Progress

    Discover how many students who start at Cal Poly finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.

  • Student Learning Outcomes

    Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at Cal Poly.

  • Public Good

Student Learning at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

All colleges and universities use multiple approaches to measure student learning. Many of these are specific to particular disciplines, many are coordinated with accrediting agencies, and many are based on outcomes after students have graduated.

Cal Poly currently conducts program-level assessment of student learning as part of a revised process for academic program review that was introduced after 2000. In addition, many programs undergo simultaneous review by an external accreditation agency.

Cal Poly conducts university-level assessment via the ULO Project. This complements program review by ensuring that all students across campus are achieving expected levels of performance in relation to the University Learning Objectives (ULOs), which were approved in 2007. The ULOs were amplified by the addition of Diversity Learning Objectives (DLOs) in 2008 and Sustainability Learning Objectives (SLOs) in 2009. Departments must show alignment with the ULOs and DLOs in the course of program review.

Finally, Cal Poly is exploring the use of an electronic portfolio as a tool to facilitate both student learning and the assessment of that learning, with a pilot project taking place in the Architecture Department during 2009-2010.

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Pilot Project to Measure Core Learning Outcomes

Colleges and universities participating in the College Portrait measure the typical improvement in students' abilities to think, reason, and write using one of three tests. This is part of a pilot project to better understand and compare what students learn between their freshman and senior years at different colleges and universities.

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