{"id":721,"date":"2022-02-24T19:09:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T19:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/demo\/?page_id=721"},"modified":"2025-03-14T10:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:31:15","slug":"communicating-course-goals-and-learning-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/communicating-course-goals-and-learning-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Communicating Course Goals and Learning Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/teaching-toolkit\/ceils-teaching-guides\/\" class=\"button primary is-shade lowercase\"  >\n\t\t<span>Return to All Teaching Guides<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-962242855\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                    <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-272872349\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text \">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-2773432873\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h3><strong>CEILS Teaching Guide: <\/strong>Communicating Course Goals &nbsp;&amp; Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2773432873 {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-2773432873 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-272872349 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-272872349 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-272872349 {\n    width: 40%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-962242855 {\n  padding-top: 200px;\n}\n#banner-962242855 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.49);\n}\n#banner-962242855 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 26% 17%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" style=\"margin-top:25px;\"><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1634673341\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(235, 235, 235);border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-802949967\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-334127012\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"icon-box featured-box icon-box-top text-left\"  style=\"margin:px px px px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-text last-reset\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Why is it important to have \u201clearning outcomes\u201d identified for my course?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Learning outcomes provide transparency for your students and help you to create an aligned course design.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the most basic level, learning outcomes let the students know why they are taking the course and what they are expected to learn. But learning outcomes are also an important step for an instructor as part of course design, because without clearly defined learning outcomes it is challenging to create a course that has strong and intentional alignment in what the students are learning, practicing, and being assessed on during the quarter.\u00a0 The practice of developing and utilizing learning outcomes also allows faculty and instructors to evaluate potential strengths and weaknesses of a course \u2013 such as recognizing that the learning outcomes you have planned are in fact too rigorous or too basic for your students. Identifying which learning outcomes were achieved or not achieved by your students will provide insight into how you can adjust your teaching each quarter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning outcomes support the intentional development and alignment of learning across multiple courses within a program\/major.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At a curricular planning level, developing clear learning outcomes across courses or major pathways provides for a more cohesive experience and ensures that students have equal prerequisite knowledge needed as they move through their undergraduate experience.<\/p>\n<p><b>It is an <\/b><b>accreditation<\/b><b> requirement to include learning outcomes in your syllabus.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The WASC Senior College and University Commission outlines in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wascsenior.org\/content\/2013-handbook-accreditation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handbook for accreditation<\/a>\u00a0that learning outcomes are included in course syllabi:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Standard 2.4: The institution\u2019s student learning outcomes and standards of performance are developed by faculty and widely shared among faculty, students, staff, and (where appropriate) external stakeholders. The institution\u2019s faculty take collective responsibility for establishing appropriate standards of performance and demonstrating through assessment achievement of these standards.<\/p>\n<p>GUIDELINE: Student learning outcomes are reflected in the course syllabi.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1634673341 {\n  padding-top: 27px;\n  padding-bottom: 27px;\n  background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" style=\"margin-top:25px;\"><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >HOW CAN I IMPLEMENT THIS SUCCESSFULLY?<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Goal vs outcome \u2013 What\u2019s the difference?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>These terms are often used interchangeably to mean the same thing. Some describe goals as big-picture, longer-term, and achievable but not necessarily easy to measure (<em>\u201cstudents will understand the process of photosynthesis\u201d<\/em>). <strong>Outcomes are, by contrast, written in a way that is easy to measure<\/strong> (<em>\u201cstudents can compare and contrast key differences between two texts\u201d<\/em>). <strong>Learning outcomes are typically the most important things the students should be able to do by the end of the course<\/strong> (or end of the week\/unit if using weekly learning outcomes). This course mapping guide from UCSD provides more detailed definitions (https:\/\/www.coursemapguide.com\/build-a-vision).<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-189041800\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1832183876\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_408470445\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/02\/learningoutcomeschecklist.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"A checklist to confirm if your learning outcomes are effective.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/02\/learningoutcomeschecklist.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/02\/learningoutcomeschecklist-533x400.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_408470445 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1309836678\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"video video-fit mb\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learning Objectives vs Syllabus\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yk1P32DwuTM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Dr. Stephanie Chasteen and others from University of Colorado Boulder provide their definitions of learning goals and outcomes. They go on to discuss the differences between learning outcomes and points on a syllabus. To view the full module with additional information about backwards design and writing learning outcomes, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stemteachingcourse.org\/intro-ebt\/module-3-learning-objectives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<h2>Applying Design Justice to Your Course Learning Goals and Outcomes<\/h2>\n<p>Design Justice is a framework that provides <a href=\"https:\/\/designjustice.org\/read-the-principles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 principles&nbsp;<\/a> to center the voice of those normally marginalized in design. In the context of teaching and learning, we can apply design justice to our course planning in a few ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider inviting the voices of students, colleagues, community organizations\/clinics, or other organizations or individuals that are connected to our discipline and course topic into the process of identifying goals for our course.&nbsp; What ideas and values do they feel should be prioritized as goals for the course?<\/li>\n<li>Consider adding course goals that examine and analyze racism and justice issues within the discipline &#8211; for example, identifying and elevating voices of scientists whose work was not spotlighted in the field due to their marginalized status. Whose voices are traditionally centered in past iterations of the course and how might you de-center those voices?<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on how what you teach in the course interfaces with the local and\/or global community. How will the relevance and connections be made clear to students? Are their community groups or individual leaders that could be engaged with the students in some way?<\/li>\n<li>Are there indigenous practices or knowledge related to this topic that can be elevated and incorporated into the learning?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are just a few ideas to reflect on when thinking about your course goals and outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/record\/5874656#.Yru_2ZPMLOR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advancing Inclusion and Anti-Racism in the College Classroom: A Rubric and Resource Guide for Instructors<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_839115476\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-small row-solid\"  id=\"row-982186787\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-34761814\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2><strong>Where to start: look at the big picture first \u2013 why would your students need or want to take your course?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Where does your course fall in the curriculum of your department? Are there key skills or knowledge that students must learn in order to be prepared for the next course? If you are unsure of the answer to these questions, consulting with other faculty that teach the next course in the series or your department chair may be a good place to start.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1753685213\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2><strong>Use Bloom\u2019s and\/or Fink\u2019s Taxonomy to help you Phrase Course Outcomes\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bloom\u2019s taxonomy is a framework that provides a language and method for developing learning outcomes that vary across different levels of cognitive development.\u00a0 Skills like simple recall are called \u201clower order\u201d cognitive skills and more complex skills like analysis and making predictions are \u201chigher order\u201d.\u00a0 The following resource on Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy can help you craft clear learning outcomes across the spectrum as well as evaluate any current learning outcomes you have already developed. This framework can also be used to help you evaluate the type of questions you create for an exam or other assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Higher Education consultant Dee Fink suggests a framework that includes additional humanistic learning outcomes. In his model, these latter outcomes are what make learning experiences \u201csignificant\u201d, meaning that the learning will have a greater impact and persist longer because it includes an element of personalization and application to one\u2019s own life.<\/p>\n<p>Resource:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/RevisedBloomsHandout-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revised Bloom\u2019s Handout from Iowa State University<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1818813948\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2><strong>Use Fink\u2019s model or a Course Mapping Guide to Help Align Course Outcomes With Goals, Activities and Assessments\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This<strong><a href=\"com_GuidetoCourseDesignAug05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">\u00a0guide for course design<\/a><\/strong> from Dee Fink will walk you through a process for developing learning outcomes that address different levels of cognitive thinking.<\/p>\n<p>This <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursemapguide.com\/mapping-your-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course Mapping Guide from UCSD<\/a><\/strong> is another way to go through the process step-by-step, including a Course Map Template in Word.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_839115476 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: #2774ae;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" style=\"margin-top:25px;\"><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >WANT TO DIG DEEPER?<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"accordion\">\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-180213444\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-180213444-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-fink,-l.-dee-\u201ca-self-directed-guide-to-designing-courses-for-significant-learning\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-180213444-content\" >\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Fink, L. Dee \u201cA Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-180213444-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-180213444-label\" >\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/Fink-Self-Directed-Guide-to-Designing-Courses-for-Significant-Learning.pdf\">Fink, L. Dee \u201cA Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>: This workbook style guide will walk you through the different elements of backwards course design including writing learning outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-3344793124\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-3344793124-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-3344793124-content\" >\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>A Model of Learning Objectives based on A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-3344793124-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-3344793124-label\" >\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/RevisedBloomsHandout-1.pdf\">A Model of Learning Objectives based on A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives<\/a><\/strong>: This resource on Bloom\u2019s taxonomy provides language and framework for developing learning outcomes across varying levels of cognitive development \u2013 from \u201clower order\u201d to \u201chigher order\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-1019375769\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-1019375769-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-\u201ca-primer-on-writing-effective-learning-centered-course-goals\u201d-\u2013-by-bob-noyd,-air-force-academy\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1019375769-content\" >\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>\u201cA Primer on Writing Effective Learning-Centered Course Goals\u201d \u2013 by Bob Noyd, Air Force Academy<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1019375769-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-1019375769-label\" >\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Writing-Good-Learning-Goals-by-Robert-Noyd-US-Air-Force-Academy.pdf\"><strong>\u201cA Primer on Writing Effective Learning-Centered Course Goals\u201d \u2013 by Bob Noyd, Air Force Academy:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>When the Air Force Academy decided to move all courses toward being more learning-centered, they realized their faculty would need to write good learning goals for their courses.&nbsp; Bob Noyd put this document together to help them do that.&nbsp; Note:&nbsp; This also contains a&nbsp;<strong>list of verbs<\/strong>&nbsp;associated with each of the 6 kinds of learning in Fink\u2019s Taxonomy of Significant Learning, on p. 4.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-1910081409\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-1910081409-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-one-pager-on-writing-learning-outcomes-from-boston-university.\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1910081409-content\" >\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>One-pager on writing learning outcomes from Boston University.<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1910081409-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-1910081409-label\" >\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cme\/forms\/RSS_forms\/tips_for_writing_objectives.pdf\">Click here to view a helpful one-pager on writing learning outcomes from Boston University.&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-974723854\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-974723854-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-examples\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-974723854-content\" >\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Examples<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-974723854-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-974723854-label\" >\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Examples from the Life Sciences Core:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1v_v9NpFNf7XWJOBUnI9MuZ0QEMVSDq_HOxIKQAijVew\/edit#\">Life Sciences 7A: Cell and Molecular Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1mZc-eeHGh1qzEmELAP-vDHolAIBTSJQjvUeFaEGOiyQ\/edit#\">Life Sciences 495: Preparation for College-Level Teaching<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you to Professor Karen Lyons for sharing these examples from her course, MCDB 138: Developmental Biology.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/MCDB-138-Syllabus.pdf\">View course learning goals in the syllabus.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Weekly-Learning-Objectives_-Dev-Biology.pdf\">View weekly learning outcomes in the course schedule.&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Page 9 of <a href=\"http:\/\/sigmaa.maa.org\/rume\/crume2007\/papers\/dewar-bennett.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this Mathematical Association of America document<\/a> has a table of Mathematical Knowledge-Expertise levels that may feel like a better fit for math courses.<\/p>\n<p>UCLA Program Outcomes by Department: Click <a href=\"http:\/\/learningoutcomes.ucla.edu\/learning-outcomes\/\">here to search learning outcomes<\/a>&nbsp;published on the UCLA Registrar\u2019s Office website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningoutcomes.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180823final_LObyUgMajor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review the learning outcomes for undergraduate majors<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/learningoutcomes.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180823final_LObyUgMajor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-721","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Communicating Course Goals and Learning Outcomes - CEILS Dev<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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