For departmental program consultations, please contact:
Robert Schlick
Faculty Development Specialist
Office of Educational Development
510-643-7856

For other questions, please contact:
Cynthia Schrager
Assistant Vice Provost,Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching, Learning, Academic Planning & Facilities
510-643-7856

Undergraduate Student Learning Initiative

·           Departmental Learning Goals
·           Assessment Phase
·           Historical Documents
·           Resources

The Undergraduate Student Learning Initiative (USLI) is a campuswide initiative to support departments in establishing educational goals and evaluation procedures for all undergraduate programs. As a result of the initiative, faculty and students have a shared understanding of the purpose of the major and what graduating seniors are expected to know or to be able to do at the end of their course of study. The initiative is in keeping with the fundamental principle at Berkeley that the evaluation of student achievement should be locally defined, discipline specific, and faculty driven.

Oversight is provided by a joint Academic Senate-administration faculty advisory board,
co-chaired by a representative from the Academic Senate Committee on Educational Policy, currently, Professor of Economics Clair Brown, and Vice Provost for Teaching, Learning, Academic Planning and Facilities Cathy Koshland.  

Departmental Learning Goals
As of August 2009, close to 90% of departments and undergraduate interdisciplinary programs have identified learning goals:

Departmental Learning Goals

Assessment Phase
For 2009-2010, the focus is on small-scale assessment pilots:

Provost's Memo Regarding Assessment
Assessment Matrix

Historical Documents
Frequently Asked Questions
Description of Program Documentation
Workshop Guide
Mellon-USLI Curricular Innovation Grants