For more information, 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·           Historical Documents
·           Teaching Resources
·           Pilot Grant Funding for Departments
·           Presidential Chair Fellows Funding ("Improving Student Learning")

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.  

Departmental Learning Goals
As of June 2011, 94.2% of departments and undergraduate interdisciplinary programs have identified learning goals:
Departmental Learning Goals

Assessment Phase
Our current focus is on small-scale assessment pilots:
Evaluation of Learning Goals: A Quick Reference Guide for Departments
USLI & Academic Program Reviews
Pilot Grant Funding for Departments
Presidential Chair Fellows Funding ("Improving Student Learning")

Historical Documents
Frequently Asked Questions
Description of Program Documentation
Workshop Guide
Mellon-USLI Curricular Innovation Grants
Provost's Memo Regarding Assessment