UPDATE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE PROCESS
The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto has been working through the development of a continuous curriculum improvement process for the past two years. The main group working on this is the Graduate Attributes Committee (GAC) which is made up of faculty representatives from each department. In this paper and presentation we will describe the process we have developed. In addition, we will show examples of the materials that the GAC has produced. Of particular interest are the extensive rubrics that have been developed that can be used as a starting point for professors tasked with assessing the learning outcomes identified for the Graduate Attributes. Faculty have begun to customize these generic rubrics for particular assignments, and examples will be shown of this work. The development process has resulted in reflection and discussion on our curriculum. The development process has also led to reflection on the difficulties involved in assessing the Graduate Attributes and compiling the data we collect. These issues will be explored briefly in the paper.