What are Academic Learning Compacts?

Academic Learning Compacts are agreements that describe the communication skills, critical thinking skills, and content knowledge in the major (known collectively as Student Learning Outcomes) that students should acquire if they diligently follow the prescribed course of study. UF is required to assess student achievement in these Student Learning Outcomes through Individual Student Assessments before graduation. Satisfactory completion of the ISAs constitutes successful completion of the Academic Learning Compact.

Each baccalaureate degree program has formulated a set of ISAs suitable to the major. Each set of ISAs will require satisfactory completion of the baccalaureate degree and Florida Statutory requirements for the CLAST test, as specified in the Undergraduate Catalog. Each major will require one or more additional ISAs to satisfactorily complete the Academic Learning Compact.

Definitions:

Academic Learning Compact: UF’s definition for each major of communication skills, critical thinking skills and content knowledge appropriate for that major.

Student Learning Outcomes: what students are expected to learn by completing a particular major.

Individual Students Assessments: the different ways in which UF will measure whether students have successfully completed the Learning Outcomes for a particular major.

These may include a passing score on a particular test, a final project, term paper, portfolio and so on. Faculty in each major have decided what the most effective means to do this is for their particular major.

Undergraduate advising is provided at each academic units’ undergraduate advising office. For further information, please visit: undergraduate advising

Visit the Registrar Services web site for major specific ALCs