Through the General Education experience at Clemson University, undergraduate students will learn across several areas of study. Throughout this study, your ePorfolio will help you document your progress, using competencies to show the range of your learning.
These areas of competencies are:
The General Education Competencies have been modified for the 2009-2010 academic year. This means that all students registering on ePortfolio.clemson.edu for the first time (September 1, 2009) will use the new competencies listed above. Students previously registered on ePortfolio.clemson.edu will have the option to use the original 22 competencies or the new 19 competencies. I know what you are thinking:
What does this mean to me, I have already completed my ePortfolio and tagged work to the 22 competencies?
Nothing, you will just use the work that you have tagged to the 22 competencies without any modifications.
What does this mean to me, I have already begun tagging work to the 22 general education competencies?
1. You may opt to stay with the 22 competencies and in that case nothing. You will just use the work that you have already tagged and continue tagging work to the competencies that you have not yet satisfied.
2. You opt to go with the 19 competencies and in that case most of the competencies have not changed and your work will remain in place for those, however, some have changed (Ethics, Critical Thinking Problem Solving and Reasoning, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities) and you will need to reevaluate this work to see if it still fits. It may or may not, then you will either need to retag or replace that work. There is 1 completely new competency - Oral Communication where you will need to upload a video of a speech or presentation to meet this competency.
Proof of competency can be shown through various sources of evidence, including:
- Course Assignments with Writing Samples
- Reflections on changes in writing process
- Published works
- Critiques
- Theses
- Research papers
- Interdisciplinary work
- Reflections that make connections across disciplinary lines
- Work samples from Mathematical Science courses
- Applications of mathematics in other coursework
- Lab reports
- Sample presentations
- Reflections on science and technology in society
- Essays from social/behavioral science courses
- Reflections on campus speakers, issues
- Materials from study abroad
- Work samples from arts, humanities courses
- Reflections on campus art exhibits, performances
- Reflections on academic integrity vignettes
- Work samples illustrating application of ethical principles
- Certificate of completion of human subjects training
- Essays submitted to Ethics Across the Curriculum essay contest