Matrix Chart - Degree Qualifications Profile printable pdf download

Matrix Chart - Degree Qualifications Profile

Putting it together:

The matrix

Intellectual skills should be practiced across the educational experience and demon-

strated in the context of both broad and specialized studies, in civic and global learning,

in applied and collaborative learning, and in areas that represent institution-specific

emphases. Although its simplicity understates the complexity of most curricula, the

matrix suggests how the DQP can be used for assignment planning and for assessment

of students’ achievement of degree-level proficiencies. Many may wish to fine-tune the

matrix so that it aligns more closely with the pursuit of degrees at their institutions.

Then, to complete the matrix, faculty should identify where and how students will practice

The DQP as a prompt for integrative learning

key intellectual skills and take part in applied learning tasks and assignments —

an exercise supporting curriculum development and improvement.

Degree-level proficiencies

Broad and Integrative

Applied and

Civic and

Institution-Specific

Intellectual Skills

Specialized Knowledge

Knowledge

Collaborative Learning

Global Learning

Emphases*

Analytic inquiry

Use of information

resources

Engaging diverse

perspectives

Ethical reasoning

Quantitative fluency

Communicative fluency

Program-specific intellectual

and practical skills

* E.g., religious, artistic, technological, scientific, etc.

Matrix Chart - Degree Qualifications Profile