Major Learning Outcomes - MLO
WHAT ARE MLO'S?! Major learning Outcomes, MLO's, represent the five key elements of my study at CSUMB that I can achieve to understand through each Japanese major course throughout my academic career. Each MLO has a specific focus to challenge each student to reflect on each semester. Major Learning Outcome 1: Japanese Language and Communication Major Learning Outcome 2: Japanese Culture Major Learning Outcome 3: Secondary Culture Other Than Japanese Major Learning Outcome 4: Research and Technology Major Learning Outcome 5: Cultural Internationalization and Language Immersion MLO Reflective Narratives Prompt: Write a reflective statement for each of the following Major Learning Outcomes (MLO) supported by samples of your best work related to this MLO. Do not just list courses and what you learned from each course, but rather provide reflective narrative by describing connections to your learning related to the outcomes for each MLO. Note that each MLO has several outcomes. Samples: Provide samples of your work that meets each MLO’s outcomes (explain why you have chosen them as evidence that you met the outcomes you are referring to). By keeping your best samples from the beginning, you will be able to see your growth so you can write a reflective analysis of your achievement. Step 1: List the MLO and its outcomes (for each MLO). Step 2: List the courses you completed toward this MLO. Step 3: Addressing each outcome of the MLO separately, incorporate all courses you completed/will complete toward this MLO, and reflect how your thinking and understanding of this MLO’s outcome has developed and refer to samples you link. Samples can be papers (PDF), or multimedia products. Length: Each statement should be approximately 400-600 words. Some topics for reflection include: a. How was meeting the outcomes of this MLO supported by the courses you completed? ePortfolio BA JLC Guidelines p.7 b. What areas within the MLO have you developed and what areas you wish to continue to develop? c. What areas of the MLO did you find challenging and how did you overcome or deal with the challenges? d. How did this MLO contribute to your personal intellectual growth? Notes: ● If you participated in Study Abroad, how did that experience affect your understanding of the MLO? ● Be very selective--quality of representative work is more valuable than quantity of work Step 4: List each sample and explain why you are using it as evidence. e.g. Sample 1: Midterm Exam, JAPN 301 Sample 2: Final Exam, JAPN 312 Sample 3: Term Paper, JAPN 312 Link to MLOs (at bottom of this document) Note, MLO 5 has specific details for the narrative (see above) |