Course Evaluation Instrument

Schools may append additional questions for each of their School's courses. See below for each School's course evaluation instrument.

• School of Architecture
• A.B. Freeman School of Business
• School of Law
• School of Liberal Arts
• School of Medicine (excluding MD program)
• School of Professional Advancement
• School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
• School of Science and Engineering
• School of Social Work

In Fall 2019, Provost Robin Forman called for the formation of a Course Evaluation Task Force to conduct a comprehensive review of Tulane's course evaluation process and develop a common course evaluation instrument to be used by all university courses. Members of the Task Force included faculty representatives from each of the Schools, the Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT), and two committees of the University Senate, as well as three student representatives, and staff administrators.

In fulfillment of its charge, the Task Force recommended the six core questions for all Tulane course evaluations and that the core questions may be supplemented by School and department questions to address the evaluation topics specific to their programs and initiatives. In order to allow Schools and departments to append questions but still provide some consistency across evaluations, a “question bank” for School administrators and department chairs to select their additional questions from was recommended. These recommendations were adopted for the administration of Fall 2020 course evaluations.

The School & Department "Question Bank" 

OAIR created a "question bank" of approximately 20 questions to address common themes from prior course evaluation instruments. Beginning with the Fall 2020 course evaluation administration, School-wide questions are selected from the question bank. There is also opportunity for departments to append additional questions, as needed.

Development of AEO-Specific Questions

The Task Force discussion included the possibility of questions addressing Tulane's core value of a welcoming community and creating a supportive and respectful environment for community members from the widest array of backgrounds and perspectives. Per the Task Force recommendation, OAIR engaged the university’s Chief Officer for Academic Excellence & Opportunity to advise on specific questions. In Fall 2021, Schools were given the option to include two questions addressing the university's core value. These questions were further refined for Fall 2025.