University of Tasmania, Australia

Generic graduate attributes are those qualities we wish to see in graduates irrespective of the courses they complete. The University of Tasmania has identified and articulated five core attributes as the foundation of its Policy on Generic Attributes of Graduates of the University of Tasmania. These are:

• Knowledge
• Communication skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Global perspective
• Social responsibility

These attributes, developed over time at university, will serve graduates well in their employment and further lifelong learning.

Resources

The resources here provide:

• Background to the UTAS Policy
• A suite of tools to assist faculty in incorporating generic graduate attributes into the curriculum
• A guide to writing generic attribute statements
• Case studies of teaching and assessing generic graduate attributes from the Case Studies website
• Advice for students wishing to track their development of the generic graduate attributes.

Useful links on the library website include:

• Programs for teaching & learning
• Information Literacy Policy
  

There are also links to practices at other Australian universities.

Download Developing generic graduate attributes and tracking their acquisition at UTAS (PDF) for background information to the UTAS Policy, a context for the tools available to incorporate generic graduate attributes into the curriculum (see list below), and hypertext addresses to the other universities.

For the course coordinator/course committee

• Generic graduate attributes overview map (PDF): a tool for mapping how each of the units in a course contributes to development of the five UTAS attributes.
• Generic graduate attributes exemplars map (PDF): a tool for mapping how each unit contributes to the development of a particular UTAS generic graduate attribute.
• A guide to using the course mapping tools (PDF): a guide to the two mapping tools above.
• Generic Graduate Attributes at UTAS: Course/discipline expressions (PDF): advice for selecting and developing course/discipline expressions of the UTAS exemplar statements that illustrate aspects of a particular attribute. A mapping tool (WORD) is also provided.

For the unit coordinator

• Unit mapping tool (WORD): a tool to link learning outcomes, teaching & learning strategies and assessment to the development of particular generic graduate attributes.