There are a number of excellent materials that address this topic. These are not required for the course. Explore them as your time and interest allow.

On Writing Learning Goals

• Learner Centered-Assessment on College Campuses, Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning; Huba, Mary E. and Freed, Jann E.; Allyn and Bacon, © 2000, pp. 151-200. Chapter 4 has excellent material on writing learning goals.
• Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition; Wiggins, Grant and McTighe, Jay; © 2005. Chapters 2-6 discuss goals and a taxonomy of learning.

Taxonomies of Learning Objectives

• A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing, A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Abridged Version; eds. Anderson, Lorin W. and Krathwohl, David R. et. al; ©2001
  
• Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Book 1 Cognitive Domain; ed. Bloom, Benjamin S; ©1956.
  
• Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Book 2 Affective Domain; eds. Krathwohl, David R., Bloom, Benjamin S., Masia, Bertram B.; ©1964.