Section III: Assessment of General Education & Degree Program Outcomes The Program Outcomes for the degrees are listed below. All program outcomes must be assessed at least once during the 5 year Program Review cycle, and assessment of program outcomes must occur each year. To which Year assessed Assessment Methods What were the assessment results? degree(s) is this or to be Used (Please provide brief summary data) General Education Outcomes program outcome assessed. related? All programs 2011-2012 Students were Oral communication was not assessed required to work on separately. An overall grade was assigned Oral Communication various projects and for the projects. present their findings to the class. All programs 2011-2012 Students are required We will provide data as soon as it is to write papers, available. answer short conceptual questions and engage in discussion forums in Written Communication online classes.All the online assessments for the astronomy courses have been linked to course outcomes and data is being gathered starting Fall 2012.. All programs 2012-2013 Critical Thinking/Problem Solving All programs 2013-2014 Values/Citizenship/Community All programs 2014-2015 Computer Literacy Information Literacy All programs 2015-2016 To which Year assessed Assessment Methods What were the assessment results? Program Outcomes course(s) is this or to be Used (Please provide brief summary data) program outcome assessed.
Section III: Assessment of General Education & Degree Program Outcomes The Program Outcomes for the degrees are listed below. All program outcomes must be assessed at least once during the 5 year Program Review cycle, and assessment of program outcomes must occur each year. General Education Outcomes To which degree(s) is this program outcome related? Year assessed or to be assessed. Assessment Methods Used What were the assessment results? (Please provide brief summary data) Oral Communication All programs 2011-2012 Students were required to work on various projects and present their findings to the class. Oral communication was not assessed separately. An overall grade was assigned for the projects. Written Communication All programs 2011-2012 Students are required to write papers, answer short conceptual questions and engage in discussion forums in online classes.All the online assessments for the astronomy courses have been linked to course outcomes and data is being gathered starting Fall 2012.. We will provide data as soon as it is available. Critical Thinking/Problem Solving All programs 2012-2013 Values/Citizenship/Community All programs 2013-2014 Computer Literacy All programs 2014-2015 Information Literacy All programs 2015-2016 Program Outcomes To which course(s) is this program outcome Year assessed or to be assessed. Assessment Methods Used What were the assessment results? (Please provide brief summary data)
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