Section II: Progress Since the Most Recent Review Below are the goals from Section IV part E of your last Program Review Self-Study. Describe progress or changes made toward meeting each goal over the last year. GOALS Status Progress or Rationale for No Longer Applicable A few years ago, a part timer who Since OBR has changed the general education requirements for had a strong background in space In progress non-science majors, we no longer have the audience for this weather and meteorology worked course. The department already offers four laboratory-based with a full time faculty member to Completed science courses that fulfill general education requirements and develop a Weather and Climate two of them are offered in the online as well as face-to-face course. Because this part timer left No longer applicable formats with a third one being developed for online delivery. The abruptly this effort was never department is of the opinion that focusing our efforts towards completed. The department is still increasing enrollment, engagement and success rates of the of the opinion this course would current courses will be more beneficial to our students. provide a fantastic opportunity for students needing a general education laboratory based science course at the conceptual level. Once this course has completed two to three successful offerings, it would be a perfect candidate for the online delivery format. The department’s rationale is simple. There is a vast amount of online resources for the course as well as the laboratory is the world around us.
Section II: Progress Since the Most Recent Review Below are the goals from Section IV part E of your last Program Review Self-Study. Describe progress or changes made toward meeting each goal over the last year. GOALS Status Progress or Rationale for No Longer Applicable A few years ago, a part timer who had a strong background in space weather and meteorology worked with a full time faculty member to develop a Weather and Climate course. Because this part timer left abruptly this effort was never completed. The department is still of the opinion this course would provide a fantastic opportunity for students needing a general education laboratory based science course at the conceptual level. Once this course has completed two to three successful offerings, it would be a perfect candidate for the online delivery format. The department’s rationale is simple. There is a vast amount of online resources for the course as well as the laboratory is the world around us. In progress Completed No longer applicable Since OBR has changed the general education requirements for non-science majors, we no longer have the audience for this course. The department already offers four laboratory-based science courses that fulfill general education requirements and two of them are offered in the online as well as face-to-face formats with a third one being developed for online delivery. The department is of the opinion that focusing our efforts towards increasing enrollment, engagement and success rates of the current courses will be more beneficial to our students.
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