proficiency in desired mass industry program revised employable communication representatives to include more Mass competencies as indicate that MC experience in Communication shown by student's Web site skills. individual portfolio graphics. portfolios, when assessment Students assessed by ranked 4 (on a designed representatives scale of 1 to graphics for from industry, as five being the current MC reported on MC highest score). home page and Portfolio Suggestions links. Evaluation form. were to include more Web site graphics into curriculum. 2. Students will 2. When surveyed 2. Feedback from 2. Visual Arts demonstrate employers and program option Parkland learning the students shelved. College Student basic concepts strongly Occupational necessary to indicated that Follow-Up Survey, perform graduates will Visual Arts satisfactorily in describe program option Mass satisfaction with had become Communications their Mass obsolete; entry-level jobs. Communication preference is knowledge to given to recall, analyze, graduates with evaluate, and Desktop utilize basic Publishing concepts. skills. 3. Students in the 3. Four-year 3. U of I 3. Continue to Mass institutions will Coordinator of gather/monitor Communication report of a 75 Transfer data. Investigate A.A. program percent Articulation how many will have the acceptance rate reported that out Parkland knowledge to into Mass of 29 applicants Graphics successfully Communication from students applied. complete a programs. schools to Bachelors Graphics a Mass degree in Mass Com student Communication. was the only admit. Activity 9 Creating Program SLO Statements and Performing a Program Audit – With a group of faculty from your discipline, write a set of Program SLOs for a degree or certificate in your area. Assemble the outlines of record for the required courses for a degree or certificate in your discipline. List the course objectives for all of these courses, preferably after having revised them to objectives/student learning outcomes as described previously. “robust” Identify which course objectives match with each Program SLO statement. Present the results in a table format like that above. You may wish to categorize each course objective by the extent to which is moves students toward mastery of the Program SLO. Summary of Program Level SLO Assessment Strategies implies that SLOs are achieved students assessed on SLOs while in program Indirect: Direct: Transfer Capstone strategies: Program completion Capstone course or project Job placement Standardized test: commercial or local, sampled Employer surveys or comprehensive Student exit surveys Internship/clinical workplace evaluation
proficiency in employable Mass Communication skills. desired mass communication competencies as shown by individual portfolios, when assessed by representatives from industry, as reported on MC Portfolio Evaluation form. industry representatives indicate that MC student's portfolio assessment ranked 4 (on a scale of 1 to being the highest score). Suggestions were to include more Web site graphics into curriculum. program revised to include more experience in Web site graphics. Students designed graphics for current MC home page and links. 2. Students will demonstrate learning the basic concepts necessary to perform satisfactorily in Mass Communications entry-level jobs. 2. When surveyed Parkland College Student Occupational Follow-Up Survey, graduates will describe satisfaction with their Mass Communication knowledge to recall, analyze, evaluate, and utilize basic concepts. 2. Feedback from employers and students strongly indicated that Visual Arts program option had become obsolete; preference is given to graduates with Desktop Publishing skills. 2. Visual Arts program option shelved. 3. Students in the Mass Communication A.A. program will have the knowledge to successfully complete a Bachelors degree in Mass Communication. 3. Four-year institutions will report of a 75 percent acceptance rate into Mass Communication programs. 3. U of I Coordinator of Transfer Articulation reported that out of 29 applicants from schools to Graphics a Mass Com student was the only admit. 3. Continue to gather/monitor data. Investigate how many Parkland Graphics students applied. Activity 9 – Creating Program SLO Statements and Performing a Program Audit With a group of faculty from your discipline, write a set of Program SLOs for a degree or certificate in your area. Assemble the outlines of record for the required courses for a degree or certificate in your discipline. List the course objectives for all of these courses, preferably after having revised them to “robust” objectives/student learning outcomes as described previously. Identify which course objectives match with each Program SLO statement. Present the results in a table format like that above. You may wish to categorize each course objective by the extent to which is moves students toward mastery of the Program SLO. Summary of Program Level SLO Assessment Strategies Indirect: implies that SLOs are achieved Transfer Program completion Job placement Employer surveys Student exit surveys Direct: students assessed on SLOs while in program Capstone strategies: Capstone course or project Standardized test: commercial or local, sampled or comprehensive Internship/clinical workplace evaluation five
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