The pretest is taken at the start of the first Academic year will see the elimination of The posttest major content class of an area/option and the Broadcast News & Electronic results have the post-test is taken at the end of the Production Option area as the already been capstone content class of an area/option. production components will be included shared with in the recently approved major, the senior The pretest/post-test is administered by Television & Video Production. The faculty the instructor and the analysis is department leadership is committed to members of completed by the Associate Chair. ensuring that only fulltime faculty will be each option assigned to introductory and capstone area. Classes distributing the pretest are as courses with the goal of improving follows: participation in assessment Corporate Communication: CMN 2650 measurements. Broadcast News and Electronic Media Production: CMN 2525 Interpersonal Communication: CMN 2630 Classes distributing the post-test are as follows: Corporate Communication: CMN 4650 Interpersonal Communication: CMN 4765 Broadcast News and Electronic Media Production: No report 2. Students Classes to be assessed are selected on a Expectations are that students are The Critical Thinking Rubric had an Rubrics are will develop yearly rotating schedule. able to identify problems, apply and overall student average of 2.99%, completed by effective Assessment is done with a Critical synthesize relevant evidence, express exceeding expectations. According to individual critical Thinking Assessment rubric. Assessment ideas clearly, and are aware of their the data, 93.48%% of the students were faculty in their thinking skills is done by instructor for specific courses. own assumptions. at least minimally competent. Of our specific Summary of data is done by the Associate students, 6.52% were rated as not classes.
The pretest is taken at the start of the first major content class of an area/option and the post-test is taken at the end of the capstone content class of an area/option. The pretest/post-test is administered by the instructor and the analysis is completed by the Associate Chair. Classes distributing the pretest are as follows: Corporate Communication: CMN 2650 Broadcast News and Electronic Media Production: CMN 2525 Interpersonal Communication: CMN 2630 Classes distributing the post-test are as follows: Corporate Communication: CMN 4650 Interpersonal Communication: CMN 4765 Broadcast News and Electronic Media Production: No report Academic year will see the elimination of the Broadcast News & Electronic Production Option area as the production components will be included in the recently approved major, Television & Video Production. The department leadership is committed to ensuring that only fulltime faculty will be assigned to introductory and capstone courses with the goal of improving participation in assessment measurements. The posttest results have already been shared with the senior faculty members of each option area. 2. Students will develop effective critical thinking skills Classes to be assessed are selected on a yearly rotating schedule. Assessment is done with a Critical Thinking Assessment rubric. Assessment is done by instructor for specific courses. Summary of data is done by the Associate Expectations are that students are able to identify problems, apply and synthesize relevant evidence, express ideas clearly, and are aware of their own assumptions. The Critical Thinking Rubric had an overall student average of 2.99%, exceeding expectations. According to the data, 93.48%% of the students were at least minimally competent. Of our students, 6.52% were rated as not Rubrics are completed by individual faculty in their specific classes.
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