DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REPORT, 2016-17 ACADEMIC YEAR Assessment activities in the Biology B.S. Program during AY 2016-17 During the 2016-17 academic year, the Department of Biology continued its cycle of assessment activities based on feedback from the recent full Program Review (AY 2012-13) and feedback from the previous year. The Department of Biology restarted its 7-year Program Review following the Program Review during the 2012-13 academic year. The Department as a whole responded to the external committee’s reviews of our undergraduate and graduate programs, with the Assessment Committee focusing on feedback about learning outcomes and assessment. shows the Table 1 assessment calendar for our undergraduate program. During this academic year, the departmental assessment activities were Pre/Post Test, Evolution Term Paper and Student Research Tabulation. Research Experience (Post-Test) was not performed due to the permanent departure of the responsible faculty member. Finally, we developed a new SOAP effective May 2017, so these are the last departmental assessment activities based on the old SOAP. 1. Assessment calendar Assessment Method 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Pre and Post Test × × × × × × × Ecology Lab Reports × × Research Experience × × × × (Post-Test) Research Experience × × (Evolution Term Paper) Student Research × × × × × × × Tabulation Pipeline Analysis × Alumni Survey × 1. What learning outcome(s) did you assess this year? List all program outcomes you assessed (if you assessed an outcome not listed on your department SOAP please indicate explain). Do not describe the measures or benchmarks in this section Also please only describe major assessment activities in this report. No GE assessment was required for the 2016-2017 academic year. The SOAP learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3 are stated below. The learning outcomes we assessed are highlighted in bold. Pre/post tests assessed learning outcomes 1A, 1B, 1C, 1E, 1F, 1G, 2.2 and 3.1. The Evolution term paper was used to evaluate learning outcome 3.2. Student research
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REPORT, 2016-17 ACADEMIC YEAR Assessment activities in the Biology B.S. Program during AY 2016-17 During the 2016-17 academic year, the Department of Biology continued its cycle of assessment activities based on feedback from the recent full Program Review (AY 2012-13) and feedback from the previous year. The Department of Biology restarted its 7-year Program Review following the Program Review during the 2012-13 academic year. The Department as a whole responded to the external committee’s reviews of our undergraduate and graduate programs, with the Assessment Committee focusing on feedback about learning outcomes and assessment. Table 1 shows the assessment calendar for our undergraduate program. During this academic year, the departmental assessment activities were Pre/Post Test, Evolution Term Paper and Student Research Tabulation. Research Experience (Post-Test) was not performed due to the permanent departure of the responsible faculty member. Finally, we developed a new SOAP effective May 2017, so these are the last departmental assessment activities based on the old SOAP. 1. Assessment calendar Assessment Method 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Pre and Post Test × × × × × × × Ecology Lab Reports × × Research Experience (Post-Test) × × × × Research Experience (Evolution Term Paper) × × Student Research Tabulation × × × × × × × Pipeline Analysis × Alumni Survey × 1. What learning outcome(s) did you assess this year? List all program outcomes you assessed (if you assessed an outcome not listed on your department SOAP please indicate explain). Do not describe the measures or benchmarks in this section Also please only describe major assessment activities in this report. No GE assessment was required for the 2016-2017 academic year. The SOAP learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3 are stated below. The learning outcomes we assessed are highlighted in bold. Pre/post tests assessed learning outcomes 1A, 1B, 1C, 1E, 1F, 1G, 2.2 and 3.1. The Evolution term paper was used to evaluate learning outcome 3.2. Student research
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