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Goal: Thoughtful
expression.
departmental faculty
members after the thesis
seminar.mastery of research,
professional poise and
ability to answer questions
are collected.4 or 5 for all elements of the
seminar (professional
presentation, mastery of
research, ability to answer
questions, and poise. In
2011 - 2012, 80% of students
performed at level 4 or 5 for
all elements of the seminar
(professional presentation,
mastery of research, ability
to answer questions, and
poise; n=5 respondents). In
2010 - 2011, we had 8
respondents for this SLO.
the faculty assessed
performance of this learning
outcome to be good for the
majority of students, in
organization (88%), mastery
of research (75%), ability to
field questions from the
audience (75%) and
professional poise (75%).In
2009 - 2010, the faculty
assessed performance of
this learning outcome to be
good for the majority of
students, in organization
(90%), mastery of research
(70%), ability to field
questions from the
audience (60%) and
professional poise (80%).expectations in this SLO,
matching the acceptable
performance of previous
years, and that no action
will be taken.
Action Item: Continue
collecting data as
prescribed by the approved
SLO assessments.SLO 4: A graduate student
should be able to write up
his or her research in the
form of a manuscript for
publication in a scientific
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Thesis is successfully
completed. The student’s
committee evaluates the
quality of the thesis with a
form.Each student in the program
is assessed by each of
his/her committee
members. Data on the
quality of the writing,
mastery of the research,Student performance on
this SLO improved over last
year. In 2012-2013 [n=15
respondents], thesis quality,
mastery of the research and
likelihood of publicationThe performance on this
SLO, especially for mastery
of research, has improved
over the previous year. The
faculty discussed the results
of assessment to date at the