Biology and Marine Biology

relative efforts put into

service, scholarly and

training activities.

departmental support for

faculty travel

• the department has
  implemented a peer
  monitoring system for
  untenured, tenure-track
  faculty
  The continued high level of
  performance of
  departmental faculty,
  coupled with high rates of
  successful decisions for
  reappointment, tenure, and
  promotion suggest that our
  faculty development
  policies are sufficient.
  However, we continue to
  refine our procedures to
  ensure effective
  communication between
  faculty and administrators.

Student Learning Outcome

UNCW-wide Learning Goal

Tools Implementation Summary of Findings Actions Taken

SLO 1: A graduate student
should be able to develop a
research plan.
Link to UNCW Learning
Goals: inquiry and
thoughtful expression.

Dissertation proposal is

successfully completed and

defended to student’s

committee. The student’s

committee evaluates

proposal with a form.

Each student in the program

is assessed by each of

his/her committee

members. Data on proposal

quality, synthesis of

literature, definition of

project, and suitability of

methods to be employed

are collected. We began

implementation of the

assessment of this SLO in

the 2010 - 2011 year.

Although we did have a few

responses for this SLO in

late summer 2011 (n=4;

reported in the 2010- 2011

CAS Assessment report for

this program), because of

the small sample size we

have lumped those in with

the rest of the 2011- 2012

year. Thus we have a total

of 14 responses for report

for this SLO in 2011-2012.

Faculty determined that the

Results were discussed at

the Faculty retreat in

August. No actions will be

taken at this point as the

data are limited to one year.

We will continue to collect

these data in the coming

years.