should be able to
communicate his or her
research to a broadly-
trained public audience.
Link to UNCW Learning
Goal: Thoughtful
expression.
presentation of thesis
research is successfully
completed. An assessment
form is filled out by
departmental faculty
members after the thesis
seminar.members in the department
attending the seminar. Data
on presentation quality,
mastery of research,
professional poise and
ability to answer questions
are collected.this learning outcome to be
good for the majority of
students, with 44
respondents, in organization
(86%), mastery of research
(89%), and professional
poise (86%), with the
exception of ability to field
questions from the
audience (74%). In 2009-
2010, the faculty assessed
performance of this learning
outcome to be generally a
bit higher for the majority of
students, in organization
(95%), mastery of research
(90%), ability to field
questions from the
audience (90%) and
professional poise (90%).date at the 2011 retreat and
decided to monitor student
performance over the next
few years on this SLO before
considering any other
changes to our program.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
journal. Link to UNCW
Learning Goal: thoughtful
expression, information
literacy, critical thinking,
inquiry.
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,
and likelihood of being
published in a peer-review
journal are collected.
Department moved to
online forms in 2010- 2011
to improve faculty
participation.This year we had 19
respondents. For 2010-
2011, faculty determined
that students were
performing well on this SLO,
in thesis quality (95%),
mastery of research (89%),
and likelihood of the data
being published (100%).The faculty discussed the
results of assessment to
date at the 2011 retreat and
decided that our students
are meeting our
expectations in this SLO and
that no action will be taken.University of North Carolina Wilmington
Educational Program Assessment Plan and Report
(M.Sc. Biology, Dept of Biology & Marine Biology –September 30 2011)