expression. professional poise are
collected.
to have led to
improvements in
performance on this SLO.
See the Assessment Report
for the Marine Biology M.Sc.
program for details on the
changes we made to our
program over the past two
years. No data were
available for the 2009- 2010
year.SLO3: A graduate student
should be able to
communicate his or her
research to a broadly-
trained public audience.
Link to UNCW Learning
Goal: Thoughtful
expression.
Departmental Seminar
presentation of thesis
research is successfully
completed. An assessment
form is filled out by
departmental faculty
members after the thesis
seminar.Each student in the program
is assessed by all faculty
members in the department
attending the seminar. Data
on presentation quality,
mastery of research,
professional poise and
ability to answer questions
are collected.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%).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.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
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,Despite the change to
online forms, no data are
available for 2010-2011.Faculty were reminded at
the annual Retreat in
August 2011 that
compliance with
Assessment materials is