Student Learning Outcome
UNCW-wide Learning GoalTools Implementation Summary of Findings Actions TakenWhat will students know or
be able to do upon
completion of the program?
What UNCW Learning Goal
Does it link to?
What tools or measures will
be used?Who will be responsible for
implementation; who will
be assessed; what is the
schedule?What was learned from the
collection and analysis of
data for student learning
outcomes?What changes were made
because of what you
learned?SLO 1a: A graduate student
should be able to develop a
research plan.
Link to UNCW Learning
Goal: creative inquiry
(inquiry).
Prospectus is successfully
completed and defended to
student’s committee. The
student’s committee
evaluates prospectus with a
form.Each student in the program
is assessed by each of
his/her committee
members. Data on
prospectus quality, depth
and breadth are collected.
Implementation of the
assessment of this SLO was
planned for the 2009- 2010
year.No data were available for
the 2009-2010 year as of
July 19 2010.
The faculty discussed the
results of assessment to
date at the 2010 retreat and
decided that the Graduate
Assessment Coordinator will
explore options for online
assessment form reporting,
rather than the return of
paper forms, in the 2010-
2011 year with the hopes
that this will improve faculty
participation in the
Assessment process.N/A
SLO 1b: A graduate student
should be able to present
and defend a research plan.
Link to UNCW Learning
Goal: thoughtful expression
(thoughtful expression).
Prospectus is successfully
presented to the
department. Form used for
this assessment is our
Graduate Student
Prospectus Symposium
Evaluation form. Our
assessment tool will be
question #5. This SLO was
created, in part, to help
understand the poor
performance of students on
“breadth of knowledge” in
SLO2 in the 2007-08 year.Each student in the program
is assessed by all faculty
members in the department
attending the Graduate
Student Prospectus
symposium. Data on each
student’s project in terms of
quality, design and
significance are collected.
Assessment of this SLO was
implemented in Spring- By the nature of data
collection, assessment for
this SLO is pooled with the
At the fall and spring 2010
Prospectus Symposium, we
collected 261 data points.
The faculty determined that
98% of the students were
performing well in this SLO,
with 36% of projects rated
as “commendable”, 62% as
“satisfactory” and only 2%
as “unsatisfactory”.
Performance in 2009- 2010
was slightly lower than
2008 - 2009, in which 45% of
projects rated asThe faculty discussed the
results of assessment to
date at the 2010 retreat and
decided that our students
are meeting our
expectations in this SLO and
that no action will be taken.