2011 year with the hopes
that this will improve faculty
participation in the
Assessment process.
SLO 4: A graduate student
should be able to write up
his or her research in the
form of multiple
manuscripts for publication
in scientific journals. Link to
UNCW Learning Goals:
thoughtful expression
(thoughtful expression),
critical thinking (information
literacy and critical thinking)
and creative inquiry
(inquiry).
Multi-chaptered
dissertation is successfully
completed. The student’s
committee evaluates the
quality of the dissertation
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. In an
effort to better understand
how successful our students
are at publishing their work,
we recently added two
assessment questions to
this SLO that permit us to
monitor the progress each
student has made towards
publication by asking
whether chapters of their
dissertation have been
submitted for publication or
have already been
published.In the 2009-2010 year, no
PhD students defended
their dissertations.N/A
SLO 5: A graduate student
should be able to create
new teaching materials.
Link to UNCW Learning
Goals: thoughtful
expression (thoughtful
expression), critical thinking
(information literacy and
critical thinking), and to
some extent responsible
citizenship (global
Successful completion of
Teaching practicum course
and a formal lecture or
laboratory presentation in
an undergraduate course.
The student’s committee
evaluates the teaching
ability of the student using
the Last question on the
Evaluation of Teaching
form.Each student in the program
is assessed by each of
his/her committee
members. Data on overall
effectiveness of teaching
are collected.
Implementation of the
assessment of this SLO was
planned for the 2009- 2010
year.None yet. The program is
small and we may not
necessarily have any
students completing
requirements to be
assessed each year for this
SLO.