SLO3: A graduate student
should be able to
communicate his or her
research to a broadly-
trained public audience.
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Goal: thoughtful expression
(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 the 2007-08 year, 16
seminars were presented to
the department by M.Sc.
students and evaluated by
the faculty. The faculty
assessed performance of
this learning outcome to be
high for the majority of
students, in organization
(88%), mastery of research
(88%), ability to field
questions from the
audience (88%) and
professional poise (94%).The faculty discussed the
results of assessment to
date at the 2008 retreat and
decided that students were
meeting this Learning
Outcome satisfactorily. The
decision was made to take
no action at that time.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 (thoughtful
expression), critical thinking
(information literacy and
critical thinking) and
creative inquiry (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.In the 2007-08 year, 15
theses were completed and
evaluated. Faculty assessed
performance of this
Learning outcome as high,
with writing quality,
mastery of research, and
likelihood of publication
being high for the majority
of students (87%, 93% and
93%, respectively).The faculty discussed the
results of assessment to
date at the 2008 retreat and
decided that students were
meeting this Learning
Outcome satisfactorily. The
decision was made to take
no action at that time.