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: 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 to begin in the
2009 - 2010 year.
Department moved to
online forms in 2010- 2011
to improve faculty
participation.We are slow to collect data
on this SLO, with 2
respondents in 2012- 2013
and 5 in 2013-2014.
Students that are assessed
are performing well on this
SLO (80% or more
performing at levels 4 or 5
for all elements of this SLO).
Given the size of the
student body, we should
have more data for this SLO
(i.e. more than one or two
students per year should be
completing their
prospectus). Either
students are not on time
with completion of this SLO,
or the Graduate Secretary is
not being made aware of
completion of the
prospectus. This is an issue
for both of our M.Sc.
programs (see next
column).The faculty discussed the
results of assessment to
date at the 2014 retreat and
decided that our students
are meeting our
expectations in this SLO and
that no action will be taken.
However the Graduate
Assessment Coordinator
plans to work with the
Graduate Secretary to
determine why there are so
few data points for this SLO.
A total of 3 students
(combined for both M.Sc.
programs) were identified
as having completed their
prospectus documents this
year, which explains why
the responses are low. Yet
at this point we do not
know if this reflects low
numbers of prospectus
documents or students not
bringing their prospectus
forms to the Graduate
Secretary in a timely
manner.
SLO 1b: A graduate student Prospectus is successfully Each student in the program During 2013-2014, we had a The faculty discussed the