adequately on breadth of
knowledge and poise (80%
at level 4 or 5), but only 60%
on articulation of answers
and depth of knowledge.discuss levels of expectation
for our programs (i.e. do we
expect our students to be
adequate [3] or better than
adequate [4 or 5]?). At the
September 12 2014
department faculty
meeting, the faculty passed
the following motion
associated with this SLO:
“1. Continued monitoring
of performance on SLO #2
(oral exam) for M.Sc.
students. The department
has made some changes in
recent years to improve
performance on this SLO,
which may not have had
adequate time to take
effect. We will gather
another year of data and
then evaluate whether
further action is required.”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.Students continue to
perform well on this SLO.
During 2013-2014, 65
respondents assessed
student performance on this
SLO to be excellent, with
>90% of all students at
levels 4 or 5 for all elements
(professional presentation,
mastery of research, ability
to answer questions, and
poise). In 2012-2013 we
had 40 respondents. 80-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,
matching the acceptable
performance of previous
years, and that no action
will be taken.