students stay on schedule
and are aware of the time
required to prepare for this
exam.
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.In 2012-2013, student
performance on this SLO
was strong [n=24
respondents]. Presentation
quality and poise were
judged at 88% and 91%
(students performing at
level 4 or 5), mastery of
research was 92%, and
ability to answer questions
was 96%. In 2011-2012, we
received 14 responses for
this SLO. Presentation
quality and poise were
judged at 93% (students
performing at level 4 or 5),
mastery of research was
86%, and ability to answer
questions was 71%. In
2010 - 2011, the faculty
assessed performance of
this learning outcome to be
good for the majority of
students, with 44
respondents, in organization
(86%), mastery of research
(89%), and professional
poise (86%), with the
exception of ability to field
questions from the
audience (74%). In 2009-
2010, the faculty assessed
performance of this learning
outcome to be generally a
bit higher for the majority ofThe faculty discussed the
results of assessment to
date at the 2013 retreat and
decided that our students
are meeting our
expectations in this SLO and
that no action will be taken.
Action Item: Continue
collecting data as
prescribed by the approved
SLO assessments.