Biology and Marine Biology

expression, critical thinking,
information literacy, and to
some extent global
citizenship.

The student’s committee

evaluates the teaching

ability of the student using

the Last question on the

Evaluation of Teaching form

that asks about the overall

effectiveness of teaching.

are collected.

Implementation of the

assessment of this SLO was

planned for the 2010 - 2011

year.

respondent for this SLO.

The overall effectiveness of

teaching was assessed as

very good (level 5).

However this is only one

data point. The program is

small and we may not

necessarily have any

students completing

requirements to be

assessed each year for this

SLO. We will likely need to

wait several years before

we have an adequate

sample size for this SLO.

the mechanism for faculty

response to this SLO in the

lecture or lab class taught

by the student.

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Educational Program Assessment Plan and Report

(M.Sc. Marine Biology, Dept of Biology & Marine Biology – September 30 2011)

Assessment Plan for 2010 - 2011

Primary Contact Name/Info: Heather Koopman, [email protected], 962-7199

Program Outcome

UNCW Strategic Goal

Tools Implementation Summary of Findings Actions Taken

What is the intended or
desired effect of your
programming or services?
What Strategic Goal does it
link to?

Tools or measures of

program outcomes must

address the outcome

directly

Identify who will be

responsible for

implementation; what data

will be collected.

What was learned from

the collection and analysis

of data for the program

outcome?

What changes were made

because of what you learned?

PO 1: Graduation of M.S.
students within 3 years.
Links to UNCW Strategic
Goal #1: Create the most
powerful learning
experience possible for our
students.

Several tools are used for

the assessment process of

this PO:

• solicitation of information
  from alumni


• meetings with graduate
  students and surveys of

The Graduate Advisory

Committee (GAC) and the

Graduate coordinator are

largely responsible for

gathering this information.

Student members of the

GAC are important conduits

Financial concerns have

been identified as a

significant concern for

time to graduate.

The Graduate School has

worked to incrementally

increase TA salaries.