Departmental Assessment Update - Languages, Linguistics and Literature Report
Department: East Asian Languages and Literatures
Program: BA (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
Level: Undergraduate
1. Has your program developed learning outcomes? If
yes, please list.
Program SLOs have not been developed.
Program objectives have been established and they may be viewed on the department's web page (www.hawaii.edu/eall/).
2. If your program has learning outcomes, where are
they published (e.g., department web page)?
(see #1 above)
3. Do your faculty list course learning outcomes on
their syllabi?
The department offers dozens of courses each semester. SLOs are generally listed in the main-track language skill courses (Chinese / Japanese / Korean 101 through 402) and conversation-intensive skill courses (111 through 212) which account for the bulk of student enrollment. Although these are sometimes labeled as "course goals and objectives" the descriptions are generally tantamount to SLOs, explaining in concrete terms the skills and tasks that students are expected to master and demonstrate upon completion of course.
In other courses (elective langaue skill courses, linguistics, literatures) some faculty members list SLOs but others do not.
It is understood that SLOs must now be included in all proposals for new and modified courses.
4. Does your program have a curriculum map that
links course outcomes to program outcomes? If
so, please include.
Curriculum maps have not been developed.
Course requirements for each program are listed on the department website.
5. Does your program benchmark or have goals for
student performance? (e.g. 70% students will
graduate within 5 years)
No, except that majors will now be required to maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 in courses taken to fulfil the major's requirements.
6. Other than GPA, what data/evidence is used to
determine that graduates have achieved stated
outcomes for the degree? (i.e. capstone project,
class assignment)
The College of LLL is now developing electronic exit surveys to systematically collect and disseminate student opinion data on learning satisfaction and outcomes. The surveys will have common questions for all departments as well as questions specific to individual departments/programs. For the 2008-09 academic year, the immediate focus group is majors completing a graduate/undergraduate degree program. In order to create valid, meaningful, useful, feasible, and sustainable exit survey data-collection procedures and feedback loop, the College of LLL is currently eliciting information from departments/programs.
In order to make this assessment activity transparent/open, the LLL dean’s office will periodically post updates of the project on the college’s website. For more information about this initiative, please contact Kimi Kondo-Brown, the LLL interim Associate Dean (kondo@hawaii.edu, 956-7193).
A proposal for a capstone course for the Japanese BA is currently being developed.
7. Who interprets the evidence of student learning?
Course instructors. Also, the undergraduate advisor (student services specialist) monitors student progress through the program, and achievement of its objectives.
8. How are the assessment data/results used to
inform decisions concerning the curriculum and
administration of the program?
Curriculum committees in each degree program review data such as enrollment figures, results of standardized placement, course, and OPI examinations, and student surveys to assess how effectively it meets its objectives. This includes revising curriculum, course requirements, exams, etc.