Departmental Assessment Update - Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Report

Department: Plant & Environmental Biotechnology
Program:
Level: Undergraduate

1. Has your program developed learning outcomes? If yes, please list.

Become literature in biotechnology Become trained in biotechnology Be able to work in interdisciplinary teams To get good jobs (possibly in biotechnology)

2. If your program has learning outcomes, where are they published (e.g., department web page)?

Catalog and College web page

3. Do your faculty list course learning outcomes on their syllabi?

Yes, but we do not standardize these outcomes.

4. Does your program have a curriculum map that links course outcomes to program outcomes? If so, please include.

Yes

5. Does your program benchmark or have goals for student performance? (e.g. 70% students will graduate within 5 years)

No but our record is much better than average. All who entered as freshmen graduate in four years.

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)

Performance during College research symposium. Students are scored against Ph.D. candidates according to Ph.D. criteria. Many do fairly well. They report on their senior project which in most cases requires a year.

7. Who interprets the evidence of student learning?

The faculty without conflicts of interest score student reports.

8. How are the assessment data/results used to inform decisions concerning the curriculum and administration of the program?

They play a major role in terms of directing students to mentors.