Departmental Assessment Update - Natural Sciences Report
Department: Mathematics
Program: BA, BS
Level: Undergraduate
1. Has your program developed learning outcomes? If
yes, please list.
Goals of the Program Recipients of an undergraduate degree in mathematics are expected to study: · real analysis in one and several variables, · linear algebra and the theory of vector spaces, · several mathematical topics at the junior and senior level, · in depth at least one advanced topic of mathematics, an approved two-course sequence. In addition, students are expected to acquire the ability and skills to: · develop and write direct proofs, proofs by contradiction, and proofs by induction, · formulate definitions and give examples and counterexamples, · read mathematics without supervision, · follow and explain algorithms, · apply mathematics to other fields. Finally, recipients of an undergraduate degree in mathematics are expected to have learned about research in mathematics.
2. If your program has learning outcomes, where are
they published (e.g., department web page)?
The can be found on the department website: http://www.math.hawaii.edu/home/program_goals.html
3. Do your faculty list course learning outcomes on
their syllabi?
We are in the process of reviewing all department syllabi for course leaning outcomes. Instructors are encouraged to take these syllabi as the strating point for their own course syllabi.
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)
Our program is set up so that BA and BS majors can complete their degree within 4 years, 5 if a minor or second degree is included. Those students who take longer typically have problems that are not under our control.
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 on the department assessment exam during the required capstone course.
7. Who interprets the evidence of student learning?
The Assessment Committee.
8. How are the assessment data/results used to
inform decisions concerning the curriculum and
administration of the program?
The findings of the assessment process are reported to the faculty during a facutly meeting, and they are taken into acount in the deliberations of the curriculum committee.