Unit: Oceanography
Program: Oceanography (Phd)
Date: Wed Oct 14, 2009 - 11:33:59 am

1) List your program's student learning outcomes (SLOs).

Upon completion of the Doctoral program in Oceanography, students will be able to:

- Perform all of the Master’s program SLOs

- Comprehensively synthesize, evaluate, and interpret the fundamental knowledge in their subdiscipline and how it relates to the other subdisciplines

- Independently construct scientific hypotheses and design and carry out research to evaluate them

- Critically analyze and synthesize the results of their research to derive conclusions which advance the field and are of a quality suitable for publication in the peer-reviewed literature

2) Where are your program's SLOs published?


3) Upload your program's current curriculum map(s) as a PDF.

No map submitted.

4) What percentage of courses have the course SLOs explicitly stated on the course syllabus, department website, or other publicly available document? (Check one)


5) State the SLO(s) that was Assessed, Targeted, or Studied

All graduate students must complete all of the SLOs in order to graduate from the program.

6) State the Assessment Question(s) and/or Goal(s) of Assessment Activity

All graduate students must complete all of the SLOs in order to graduate from the program.

7) State the Type(s) of Evidence Gathered

Each dissertation committee must evaluate the student on the program SLOs, and the results are recorded on departmental and/or Graduate Division forms.

8) State How the Evidence was Interpreted, Evaluated, or Analyzed

The dissertation committee evaluates the student on the program SLOs, and the results are recorded on departmental and/or Graduate Division forms.

9) State How Many Pieces of Evidence Were Collected

Seven students graduated with Ph.D. degrees in Oceanography during June 2008 - Sept 2009.

10) Summarize the Actual Results

All graduating students met all program SLOs, as required by the departmental Degree Requirements.

11) Briefly Describe the Distribution and Discussion of Results

Since all graduating students met all program SLOs, as required by the departmental Degree Requirements, distribution and discussion of results is not required.

12) Describe Conclusions and Discoveries

All graduating students met all program SLOs, as required by the department.

13) Use of Results/Program Modifications: State How the Program Used the Results --or-- Explain Planned Use of Results

Course SLO achievement is being assessed by the departmental Teaching Evaluation Committee using customized departmental course evaluation forms.

14) Reflect on the Assessment Process

Program SLO assessment at the graduate level has been an integral part of the department’s degree program since its formation, and continues to work well.

15) Other Important Information

None.

16) FOR DISTANCE PROGRAMS ONLY: Explain how your program/department has adapted its assessment of student learning in the on-campus program to assess student learning in the distance education program.

17) FOR DISTANCE PROGRAMS ONLY: Summarize the actual student learning assessment results that compare the achievement of students in the on-campus program to students in the distance education program.