Program: Philosophy (BA)
Degree: Bachelor's
Date: Thu Oct 09, 2014 - 1:11:50 pm
1) Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs) and Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
1. Students acquire the skills of careful reading and interpretation of philosophical texts
(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research)
2. Students acquire the skills of writing clear, succinct, and well-argued papers
(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 2c. Communicate and report, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3d. Civic participation)
3. Students acquire the skills of responding critically to the ideas advanced by others
(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 2c. Communicate and report, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3c. Stewardship of the natural environment, 3d. Civic participation)
4. Students acquire the skills of expressing ideas logically and coherently.
(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 2c. Communicate and report, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3d. Civic participation)
5. Students acquire a basic knowledge of the history of Western Philosophy.
(1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 3d. Civic participation)
6. Students are acquainted with at least one non-Western philosophical tradition.
(1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 3c. Stewardship of the natural environment, 3d. Civic participation)
7. Students are acquainted with at least one major field in contemporary philosophy.
(1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 3c. Stewardship of the natural environment, 3d. Civic participation)
8. Students demonstrate the ability to write a paper on a philosophical topic on which they have conducted independent research.
(1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2b. Conduct research)
2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
Department Website URL: http://www.hawaii.edu/phil/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85:ba-learning-outcomes&catid=61:undergraduate-major&Itemid=59
Student Handbook. URL, if available online: Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online: UHM Catalog. Page Number: Course Syllabi. URL, if available online: course syllabi Other: Other: 3) Select one option:
- File (03/16/2020)
4) For your program, the percentage of courses that have course SLOs explicitly stated on the syllabus, a website, or other publicly available document is as follows. Please update as needed.
0% 1-50% 51-80%
81-99% 100%5) Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014? (e.g., establishing/revising outcomes, aligning the curriculum to outcomes, collecting evidence, interpreting evidence, using results, revising the assessment plan, creating surveys or tests, etc.)
Yes No (skip to question 14)6) For the period between June 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the SLOs that were targeted, if applicable.
We collected and read exit statements from graduating majors. Some graduating majors from the capstone course orally presented their final papers at a department colloquium. We collected faculty and grad student evaluations of the presentations. We created an assessment rubric for the purpose.
7) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question #6.
Faculty and grad students completed the rubric in assessing the presentations.
8) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
Thirteen exit statements.
Thee presentations.
Twenty-two faculty and grad student evaluation.
9) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)
Course instructor(s) Faculty committee Ad hoc faculty group Department chairperson Persons or organization outside the university Faculty advisor Advisors (in student support services) Students (graduate or undergraduate) Dean/Director Other: 10) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)
Used a rubric or scoring guide Scored exams/tests/quizzes Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used) Compiled survey results Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, open-ended response data External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., external organization administered and scored the nursing licensing exam) Other: 11) For the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goal(s) stated in Question #6:
Summarize the actual results.
Exit statements: Overwhelmingly positive about their experience here. Struck by the diversity of philosophy offerings and the engagement of faculty. Some mention of courses not being offered regularly enough. Some mentioned relative lack of interaction between undergrad and grad students.
Colloquium: Significant improvement on last year's performance. Seventeen evaluators rated the presentations "above average". (Two rated them "exemplary, and three "average".)
12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
A new committee has been formed to address the issue of undergraduate and graduate student interaction. The initiative is called "The Philosophy Lounge Hour". The department has resolved to employ only its most effective instructors in the capstone course.
13) Beyond the results, were there additional conclusions or discoveries?
This can include insights about assessment procedures, teaching and learning, program aspects and so on.
No.
14) If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please explain.
Or, if the program did engage in assessment activities, please add any other important information here.
Nothing to add.