Unit: Life Sciences
Program: Botany (PhD)
Degree: Doctorate
Date: Wed Nov 01, 2017 - 11:49:38 am
Program: Botany (PhD)
Degree: Doctorate
Date: Wed Nov 01, 2017 - 11:49:38 am
1) Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs) and Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
1. Demonstrated mastery of subject area including methodology and techniques
2. Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written communication
3. Demonstrated ability to plan, conduct and analyze independent/original research
4. Develop abilities to contribute as responsible and productive professionals in botanical sciences and related fields.
2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.







3) Please review, add, replace, or delete the existing curriculum map.
Curriculum Map File(s) from 2017:
- 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.





5) Did your program engage in any program learning assessment activities between June 1, 2015 and October 31, 2017?


6) What best describes the program-level learning assessment activities that took place for the period June 1, 2015 to October 31, 2017? (Check all that apply.)







7) Briefly explain the assessment activities that took place in the last 28 months.
Four students completed Botany PhD degrees during this period. After each student's defense, the dissertation committee members or advisor completed a Graduate Program Assessment Form indicating one of the following scores for each of our graduate program SLOs: 1 = below expectation; 2 = meets expectation; 3 = exceeds expectation.
8) What types of evidence did the program use as part of the assessment activities checked in question 6? (Check all that apply.)





















9) State the number of students (or persons) who submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
Four, which was the total population size.
10) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)










11) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)







12) Summarize the results of the assessment activities checked in question 6. For example, report the percent of students who achieved each SLO.
Population size too small to report yet.
13) What best describes how the program used the results? (Check all that apply.)









14) Please briefly describe how the program used the results.
Nothing to report yet.
15) Beyond the results, were there additional conclusions or discoveries? This can include insights about assessment procedures, teaching and learning, and great achievements regarding program assessment in this reporting period.
No.
16) If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please explain.
n/a