Program: Nutrition (PhD)
Degree: Doctorate
Date: Mon Nov 02, 2009 - 8:52:20 pm
1) List your program's student learning outcomes (SLOs).
The PhD program in Nutrition is designed to prepare future leaders and innovators who can expand our knowledge about food and health, solve nutrition-related problems, propose effective nutrition policies, guide new product and service development, and be effective researchers, communicators and educators. To ensure that graduates are prepared for these roles, students will be expected to demonstrate:
- comprehensive understanding of core nutrition knowledge
- advanced scholarship in a specialty area (i.e. expertise in a least one overlapping biomedical discipline e.g. biochemistry, physiology, cell and molecular biology, food science/functional foods, epidemiology, biostatistics, medicine, etc)
- appropriate exposure to social and career-building disciplines (e.g. education, communications, information technology, technical writing, social sciences, etc)
- ability to conduct original scholarly research, develop skills in research methodologies and grant writing, understand research ethics, and effectively dissemination research findings via peer-reviewed publications, seminars and practical applications such as teaching.
2) Where are your program's SLOs published?
Department Website URL: http://www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu/depart/hnfas/degrees/grad/NUTRphd.html
Student Handbook. URL, if available online: Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online: UHM Catalog. Page Number: 340 Course Syllabi. URL, if available online: Other: Other: 3) Upload your program's current curriculum map(s) as a PDF.
- File (03/16/2020)
4) What percentage of courses have the course SLOs explicitly stated on the course syllabus, department website, or other publicly available document? (Check one)
0% 1-50%
51-80% 81-99% 100%5) State the SLO(s) that was Assessed, Targeted, or Studied
No assessments have been conducted on PhD students in this time frame since our PhD program is new as of fall 2008.
6) State the Assessment Question(s) and/or Goal(s) of Assessment Activity
The assessment activities goals are to find out if students in the program have:
1) comprehensive understanding of core nutrition knowledge
2) advanced scholarship in a specialty area (i.e. expertise in a least one overrlapping
biomedical discipline e.g. biochemistry, physiology, cell and molecular biology, food science/functional,
foods, epidemiology, biostatistics, medicine, etc).
3) appropriate exposure to social and career-building disciplines (e.g. education,
communications, information technology, technical writing, social sciences, etc).
4) ability to conduct original scholarly research, develop skills in research methodologies and grant
writing, understand research ethics, and effectively dissemination research findings via peer-reviewed
publications, seminars and practical applications such as teaching.
7) State the Type(s) of Evidence Gathered
N/A. No evidence was collected in this time frame because our PhD program is new and no students have been assessed at this point.
8) State How the Evidence was Interpreted, Evaluated, or Analyzed
Qualifying exam: The exam committee, the student's advisor, and graduate chair will evaluate the evidence. The exam committee will consist of at least three members of the graduate faculty chosen by the student in consultation with their advisor, and approved by the graduate chair. The evaluation is pass or fail with follow-up discussion with the student.
Comprehensive exam: The exam committee, the student's advisor, and graduate chair will interpret the evidence. The exam will be conducted by an examination committee composed of at least three members of the graduate faculty with collective expertise to cover the range of expectations for the exam. The composition of the committee is proposed by the student in consultation with their advisor. To insure the quality and consistency of exam committees, its composition must be approved by the graduate chair. The evaluation is pass or fail with follow-up discussion with the student.
Dissertation/final exam: The dissertation committee and graduate chair evaluate the evidence. The dissertation committee is selected by the student in consultation with their advisor, and the composition must be approved by the graduate chair. The dissertation advisor (chair of the committee), and a majority of the committee members must come from the Nutrition Graduate Faculty. The committee must have at least 5 members, with one member being from a graduate faculty outside the student’s field of study and area of specialization. The evaluation is pass or fail with follow-up discussion with the student.
Required teaching experience: The faculty mentor for the instuctional experience and the graduate chair evaluate the evidence. At the conclusion of the experience, the instructional mentor must submit a written evaluation of the student's performance to the graduate chair. Unsatisfactory evaluations will result in the need to repeat the experience until a favorable evaluation is achieved. The evaluation includes a follow-up discussion with the student.
9) State How Many Pieces of Evidence Were Collected
N/A. No evidence was collected during this time frame since no students were evaluated.
10) Summarize the Actual Results
N/A No summary was made since no students were evaluated in this time frame.
11) Briefly Describe the Distribution and Discussion of Results
The results are received by the program's graduate chair, the student's dissertation research advisor, and where appropriate the studnet's qualifying and comprehesive exam committee members. Any problems are discussed among the chair, the advisor, and appropriate committeeembers. A plan to remedy any problems is created, discussed with the student, and implemented by the advisor and graduate chair.
12) Describe Conclusions and Discoveries
N/A No conclusions were made in this time frame since no students were evaluated. Our PhD program is new as of Fall 2008.
13) Use of Results/Program Modifications: State How the Program Used the Results --or-- Explain Planned Use of Results
Results from all student evaluations will be used by the PhD graduate chair and the PhD program committee (made up of 3 members of the graduate faculty selected by the chair) to evaluate and monitor the quality of our students, and make decisions about program development.
The PhD program committee's suggestions are presented to the Department chair and the faculty as a whole in department meetings or over e-mail. Recommendations for changes are discussed among the faculty and student representatives. Implementation of any changes in the evaluation procedures must be approved by the PhD chair and PhD program committee.
14) Reflect on the Assessment Process
We would like to have a post-graduation, retrospective evaluation of our program by our graduates, and also determine their sucesses after graduation. But, it is difficult to track them after they leave our program.
15) Other Important Information
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.
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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.
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