Unit: Life Sciences
Program: Botany (MS)
Degree: Master's
Date: Fri Nov 16, 2018 - 1:46:55 pm
Program: Botany (MS)
Degree: Master's
Date: Fri Nov 16, 2018 - 1:46:55 pm
1) Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs)
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 asneeded.







3) Please review, add, replace, or delete the existing curriculum map.
Curriculum Map File(s) from 2018:
- 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) Does the program have learning achievement results for its program SLOs? (Example of achievement results: "80% of students met expectations on SLO 1.")(check one):




6) Did your program engage in any program learning assessment activities between June 1, 2015 and October 31, 2018?


7) What best describes the program-level learning assessment activities that took place for the period June 1, 2015 to October 31, 2018? (Check all that apply.)







8) Briefly explain the assessment activities that took place.
After each student's defense, the thesis committee members or advisor completes a Graduate Program Assessment Form indicating one of the following scores for each of our graduate program SLOs:L 1 = below expectation; 2 = meets expectation; 3 = exceeds expectations.
9) What types of evidence did the program use as part of the assessment activities checked in question 7? (Check all that apply.)





















10) State the number of students (or persons) who submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
There were four MS student that graduated in 2018 and two in 2017. Each met or exceeded expectations in their SLOs as evaluated by their Chairs or committees.
11) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)










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







13) Summarize the results of the assessment activities checked in question 7. For example, report the percentage of students who achieved each SLO.
All students graduating in 2018 and 2017 achieved each SLO.
14) What best describes how the program used the results? (Check all that apply.)









15) Please briefly describe how the program used the results.
We have not yet utilized the reports.
16) 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.