Program: Natural Resources & Environmental Mgt (BS)
Degree: Bachelor's
Date: Fri Nov 16, 2018 - 12:04:23 pm
1) Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs)
1. Students value science and scientific evidence in NREM.
(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 3c. Stewardship of the natural environment)
2. Students demonstrate what is expected of an entry-level professional working in the field of natural resources and environmental management.
(3d. Civic participation)
3. Students describe and interpret the theory and application of the linkages among the environment, economics, and society.
(1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2b. Conduct research)
4. Students demonstrate the relevance of biological, physical, and social science using analytical and quantitative skills in the context of NREM.
(2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research)
5. Students communicate proficiently in writing and orally to both technical and general audiences in natural and social sciences.
(2c. Communicate and report)
2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update asneeded.







3) Please review, add, replace, or delete the existing curriculum map.
- 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.
Instructors of all NREM core courses (required of all majors) were asked to review their course syllabi to ensure that program SLOs were included. They were asked to describe how they assessed mastery of the SLOs assigned to their course on the curriculum map. They were then asked to provide assessment data and/or a narrative evaluation of student achievement of the SLOs for their course.
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.
Instructors of NREM courses submitted evidence from student coursework and overall performance. Thus, all NREM students were assessed. Ten different NREM instructors submitted evidence from their various courses.
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.
Course |
NREM Student Learning Outcomes |
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Value science |
Professional expectations |
Describe linkages |
NREM skills |
Communicate proficiently |
|
CORE COURSES |
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BIOL 172+L |
1. G |
|
|
|
|
NREM 203 |
1. C |
|
|
1. C |
|
NREM 251 |
1. A, C |
1. H. |
1. A, C |
1. A |
|
NREM 220 |
|
|
78% |
78% |
|
NREM 292 |
|
90% |
|
|
87% |
NREM 301 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
NREM 301L |
2 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
NREM 302 |
82% |
93% |
87% |
93% |
91% |
NREM 310 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
NREM 477 |
3 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
NREM 492 |
|
96% |
|
|
96% |
NREM 494 |
|
84% |
83% |
88% |
96% |
Natural Science Pathway |
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CHEM 162+L |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
PHYS 151+L |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
NREM 304 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Social Science Pathway |
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NREM 341 |
|
|
|
|
|
NREM 351 |
|
|
|
|
|
NREM 358 |
85% |
|
85% |
85% |
75% |
NREM 420 |
|
85% |
90% |
|
90% |
NREM 429 |
|
|
|
71% |
63% |
The table above uses the Curriculum Map to provide summary assessment scores on a typical 0-100% grading scale for students in the course as a whole. Thus, a score of 85% means students as a whole achieved 85% of the desired mastery of the SLO for that course.
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 are continuing to use assessments of SLO mastery to refine course content within courses and to better integrate concepts and content across courses to facilitate progression of SLO mastery through the program. We also use this information to develop and refine upper-division elective courses to strengthen SLO and ILO mastery.
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.
The NREM core courses have a logical progression of SLO mastery through the sequence of courses students are expected to take. The prerequisites for upper-division courses also accurately reflect the appropriate SLOs and levels of mastery. The lower scores for two courses - NREM 220 and 429 - reflect challenges our students generally have with more quantitative courses. We will use this assessment data to help refine these courses and discuss how to better prepare students for these courses so they can improve SLO achievement.