Program: Tropical Plant & Soil Sci (PhD)
Degree: Doctorate
Date: Fri Nov 13, 2020 - 5:03:01 pm
1) Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs)
1. Students will demonstrate proficiency in evaluating and applying technical knowledge of theory and computer applications to advance a field within tropical plant and soil science.
(1. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge in one or more general subject areas related to, but not confined to, a specific area of interest., 2. Demonstrate understanding of research methodology and techniques specific to one’s field of study., 3. Apply research methodology and/or scholarly inquiry techniques specific to one’s field of study., 4. Critically analyze, synthesize, and utilize information and data related to one’s field of study.)
2. Students will demonstrate mastery of an appropriate discipline within the science of tropical plants and soils including the ability to comprehensively synthesize, evaluate, and interpret relevant fundamental knowledge.
(1. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge in one or more general subject areas related to, but not confined to, a specific area of interest., 4. Critically analyze, synthesize, and utilize information and data related to one’s field of study.)
3. Students will be able to independently construct scientific hypotheses, define and conduct original research to evaluate them, analyze and synthesize experimental results, and derive appropriate conclusions that help advance the field of tropical plant and soil science.
(1. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge in one or more general subject areas related to, but not confined to, a specific area of interest., 2. Demonstrate understanding of research methodology and techniques specific to one’s field of study., 3. Apply research methodology and/or scholarly inquiry techniques specific to one’s field of study., 4. Critically analyze, synthesize, and utilize information and data related to one’s field of study.)
4. Students will be able to effectively present research and results in written and oral forms to both lay and scientific audiences.
(2. Demonstrate understanding of research methodology and techniques specific to one’s field of study., 3. Apply research methodology and/or scholarly inquiry techniques specific to one’s field of study., 4. Critically analyze, synthesize, and utilize information and data related to one’s field of study., 5. Proficiently communicate and disseminate information in a manner relevant to the field and intended audience.)
5. Students will be able to conceptualize, perform advanced analysis, and critically evaluate self-identified important issues that contribute to the advancement of tropical plant and soil sciences and/or solutions of societal problems, particularly in the context of tropical regions in the pacific realm.
(1. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge in one or more general subject areas related to, but not confined to, a specific area of interest., 2. Demonstrate understanding of research methodology and techniques specific to one’s field of study., 3. Apply research methodology and/or scholarly inquiry techniques specific to one’s field of study., 4. Critically analyze, synthesize, and utilize information and data related to one’s field of study.)
6. Students will demonstrate personal characteristics in ethics, leadership, management, and human relations appropriate to professional and community-based practice in careers related to tropical plant and soil sciences.
(6. Conduct research or projects as a responsible and ethical professional, including consideration of and respect for other cultural perspectives., 7. Interact professionally with others.)
2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.






3) Please review, add, replace, or delete the existing curriculum map.
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 November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2020?


7) What best describes the program-level learning assessment activities that took place for the period November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2020? (Check all that apply.)






8) Briefly explain the assessment activities that took place since November 2018.
The faculty associated with the TPSS PhD degree worked to develop a set of minimum credits, a set of core courses, a requirement for an updated seminar course (TPSS 667), competency requirements for elective courses, and other requirements (teaching, timing of Comprehensive Exam, etc). A 4-year plan was developed. We are developing a new curriculum map and then will work to develop assessment procedures.
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.
No students were assessed.
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 from the evaluation, analysis, interpretation of evidence (checked in question 12). For example, report the percentage of students who achieved each SLO.
No evidence of student performance is available.
14) What best describes how the program used the results? (Check all that apply.)









15) Please briefly describe how the program used its findings/results.
The faculty associated with the TPSS PhD degree worked to develop a set of minimum credits, a set of core courses, a requirement for an updated seminar course (TPSS 667), competency requirements for elective courses, and other requirements (teaching, timing of Comprehensive Exam, etc). A 4-year plan was developed. We are developing a new curriculum map and then will work to develop assessment procedures.
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 faculty associated with the TPSS PhD degree worked to develop a set of minimum credits, a set of core courses, a requirement for an updated seminar course (TPSS 667), competency requirements for elective courses, and other requirements (teaching, timing of Comprehensive Exam, etc). A 4-year plan was developed. We are developing a new curriculum map and then will work to develop assessment procedures.