Program: Physics (BS)
Degree: Bachelor's
Date: Thu Nov 19, 2020 - 5:57:48 pm
1) Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs)
1. [1] Apply basic physical principles from a broad range of topics in physics to diverse scientific and technological problems
(1a. General education, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 3d. Civic participation)
2. [2] Be able to formulate scientific problems in mathematical terms and apply analytical and numerical methods towards its solution
(1a. General education, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 3d. Civic participation)
3. [3] Develop skills to design experiments and analyze data through electronic instrumentation and devices, and computer control
(1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research)
4. [4] Establish competence in focused areas of physical theory and experiment
(1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research)
5. [5] Generate fluency in the scientific enterprise and awareness of possible career paths available to the undergraduate physics major
(2c. Communicate and report, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3d. Civic participation)
2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
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3) Please review, add, replace, or delete the existing curriculum map.
- File (11/20/2020)
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.
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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):
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6) Did your program engage in any program learning assessment activities between November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2020?
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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.)
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8) Briefly explain the assessment activities that took place since November 2018.
All student grades from undergraduate students majoring in physics BA and BS were collected. Then, average course grades were determined. Using the average grades together with the curriculum map, an assessment of the SLOs could be performed by calculating an average grade per learning outcome:
BS:
SLO1: B+
SLO2: B+
SLO3: B+
SLO4: B+
SLO5: A-
9) What types of evidence did the program use as part of the assessment activities checked in question 7? (Check all that apply.)
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10) State the number of students (or persons) who submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
All students' grades were used.
11) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)
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12) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)
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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.
Based on the average grades the student achieved per SLO, it can be concluded that all SLOs were met.
14) What best describes how the program used the results? (Check all that apply.)
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15) Please briefly describe how the program used its findings/results.
The department's assessment committee is in the process of evaluating the results and discussing further assessment goals. One particular programmatic change that is being discussed is the introduction of a capstone experience.