Program: Food Science & Human Nutrition (BS)
Degree: Bachelor's
Date: Sat Oct 02, 2010 - 8:04:26 pm
1) Below are the program student learning outcomes submitted last year. Please add/delete/modify as needed.
FSHN Program Learning Outcomes
1. Know, apply and critically analyze and evaluate concepts related to the science of food and nutrition with a focus on humans.
2. Develop written & oral skills commensurate with the ability to summarize, evaluate, synthesize, and appropriately communicate scientific concepts to a variety of audiences.
3. Acquire personal characteristics and leadership, management, and human relations skills appropriate to professional practice in careers related to food science and human nutrition.
4. Recognizes and uses appropriate technologies, such as computer applications and food and nutrition laboratory methodologies.
5. Identifies and develops skills to gain successful admission into entry level careers or post-graduate education.
6. Develops problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
7. Develops and demonstrates the ability be an effective participant in community service.
8. Values being an integral and functioning member of communities from local to global levels.
2) As of last year, your program's SLOs were published as follows. Please update as needed.
Department Website URL: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/hnfas/ Student Handbook. URL, if available online: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/hnfas/ Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/hnfas/degreePrograms.html
UHM Catalog. Page Number: Course Syllabi. URL, if available online: Other: Other: 3) Below is the link to your program's curriculum map (if submitted in 2009). If it has changed or if we do not have your program's curriculum map, please upload it as a PDF.
- File (03/16/2020)
4) The percentage of courses in 2009 that had course SLOs explicitly stated on the syllabus, a website, or other publicly available document is indicated below. Please update as needed.
0% 1-50% 51-80%
81-99% 100%5) State the assessment question(s) and/or goals of the assessment activity. Include the SLOs that were targeted, if applicable.
In June 2010, Dr. Maria Stewart replaced Dr. Wayne Iwaoka as FSHN Undergraduate Advising Coordinator. We focused on broad program revisions and assessment rather than targeting individual SLOs. As a part the change in leadership, all advising materials for the FSHN program (print, web, UH catalog) were revised to reflect current courses and program options. We revised the curriculum map for the FSHN major and identified with courses addressed each program SLO. In preparation for re-accreditation by the American Dietetics Association, we evaluated the dietetics option within the FSHN major, to ensure the curriculum addressed the Dietetics Student Learning Outcomes (http://www.eatright.org/CADE/content.aspx?id=58) put forth by the Committee on Accreditation for Dietetics Education.
6) State the type(s) of evidence gathered.
All FSHN instructional faculty submitted current syllabi to the department. The revised curriculum map was created based on faculty input and syllabi on file. Dr. Anne Shovic, the dietetics program director, facilitated the dietetics option assessment by requesting current syllabi for the dietetics courses.
Summary of the Self-Study Process for Dietetics Accreditation:
The CADE sponsored workshop on accreditation standards at the FNCE meeting held in Denver, CO, October 2009, was attended by Anne Shovic, PhD, RD, dietetics program director, so to be better prepared for the UH dietetics program self-study process due every 10 years with a 5 year mid-review.
February 2010 CADE sent a letter inviting the University of Hawaii's (UH) didactic program in dietetics (DPD) to apply for continued accreditation. Commitment from the college administration was obtained to finance the $5600 self-study site visit fee and the Statement of Purpose form was immediately sent back to CADE indicating the UH DPD's interest in applying for continued accreditation.
In addition to the Dietetics Advisory Committee (DAC) meetings and regularly scheduled dietetic program activities, in March 2010 the human nutrition faculty met with the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) assessment personnel to undertake the task of creating a dietetics curriculum map based on the DPD knowledge requirements and expected student learning objectives (SLOs) required by CADE.
In April 2010 a letter was sent to CADE giving available dates for a site visit to evaluate the DPD program at UHM. Also, the DPD director sat in on a webinar sponsored by CADE to facilitate further information gathering and clarification of the accreditation process.
Summer 2010, the DPD director began writing the accreditation document and gathering and synthesizing the required information and data. The UH assessment office was consulted to review a rough draft of the accreditation document.
Fall 2010 department faculty, curriculum committee and Dietary Advisory Council meetings were held. Of the many tasks, one focus was to make sure accreditation requirements were being met. The DPD director also met with individual faculty to gather supplementary information such as course syllabi and professors' resumes.
Preliminary contact with CADE indicates a site visit to UHM in April 2011. Documentation required for the site visit will be due January 2011.
7) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected?
Course instructor(s) Faculty committee Ad hoc faculty group Department chairperson Persons or organization outside the university Faculty advisor Advisors (in student support services) Students (graduate or undergraduate) Dean/Director Other: 8) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence?
Used a rubric or scoring guide Scored exams/tests/quizzes Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used) Compiled survey results Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, open-ended response data External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., external organization administered and scored the nursing licensing exam) Other: 9) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated.
If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
All FSHN instructional faculty (14).
10) Summarize the actual results.
32/35 courses addressed program SLOs. FSHN 476, 477, and 477L do not have a current syllabus on file, and have not been offered in the past 10 years. Mastery of SLO #7, and #8 is not addressed in any FSHN course currently. We will receive the dietetics accreditation evaluation in 2011.
11) How did your program use the results? --or-- Explain planned use of results.
Please be specific.
In the upcoming year, we will evaluate FSHN 476, FSHN 477 and FSHN 477L for relevance in the FSHN program and if relevant, identify appropriate instructors so the courses can be offered. We will determine which courses should include mastery of SLO #7 and #8 and implement assessment techniques to confirm student mastery. The dietetics program will be evaluated for reaccreditation Spring 2011. We will used the results of the reaccreditation process to make changes in individual courses or at the program level, if necessary.
12) Beyond the results, were there additional conclusions or discoveries? This can include insights about assessment procedures, teaching and learning, program aspects and so on.
No
13) Other important information:
As of June 1, Maria Stewart is the FSHN undergraduate advising coordinator. She is responsible for FSHN program assessment. Aside from the dietetics accreditation, assessment work for this reporting period was limited to June 2010 through September 2010.