Program: Women's Studies (BA)
Degree: Bachelor's
Date: Fri Oct 15, 2010 - 3:38:50 pm
1) Below are the program student learning outcomes submitted last year. Please add/delete/modify as needed.
1. Application of critical thinking skills; 2. Application of key concepts in Women's Studies; 3. Improved writing skills; 4. Improved oral communication skills; 5. Awareness of interdisciplinarity of Women's Studies; 6. Understanding and applying analysis of gender, race, sexuality, and colonialism in the Asia-Pacific context; 7. Ability to connect the classroom with real world issues; 8. Awareness of issues of masculinity in addition to those of femininity.
2) As of last year, your program's SLOs were published as follows. Please update as needed.
Department Website URL: www.womenstudies.hawaii.edu
Student Handbook. URL, if available online: Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online: the same as department website UHM Catalog. Page Number: Course Syllabi. URL, if available online: NA 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.
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.
1 - 8 of SLOS are the items questioned and elaborated in the exist interviews of our majors conducted at the end of each semester. In addition, all courses measure 2 through exams, written assignemtns, oral presentations, among others.
List of assessment activities: exams, written and oral assignments and presentations, teaching evaluations, exit interviews of the majors.
6) State the type(s) of evidence gathered.
See above.
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.
10) Summarize the actual results.
As reflected in the CSS External Review conducted in Spring 09, WS has accomplished much in terms of students progress and graduation since its start as a BA granting program. The number of majors is increasing and the students express a high level of satisfaction with curriculum. The results of the review, which considered this WS program as one of the nation's top 30 programs, are available at CSS and VCAA.
11) How did your program use the results? --or-- Explain planned use of results.
Please be specific.
Faculty meetings; meetings involving chair and undergraduate advisors.
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.
See (10).
13) Other important information:
The average GPA of WS undergraduate students remain one of the highest within CSS. Exit interviews also show the high level of satisfaction felt among our majors.