Program: Music (PhD)
Degree: Doctorate
Date: Fri Oct 14, 2011 - 3:43:51 pm
1) Below are your program student learning outcomes (SLOs). Please update as needed.
1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of research, scholarly reading comprehension and writing techniques.
2. Produce original scholarship (including research and music) at advanced levels.
3. Gain the skills, knowledge, and training necessary for professional teaching at the university level.
4. Express advanced ideas in respective areas of music history, literature, theory, and education.
2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
Department Website URL: http://www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic/about/about.htm#SLO
Student Handbook. URL, if available online: Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online: UHM Catalog. Page Number: Course Syllabi. URL, if available online: NA Other: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/assessment/archive/pdf/2005/2005Music.pdf Other: 3) Below is the link(s) to your program's curriculum map(s). If we do not have your curriculum map, please upload it as a PDF.
- 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.
0% 1-50%
51-80% 81-99% 100%5) For the period June 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the SLOs that were targeted, if applicable.
The SLOs for the PhD program are designed to assess a student's potential for original research and fieldwork in the field of professional music. They include: Students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of research, scholarly reading comprehension and writing techniques.
2. Produce original scholarship (including research and music) at advanced levels.
3. Gain the skills, knowledge, and training necessary for professional teaching at the university level.
4. Express advanced ideas in respective areas of music history, literature, theory, and education.
6) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question #5.
The SLOs in the PhD degree are designed to assess a student's potential for success in the field of professional music. Students are assessed through written and oral examinations and assignments, public performances, and juried performances.
7) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
All graduate information is currently being examined as we go through our national accreditation process through NASM (National Association of Schools of Music). We are putting together figures and statistics and hope to have a complete report soon.
8) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)
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: 9) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)
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: 10) For the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goal(s) stated in Question #5:
Summarize the actual results.
Our graduate students are making excellent progress and proving to be competitive in the field.
11) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
We use assessment information to account for accreditation, and also to constantly evaluate our programs. Assessment for the PhD curriculum allows us to gather data regarding student success and to track student progress throughout the coursework.
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.
We continue to be pleased with the level of performance of our PhD students.
13) Other important information.
Please note: If the program did not engage in assessment, please explain. If the program created an assessment plan for next year, please give an overview.
We are examining our PhD SLOs and curricula in accordance with our national accreditation association (NASM). We hope to use the information to support the national standards set forth by this association.