Degree Program Assessment Reports : View Reports

Unit: Human Nutrition, Food & Animal Sciences
Program: Animal Science (MS)
Degree: Master's
Date: Thu Nov 10, 2011 - 3:36:05 pm

1) Below are your program student learning outcomes (SLOs). Please update as needed.

1. Develop research skills and applied knowledge in animal-based working environment.

2. Demonstrate effective communication skills.

3. Demonstrate strong scientific analytic skills in both basic animal science and applied animal production.

4. Meet the courses and/or thesis requirements of the graduate program.

2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.

Department Website URL: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/hnfas/degrees/grad/ANSC.html

Student Handbook. URL, if available online:

Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online: NA

UHM Catalog. Page Number: Page 338-339

Course Syllabi. URL, if available online:

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.

No map submitted.

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.

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.

what is the value of the graduate program to your education and career planning ?

What suggestions do you have for the ANSC graduate program?

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.

Comments and responses from graduate students

7) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.

3-5 students

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.

No written evaluatons

11) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.

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.

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.

Will plan assessment plan for next year.

All the incoming and graduating students will be surveyed.

1) Below are your program student learning outcomes (SLOs). Please update as needed.

2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.

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.

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) 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.

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.

7) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.

8) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)

9) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)

10) For the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goal(s) stated in Question #5:Summarize the actual results.

11) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.

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.

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.

10) For the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goal(s) stated in Question #5:
Summarize the actual results.

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.

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.