Unit: Life Sciences
Program: Botany (PhD)
Degree: Doctorate
Date: Thu Oct 31, 2013 - 10:29:31 pm
Program: Botany (PhD)
Degree: Doctorate
Date: Thu Oct 31, 2013 - 10:29:31 pm
1) Below are your program's student learning outcomes (SLOs). Please update as needed.
- Demonstrated mastery of subject area including methodology and techniques
- Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written communication
- Demonstrated ability to plan, conduct and analyze independent/original research
- Develop abilities to contribute as responsible and productive professionals in botanical sciences and related fields.
2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.







3) Select one option:
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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) Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2012 and September 30, 2013? (e.g., establishing/revising outcomes, aligning the curriculum to outcomes, collecting evidence, interpreting evidence, using results, revising the assessment plan, creating surveys or tests, etc.)


6) For the period June 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the SLOs that were targeted, if applicable.
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7) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question #6.
8) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
9) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)










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







11) For the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goal(s) stated in Question #6:
Summarize the actual results.
12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
13) Beyond the results, were there additional conclusions or discoveries?
This can include insights about assessment procedures, teaching and learning, program aspects and so on.
14) If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please explain.
Or, if the program did engage in assessment activities, please add any other important information here.
We formed an assessment committee and discussed some possibilities for assessment but have not advanced. It is a goal of the department for this year and we would like to meet wtih you to discuss further.