Unit: Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences
Program: Plant & Environmental Protection Sci (BS)
Degree: Bachelor's
Date: Fri Oct 18, 2013 - 1:11:12 pm

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

1.    Students will demonstrate understanding of the biology, ecology, and impact of pest and beneficial organisms.

2.    Students will demonstrate an understanding of the environment as a complex and changing system.

3.    Students will be able to diagnose problems in environmental systems and develop management plans.

4.    Students will be able to communicate (oral, written) effectively about plant and environmental protection.

5.    Students will demonstrate the ability to collect, manage, present, and critically interpret data and information in an ethical way. 

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

Department Website URL: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/peps/Academics/UndergradProgram.aspx
Student Handbook. URL, if available online:
Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online: NA
UHM Catalog. Page Number:
Course Syllabi. URL, if available online: NA
Other:
Other:

3) Select one option:

Curriculum Map File(s) from 2009:

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) 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.)

Yes
No (skip to question 14)

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.

Began to develop rubrics and assessment tools for the first SLO.  Conducted a survey of current students in the program to assess their perception of the program and its offerings. 

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.

Online survey offered to students

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

9 students responded to the survey

9) 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: Data was recently gathered; no analysis has been conducted yet

10) 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: no interpretation has occurred yet

11) For the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goal(s) stated in Question #6:
Summarize the actual results.

A summary is not yet available

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

Results have not yet been analyzed interpreted yet.  But, following this we will meet as teaching faculty to discuss possible changes to the curriculum and program. 

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.