Program: Molecular Biosciences & Bioengineering (PhD)
Degree: Doctorate
Date: Mon Nov 25, 2013 - 10:47:30 am
1) Below are your program's student learning outcomes (SLOs). Please update as needed.
1. High percentage of degree completion
2. Completing degree in timely manner (4-6 years)
3. Number of publications by the students
4. Number of oral and poster presentations in local, national and international symposium
5. Awards received by students
2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
Department Website URL: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/mbbe/ Student Handbook. URL, if available online: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/mbbe/graduate_program.html Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/mbbe/graduate_program.html
UHM Catalog. Page Number: Course Syllabi. URL, if available online: Other: Other: 3) Select one option:
- 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) 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.
Graduate chair compiled and shared with the Department a list of accomplishments by the graduate student body.
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.
Lists of publications, including conference participation, degree completions, and awards received by students.
8) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
Unknown, but all faculty associated with the program were queried. This survey was conducted by the previous Graduate Chair.
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: 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: 11) For the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goal(s) stated in Question #6:
Summarize the actual results.
A large document compiled by the previous Graduate Chair summarizes the results and is availalbe upon request.
12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
We plan to review the assessment summary at an upcoming faculty meeting and take appropriate action, if necessary.
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.
No.
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.
A new graduate chair was selected on short notice in September 2013. We plan to engage in assessment activities in early 2014.