SUMMARY OF THE DISCIPLINE ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TOOLS
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| ANTHROPOLOGY | Course assessment, capstone independent project, capstone courses, admission to and success in graduate programs |
| ART HISTORY | Monitored progress of
majors(small scale of campus and 3
faculty in the discipline facilitates this process), critical reviews of
the local art exhibits, internships, performance in MAP, UROP, admission
to graduate programs, performance in graduate programs, success in
employment, specially designed exams, course assessment |
| STUDIO ART | Classroom observation,
tests, pre and post testing, class
and individual critiques, portfolio reviews, individual review by the
faculty of all junior and senior art students, and all student and senior
exhibitions |
| BIOLOGY | Exams, lab reports, term papers,
presentations, class
participation, senior seminar, independent exams (GRE, MCAT, VCAT, etc.),
success as graduates (as reported by independent contacts and work of UMM
administrative offices), assessment in core courses, assessment of
communication skills in Biological Communications I & II and senior
seminar |
| ECONOMICS
| Course exams, problem sets, class presentations, reports and special projects (including group work). Directed student research including MAPS, UROPS, directed studies, URS projects, funded research, and senior seminars.
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| CHEMISTRY
| Course assessment, research
project and/or senior
seminar, lab. reports, lab. notebooks, survey of graduates, acceptance
rates, success rates in obtaining teaching/research fellowships, survey
of graduating majors |
| COMMUNICATION, MEDIA, and RHETORIC | The capstone senior
seminar, transcript analysis, portfolio, video tape record |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE
| Course
assessment, quality & quantity of
presentations and publications, quality & quantity of non-classroom
experience |
| ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
| Video-taped lessons,
observations by faculty,
pre-professional skills test, blind scored writing proficiency essay,
portfolio, case studies, research papers, Human Relations Competency
essays, attendance and participation in multicultural events, rubrics,
student self-evaluations, article reviews from professional journals,
essay on philosophy of education, journals and logs |
| SECONDARY EDUCATION
| Video-taped lessons,
observations by faculty,
pre-professional skills test, blind scored writing proficiency essay,
portfolio, case studies, research papers, Human Relations Competency
essays, attendance and participation in multicultural events, rubrics,
student self-evaluations, article reviews from professional journals,
essay on philosophy of education, journals and logs |
| ENGLISH | Testing, portfolios,
self-reports, exit interviews, capstone experience, presentations |
| EUROPEAN STUDIES | Discussions and
presentations, papers and projects |
| FRENCH | Continuous in-class assessment,
journals, analytical papers,
spontaneous oral exams, research, performance on UROP, MAP, contributions
to public fora and historical achieves, admission to graduate schools |
| GEOLOGY | Conventional course assessment,
GRE exams, geologic field
book, senior seminar, performance in MAP, UROP, other presentations,
post-graduate survey |
| GERMAN | Specially designed tests,
reports by students,
verbal interaction in class discussions, papers & essays, journals |
| HISTORY | Transcript analysis,
portfolio(major file),
essays (autobiographical and other), follow-up survey of graduates |
| LATIN AMERICAN AREAS STUDIES | Transcript
analysis,
quarterly seminar, student journals, instructor observations |
| LIBERAL ARTS FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES |
Assessment in core courses,
internship assessed by field supervisor/journal/paper, career track of
graduates |
| MANAGEMENT
| Course exams, problem sets, class presentations, reports and special projects (including group work). Directed student research including MAPS, UROPS, directed studies, URS projects, funded research, and senior seminars.
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| MATHEMATICS | Major
Portfolio, placement exams, gateway/proficiency exams,
survey of graduates, senior seminar, Putnam performance, specially
designed exams, professional exams, GRE scores, graduate school
acceptance rates, teaching licensure exams, self-report of learning,
course projects, MAP/UROP/Campus Compact reports |
| MUSIC | |
| PHILOSOPHY | Senior thesis, specially
designed exams, quizzes and
papers, class discussions, presentations, one-to-one oral exchanges |
| PHYSICS | Course assessment, lab reports,
senior presentation |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE | Comprehensive
exam in major/portfolio,
student attitude survey, graduate/professional school admission tests |
| PSYCHOLOGY | GRE Psychology, exams,
research
projects, tutorial course/UROP/MAP, completion of core courses |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE | Input from individual disciplines, success rates for students meeting the licensure requirements |
| SOCIOLOGY | Course assessment, capstone
independent project,
capstone courses, admission to and success in graduate programs |
| SPANISH | Portfolio including literary
papers and audio tapes,
unobstrutive measures, specially designed exams, presentations/speeches |
| THEATER ARTS | Conventional testing and
evaluation, portfolio, senior
project, assessment of theatrical performance, audience response |
| WELLNESS AND SPORT SCIENCE | Testing and
judgment of participation,
supervisor evaluation, pre and post fitness & wellness testing, testing
and performance evaluations based on American Red Cross guidelines |
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| WOMEN'S STUDIES | Students' explanations of what they have learned, their description of courses they have selected, and their assessment of the program's strengths and weaknesses |
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