Assessment Plans
The Accreditation and Assessment office helps facilitate the assessment activities and support the departments in their varied assessment efforts. At the beginning of each semester, the Associate Provost for Assessment and Accreditation and the Project Manager for Assessment, Accreditation, and Faculty Development individually meet with each department to create an Assessment Plan for the semester.
These meetings include:
- Discussing with each department about which program outcomes will be targeted for assessing student performance and learning experience (two per program per semester)
- Deciding what sites (courses or specialty programs), artifacts, and methods will be most helpful to gather evidence of student learning
- Determining and detailing timelines and responsibilities for a variety of methods, which includes direct (panel reviews of student work by faculty and industry professionals and itemized exams) and indirect methods (surveys, focus groups, and student reflective documents).
After data is collected, the Accreditation and Assessment office and the department collaborate on a written report on the evidence of student learning. The department then uses the report to foster both formal and informal conversations; to inform decision-making, problem identification and solving; and to implement changes that reflect best practices and that respond to the student population.
Below are examples of previous department Assessment Plans:
School of Fine and Performing Arts
- Art and Art History Assessment Plan Fall 2017
- Art and Art History Assessment Plan Spring 2018
- Business and Entrepreneurship Assessment Plan Fall 2017
- Business and Entrepreneurship Assessment Plan Spring 2018
Dance Assessment Plan Fall 2018- Design Assessment Plan Fall 2017
- Design Assessment Plan Fall 2018
Fashion Studies Assessment Plan Fall 2017- Fashion Studies Assessment Plan Fall 2018
- Music Assessment Plan Fall 2017
- Music Assessment Plan Spring 2018
- Music Assessment Plan Fall 2018
- Photography Assessment Plan Fall 2017
- Photography Assessment Plan Spring 2018
- Theatre Assessment Plan Fall 2017
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
American Sign Language Assessment Plan Fall 2017- American Sign Language Assessment Plan Spring 2018
- Creative Writing Assessment Plan Fall 2017
- Program in Writing and Rhetoric Assessment Plan AY17-18
School of Media Arts
- Audio Arts and Acoustics Assessment Plan Fall 2017
- Audio Arts and Acoustics Assessment Plan Spring 2018
- Communication Assessment Plan Fall 2017
- Communication Assessment Plan Spring 2018
- Cinema and Television Arts Assessment Plan Fall 2017
- Cinema and Television Arts Assessment Plan Spring 2018
- Cinema and Television Arts Assessment Plan Fall 2018
- Interactive Arts and Media Assessment Plan Fall 2017
- Interactive Arts and Media Assessment Plan Spring 2018
- Interactive Arts and Media Assessment Plan Fall 2018
Program Review
Every five years, each department undergoes a Program Review in which the department reflects on and documents department changes and inventories department strengths and needs, among other things. During the 16-month Program Review cycle, the department completes a self-study. Program Review guides departments in answering self-generated questions about the department’s status and plans for moving forward.