Review Assessment Report

Part 1: Contact & Program Identification

Report Year and Contact Information
Academic Year	Modified By	Date Modified
2020-2021	[email protected]	2021-11-19T19:43:53.024Z

School	Name of Program	Courses
HWPS	Criminal Justice AAS Degree	SOCI 2130,BCIS 1110,ENGL 1110,SOCI 1110,CJUS 2255L,PHED 1460,PSYC 1110,CJUS 1120,COMM 2120,CJUS 1320,CJUS 1110,CJUS 1143,CJUS 2110,CJUS 2140,CJUS 2130,CJUS 1140,CJUS 2150

Part 2: Program Summary

Provide a high level review of the program to include highlights, successes, challenges, significant changes, and significant resources needed to support the program
The Criminal Justice program averaged just over 400 declared majors for the Fall and Spring terms. Of those declared majors, a term averaged 92 were dual credit students. The average duplicated enrollment was 577 during Fall and Spring terms. The “C/pass” rate averaged 73% over two terms and the “Completer Success” rate was 81%. The overall retention rate was 87%. A slight decrease in “C/pass” rate and “Completer Success” rate may be attributable to the absence of data for Summer 2019 which was unavailable when this report was completed. 46 Associates degrees were awarded.

Provide a high level review of the program to include highlights, successes, challenges, significant changes, and significant resources needed to support the program

The Criminal Justice program averaged just over 400 declared majors for the Fall and Spring terms. Of those declared majors, a term averaged 92 were dual credit students. The average duplicated enrollment was 577 during Fall and Spring terms. The “C/pass” rate averaged 73% over two terms and the “Completer Success” rate was 81%. The overall retention rate was 87%. A slight decrease in “C/pass” rate and “Completer Success” rate may be attributable to the absence of data for Summer 2019 which was unavailable when this report was completed. 46 Associates degrees were awarded.

Part 3: Data Review

	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Annual number of graduate awards is greater than 10	40	32	34
Number of declared majors	619	547	447
Average Class Size	23.4	22.9	21.8
Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%)	11%	13%	12%
Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above	74%	72%	68%
Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year	86%	84%	82%
Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools	25%	16%	n/a
Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section	40%	44%	48%

Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above
The Criminal Justice program averaged just over 400 declared majors for the Fall and Spring terms. Of those declared majors, a term averaged 92 were dual credit students. The average duplicated enrollment was 577 during Fall and Spring terms. The “C/pass” rate averaged 73% over two terms and the “Completer Success” rate was 81%. The overall retention rate was 87%. A slight decrease in “C/pass” rate and “Completer Success” rate may be attributable to the absence of data for Summer 2019 which was unavailable when this report was completed. 46 Associates degrees were awarded.

Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above

Part 4: Program Learning Outcome Analysis

Learning Outcome	Population or Course(s) Assessed	Description	Summary of Assessment Results
Correctly explain the U.S. and New Mexico Criminal Justice Systems, the criminal law, the law of arrest, search and seizure, and the criminal trial process or juvenile dispositions	CJUS 1120 Criminal Law; CJUS 2120 Criminal Courts & Procedure; CJ 1140 Juvenile Justice; CJUS 1320 Patrol Procedures; CJ 2110 Professional Responsibility in Criminal Justice	Final Exam Test or Quiz In-class Activities In-class Writing Assignment Instructor Observation

Interpretation of Assessment findings
The course assessment data shows students are meeting and exceeding the course criteria for learning. The Capstone course was designed to assess the students’ cumulative learning throughout their curriculum. The students had an average success rate of 97% over the terms during which the Capstone class was offered.

Part 5: Additional Action Plan in Support of Student Learning (If Appropriate)

Upcoming Year	Changes Planned for the upcoming year	Data Motivating this change
2021-2022
2021-2022
2021-2022

Please select all of the following that characterize the types of changes described in the above action plan

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