Review Assessment Report
Part 1: Contact & Program Identification
| Report Year and Contact Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Academic Year | Modified By | Date Modified |
| 2020-2021 | zshank@cnm.edu | 2021-11-17T00:42:15.663Z |
| School | Name of Program | Courses |
|---|---|---|
| CHSS | Pre-Law AA Degree | BCIS 1110,ENGL 1120,PHIL 1120 |
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 |
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During the 2020-21 academic year, there were no notable changes to the curriculum, though effective for the 2021-22 academic year, some Sociology program approved electives were removed to create further distance between the Pre-law and Criminology degrees to reduce students pursuing multiple degrees instead of transferring. |
Part 3: Data Review
| 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual number of graduate awards is greater than 10 | 25 | 37 | 37 |
| Number of declared majors | 187 | 197 | 191 |
| Average Class Size | 22.4 | 21.3 | 20.3 |
| Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%) | 12% | 15% | 12% |
| Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above | 76% | 73% | 70% |
| Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools | 44% | 51% | n/a |
| Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section | 40% | 43% | 42% |
| Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above |
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The program had stronger graduations in the last two years. We anticipate an initial drop in graduates in the coming year as a result of catalog changes that will reduce program overlap and disincentivize multiple degree acquisition. The success rate has dipped slightly during the pandemic. |
Part 4: Program Learning Outcome Analysis
| Learning Outcome | Population or Course(s) Assessed | Description | Summary of Assessment Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Analysis | COMM 1130, SOC 2120 | ||
| Effective Communication | COMM 1130, SOC 2120 |
| Interpretation of Assessment findings |
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Pre-law participates in the general assessment methodology for CHSS as defined by CAT because the coursework is a more defined way to complete a Liberal Arts degree. This method takes a random, stratified sample of course sections; selected sections will have students complete an in-class, timed, writing response to a uniform prompt that will measure: 1) Problem Setting, 2) Evidence Acquisition, 3) Evidence Evaluation, and 4) Drawing Conclusions.
Six students with the Pre-law major were identified in the sample. For Problem setting, the group scored at a median of 3 out of 4, though one student scored 1, and another 2. For the remaining dimensions the group scored at a median of 2.5, where the median across students in the sample was 3.
A shortcoming of the CHSS assessment method is program-specific information, and the courses assessed are disparate and not representative of the major, so it's not possible to infer knowledge about Pre-law students and their skills in this area. |
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 | It would behoove faculty teaching core courses among the program approved electives to discuss methods of assessing the skills in those classes rather than relying on the CAT gen ed assessment. This will involve faculty from the humanities and social and behavioral sciences discussing instruments or the related skills to try to arrive at a more meaningful data set for inference. Some discussion might involve what critical analysis means in the different disciplines and to determine how the content areas approach assessing this skill. | The current approach does not yield discipline-specific knowledge of student performance in the program outcomes. |
| 2021-2022 | ||
| 2021-2022 |