Review Assessment Report

Part 1: Contact & Program Identification

Report Year and Contact Information
Academic Year	Modified By	Date Modified
2022-2023	[email protected]	2023-10-19T22:36:36.315Z

School	Name of Program	Courses
MSE	GEOL Science Gen Ed	GEOL 1110,GEOL 1110L,GEOL 2110,GEOL 2110L

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 Geology program continues to operate smoothly with repeated successes and highlights seen in previous years. Some of these include scholarships to professional meetings, book awards, summer internships (e.g. Geo-Launchpad) and, in the case of one student, professional work on a dinosaur tracksite in El Paso, Texas. We worked to make the requirements for obtaining an associate's degree more efficient.

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

The Geology program continues to operate smoothly with repeated successes and highlights seen in previous years. Some of these include scholarships to professional meetings, book awards, summer internships (e.g. Geo-Launchpad) and, in the case of one student, professional work on a dinosaur tracksite in El Paso, Texas. We worked to make the requirements for obtaining an associate's degree more efficient.

Part 3: Data Review

	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Annual number of graduate awards is greater than 10	n/a	n/a	n/a
Number of declared majors	n/a	n/a	n/a
Average Class Size	22.9	20.8	23.2
Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%)	17%	15%	12%
Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above	73%	77%	76%
Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year	80%	68%	75%
Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools	n/a	n/a	n/a
Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section	41%	39%	20%

Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above
The annual number of graduates remain low. This biggest hurdle has been the math requirements. We are working to make these more flexible. The number of declared majors is strong as of Fall 2023. Making the math requirements more flexible and adding some additional program-approved electives may have helped with this. There are not data for most of the targets listed above, but some of our results may suggest a change in teaching approach.

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

The annual number of graduates remain low. This biggest hurdle has been the math requirements. We are working to make these more flexible. The number of declared majors is strong as of Fall 2023. Making the math requirements more flexible and adding some additional program-approved electives may have helped with this. There are not data for most of the targets listed above, but some of our results may suggest a change in teaching approach.

Part 4: Program Learning Outcome Analysis

Learning Outcome	Population or Course(s) Assessed	Description	Summary of Assessment Results
2b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds	1110 or 1101L, 2110 or 2110L

Interpretation of Assessment findings
This was measured with 2 questions. #1 was a groundwater pollution problem presented on lab finals. #2, presented on lecture finals, dealt with human influence on weathering rates. Fall 2022 Results #1 Number of students 37; number of correct answers 37; % correct 100 Number of students 37; number of correct answers 36; % correct 97 Number of students 37; number of correct answers 33; % correct 89 Number of students 16; number of correct answers 14; %correct 88 Number of students 16; number of correct answers 12; %correct 75 Number of students 16; number of correct answers 11; %correct 69 #2 Number of students 22; number of correct answers 14; %correct 64 Spring 2023 Results #2 Number of students 24; number of correct answers 20; %correct 83 Number of students 20; number of correct answers 15; %correct 75 Some scores indicate concept mastery; others suggest more attention in the classroom. As is already occurring, student access to AI tools to answer assessment questions will muddle future results.

Interpretation of Assessment findings

This was measured with 2 questions. #1 was a groundwater pollution problem presented on lab finals. #2, presented on lecture finals, dealt with human influence on weathering rates. Fall 2022 Results #1 Number of students 37; number of correct answers 37; % correct 100 Number of students 37; number of correct answers 36; % correct 97 Number of students 37; number of correct answers 33; % correct 89 Number of students 16; number of correct answers 14; %correct 88 Number of students 16; number of correct answers 12; %correct 75 Number of students 16; number of correct answers 11; %correct 69 #2 Number of students 22; number of correct answers 14; %correct 64 Spring 2023 Results #2 Number of students 24; number of correct answers 20; %correct 83 Number of students 20; number of correct answers 15; %correct 75 Some scores indicate concept mastery; others suggest more attention in the classroom. As is already occurring, student access to AI tools to answer assessment questions will muddle future results.

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

Upcoming Year	Changes Planned for the upcoming year	Data Motivating this change
2022-2023	None	Preparing for the new Universal Themes Assessment.
2022-2023
2022-2023

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

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