Review Assessment Report

Part 1: Contact & Program Identification

Report Year and Contact Information
Academic Year	Modified By	Date Modified
2022-2023	[email protected]	2023-10-19T23:16:28.780Z

School	Name of Program	Courses
MSE	Geology AS Degree	None

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	0	0	0
Number of declared majors	0	0	0
Average Class Size	n/a	n/a	n/a
Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%)	n/a	n/a	n/a
Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above	n/a	n/a	n/a
Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year	n/a	n/a	n/a
Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools	n/a	n/a	n/a
Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section	n/a	n/a	n/a

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
6. Communicate effectively about scientific ideas and topics, in oral and/or written formats.	1110 or 1101L/2110 or 2110L	Final Exam	Results: (Fall 2022) • 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
5. Demonstrate proper operation of laboratory and/or field equipment to collect relevant and quality data.	1101L	Final Exam	Results (Fall 2022) • Number of students 34; number of correct answers 31; % correct 91. • Number of students 16; number of correct answers 14; % correct 88.

Interpretation of Assessment findings
The results for many of the assessments questions were >= 75% correct and well above the C-Pass rate of 60%.

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	Prepare 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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