Review Assessment Report

Part 1: Contact & Program Identification

Report Year and Contact Information
Academic Year	Modified By	Date Modified
2022-2023	[email protected]	2023-10-21T02:39:39.235Z

School	Name of Program	Courses
CHSS	AMST Humanities Gen Ed	AMST 1130,AMST 1140

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
Currently, American Studies has 45 majors. Over the last three years it has increased courses and expanded on teaching a broader range of topics. The assessment began in Fall 2021 and has continued until now. In Spring 2023, the program was able to obtain data regarding student learning objectives. Through a faculty survey, we were able to find that most courses were successful in achieving learning objectives. Some of the challenges are that most of the faculty is part-time and often do not attend or respond to assessment emails. In other words, they haven't reported back despite numerous attempts. We hope to implement a wide range of assessment outcomes such as more student presentations.

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

Currently, American Studies has 45 majors. Over the last three years it has increased courses and expanded on teaching a broader range of topics. The assessment began in Fall 2021 and has continued until now. In Spring 2023, the program was able to obtain data regarding student learning objectives. Through a faculty survey, we were able to find that most courses were successful in achieving learning objectives. Some of the challenges are that most of the faculty is part-time and often do not attend or respond to assessment emails. In other words, they haven't reported back despite numerous attempts. We hope to implement a wide range of assessment outcomes such as more student presentations.

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	25.1	26.2	25.1
Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%)	12%	9%	8%
Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above	64%	66%	66%
Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year	81%	85%	81%
Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools	n/a	n/a	n/a
Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section	13%	0%	0%

Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above
Usually, courses do fill at 60% or above. C-pass rate is 60% or above.

Part 4: Program Learning Outcome Analysis

Learning Outcome	Population or Course(s) Assessed	Description	Summary of Assessment Results
1. Critical Thinking
1a. Problem Setting
1b. Evidence Acquisition
1c. Evidence Evaluation
1d. Reasoning/Conclusion

Interpretation of Assessment findings
Students show critical thinking and problem setting though reading responses, quizzes, and discussion boards. Some faculty have implemented student presentations in which they share their observations and findings to the class.

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
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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