Archived Assessment Report
| Program | AMST Humanities Gen Ed |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Final Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems | Do at least 80% of students demonstrate the ability to accurately express personal and social responsibility: collaboration skills, teamwork, and value systems? |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | Do at least 80% of students demonstrate personal and social responsibility: civic discourse, civic knowledge, and engagement – local and global. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems | Course reading assignments/discussion boards/final projects | AMST 1130, AMST 1140 | Based course outcome on course learning outcomes. Threshold would be 80% or more that will meet expectations. |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | Course reading assignments/discussion boards/final projects | AMST 1130, AMST 1140 | Based course outcome on course learning outcomes. Threshold would be 80% or more that will meet expectations. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems | 80% of students met the threshold. | The results do support and relate to original focus area. | Students are participating and engaging the materials with personal experiences and peers. |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | 80% of students met the threshold. | Results support original focus. | Students can apply local and global context on their assignments. |
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | Advocate for more full time faculty. Incorporate inclusive teaching. Align assessments with program goals. |
| Type of Change |
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| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | Yes, assessment tool, goals, and rubric. |
| What data motivated the change? | Fall 2025/Spring 2026 |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | Be able to engage more students who typically not necessarily interested in these topics. Students who are taking these courses to meet college requirements. Students who do not tend to major in American Studies. |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | How can our courses encourage students from non traditional majors take these courses. |
| Type of Change |
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| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | Yes, inquire how our courses are being more inclusive, touch upon civic knowledge and global engagement. |
| What data motivated the change? | Fall 2025/Spring 2026 |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | See if material or learning objectives need to be revisited. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
|---|---|---|
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems | Rubric | AMST 1130, AMST 1140 |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | Rubric | AMST 1130, AMST 1140 |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Second Round Results | Intepretation of Results, Pre- and Post-Change | Follow up questions, possible next steps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems | We will be conducting our assessments in Spring 2026. We hope to refine our data and revisit our assessment tool. | Improve data collection. Involve more faculty in this process. | |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | The second round of results needed to be better analyzed from the first data. | How to involve more faculty in this process. Data workshops and trainings. |
Describe any change in student achievement observed as part of this assessment process, and what led to those changes.
Yes, our students met the threshold and our overall grades went up.
Describe long-term changes in the program(s) that the assessment process led to, and what motivated those changes?
Yes, we will look at program goals and relay back to learning objectives, faculty workshops, professional development, pedagogy and curriculum.
What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?
Our program tends to incorporate 'practicing community' in their curriculum.
Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.
Mostly part time faculty that do not always reply back to emails or come to faculty meetings.