LEARNING
OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT
DEPARTMENT
OF MATHEMATICAL, INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCES
COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJOR
Outcome #1 (Teach): Graduates will have a coherent and broad-based knowledge of the
discipline of computing.
Means of assessment: Require students to take the ETS Major Field Test
in Computer Science as the mid-term exam for the capstone course, Computer
Science 481, Senior Seminar in Computer Science.
Criteria
of success: 50% of our
students achieve above the 25th percentile on the exam.
Outcome #2 (Shape): Students
will be prepared to give an oral technical presentation and a written summary
of a topic in their field.
Means
of Assessment: Each student will be required to
give a 20-minute oral presentation and a four page written summary of a topic
in their field as a part of their participation in the Senior Seminar in
Computer Science. The audience for this
talk will include department faculty, fellow students and possibly some alumni.
The students will be given the evaluation criteria in advance of their
presentation and will be rated by the faculty using a rubric with a scale of 1
(outstanding) to 3 (unsatisfactory) in the following areas:
·
Overall Content:
o
Technical information
o
Depth of information
o
Command of background material
·
Oral Presentation:
o
Organization
o
Use of presentation tools
o
Notation
o
Exposition
o
Ability to field questions fro m
the audience
·
Written Summary:
o
Organization
o
Grammar and spelling
o
Notation
o
Clarity of writing
o
Bibliography and other supporting
documentation
Criteria
of Success: 80% of the students should have
an average score of at least 2 in each of the major areas.
Outcome #3 (Send): Computer Science graduates will be
adequately prepared for entry into graduate school or jobs in the computing
profession.
Means of
assessment: Alumni will be surveyed every five
years. They will be asked at least the following questions:
1. If you
have a job in Computer Science: On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being outstanding and 5
being poor, how well do you think that the undergraduate Computer Science
curriculum at PLNU prepared you for your work in the field?
2. If you are
going to graduate school or went to graduate school: On a scale of 1 to 5, 1
being outstanding and 5 being poor, how well do you think that the
undergraduate Computer Science curriculum at PLNU prepared you for graduate
school?
Criteria of success: An average
response of 2 for each question.
MATHEMATICS MAJOR
Outcome #1 (Teach): Graduates will have a coherent and broad-based knowledge of the
discipline of Mathematics.
Means of assessment: Require students to take the ETS Major Field Test
in Mathematics as the mid-term exam for the capstone course, Mathematics 481,
Senior Seminar in Mathematics.
Criteria
of success: 50% of our
students achieve above the 25th percentile on the exam.
Outcome #2 (Shape): Students
will be prepared to give an oral technical presentation and a written summary
of a topic in their field.
Means
of Assessment: Each student will be required to give
a 20-minute oral presentation and a four page written summary of a topic in
their field as a part of their participation in the Senior Seminar in
Mathematics. The audience for this talk
will include department faculty, fellow students and possibly some alumni. The
students will be given the evaluation criteria in advance of their presentation
and will be rated by the faculty using a rubric with a scale of 1 (outstanding)
to 3 (unsatisfactory) in the following areas:
·
Overall Content:
o
Technical information
o
Depth of information
o
Command of background material
·
Oral Presentation:
o
Organization
o
Use of presentation tools
o
Notation
o
Exposition
o
Ability to field questions from
the audience
·
Written Summary:
o
Organization
o
Grammar and spelling
o
Notation
o
Clarity of writing
o
Bibliography and other supporting
documentation
Criteria
of Success: 80% of the students should have
an average score of at least 2 in each of the major areas.
Outcome #3 (Send): Mathematics graduates will be
adequately prepared for graduate study, teaching and careers using Mathematics.
Means of
assessment: Alumni will be surveyed every five
years. They will be asked at least the following questions:
1. If you
have a job in industry: On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being outstanding and 5 being
poor, how well do you think that the undergraduate Mathematics curriculum at
PLNU prepared you for your work in the field?
2. If you are
going to graduate school or went to graduate school: On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being
outstanding and 5 being poor, how well do you think that the undergraduate
Mathematics curriculum at PLNU prepared you for graduate school?
3. If you are
in a teaching credential program or working as a teacher: On a scale of 1 to 5,
1 being outstanding and 5 being poor, how well do you think that the
undergraduate Mathematics curriculum at PLNU prepared you for teaching?
Criteria of success: An average
response of 2 for each question.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS MAJOR
Outcome #1 (Teach): Graduates will have a coherent and broad-based knowledge of the
discipline of Information Systems.
Means of assessment: Require students to take the ETS Major Field Test
in Computer Science as the mid-term exam in IS 481, Senior Seminar in
Information Systems.
Criteria
of success: 50% of our
students achieve above the 25th percentile on the exam.
Outcome #2 (Shape): Students
will be prepared to give a written summary of a topic in their field.
Means
of Assessment: Each student will be required to
give a 20-minute oral presentation and a four page written summary of a topic
in their field as a part of their participation in the Senior Seminar in
Information Systems. The audience for
this talk will include department faculty, fellow students and possibly some
alumni. The students will be given the evaluation criteria in advance of their
presentation and will be rated by the faculty using a rubric with a scale of 1
(outstanding) to 3 (unsatisfactory) in the following areas:
·
Overall Content:
o
Technical information
o
Depth of information
o
Command of background material
·
Oral Presentation:
o
Organization
o
Use of presentation tools
o
Notation
o
Exposition
o
Ability to field questions from
the audience
·
Written Summary:
o
Organization
o
Grammar and spelling
o
Notation
o
Clarity of writing
o
Bibliography and other supporting
documentation
Criteria
of Success: 80% of the students should have
an average score of at least 2 in each of the two main areas.
Outcome #3 (Send): Management
Information Systems graduates will be adequately
prepared for entry into the information systems profession.
Means of
assessment: Alumni will be surveyed every five
years. They will be asked at least the following question:
1. If you
have a job in computer science: On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being outstanding and 5
being poor, how well do you think that the undergraduate Management Information
Systems curriculum at PLNU prepared you for your work in the field?
Criteria of success: An average
response of 2.