Political Science Annual Assessment Report to the College 2010-2011

Abstract

The Political Science Department's annual assessment report to the College for the Office of Academic Assessment. The Department continued assessing gateway and capstone courses. With these courses, it assessed departmental SLOs and tracked students as they progressed through the major. The department received copies of final exams or papers from seven courses from the Fall 2011 and the Spring 2012 semesters. A random sample of fifteen works per course was chosen. The results were synthesized into charts that show the percentages of works meeting the ‘unsatisfactory,’ ‘elementary,’ ‘developing,’ ‘proficient,’ and ‘exemplary’ designations. In 2011-2012, the department also continued its participation in the Simplifying Assessment Across the University Pilot Program.