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Academic Degree Program Assessment

School of Arts and Sciences

Program Outcomes Table

ETCMA - MS TCOM/Info Design: 2007 - 2008

Program Outcome

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Performance Criterion

Results, by section

(Please  total the results of all sections)

Write professional documents demonstrating mastery of grammar, usage, and structure

IDC 6010

IDC 6150

IDC 6010:

Graduate faculty will review student generated public service announcements. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

 

IDC 6150:

Graduate faculty will review student capstone writing projects in marketing communication. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

IDC 6010: A subcommittee of three graduate faculty members reviewed five student-generated public service announcements (a 38% random sample of the class) from fall, 2007, for a total of 15 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of mastery of grammar, usage, and structure in writing a professional document in 13 individual assessments of student work (87%).

 

IDC 6150: A subcommittee of four graduate faculty members reviewed three student-generated capstone writing projects (a 27% random sample of the class) from summer, 2007, for a total of 12 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of mastery of grammar, usage, and structure in writing a professional document in 12 individual assessments of student work (100%)

Edit documents to remove errors and improve readability

IDC 6010

IDC 6090

IDC 6010: Graduate faculty will review student generated public service announcements. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

 

IDC 6090:

Graduate faculty will review student capstone writing projects in medical communication. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

IDC 6010: A subcommittee of two graduate faculty members reviewed five student-generated public service announcements (a 38% random sample of the class), for a total of 10 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of a student’s satisfactory performance in editing a document to remove errors and improve readability in 8 individual assessments of student work (80%).

 

IDC 6090: A subcommittee of three graduate faculty members reviewed five student-generated capstone writing projects (a 33% representative sample of the class), for a total of 15 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of a student’s satisfactory performance in editing a document to remove errors and improve readability in 15 individual assessments of student work (100%).

Identify, evaluate, and document source material

IDC 6090

IDC 6090:

Graduate faculty will review student capstone writing projects in medical communication. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

IDC 6090: A subcommittee of four graduate faculty members reviewed five student-generated capstone writing projects (a 33% representative sample of the class), for a total of 20 individual assessments.

Results: The subcommittee found evidence of a student’s satisfactory performance in 18 individual assessments of student work (90%).

Use design principles to produce professional quality documents

IDC 6040

 

IDC 6040: Graduate faculty will review end-of-course student portfolios. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

 

 

IDC 6040: A subcommittee of three graduate faculty members reviewed five end-of-course student portfolios (out of six total) from fall, 2007, for a total of 15 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of satisfactory design principles in the production of professional quality work in 20 individual assessments of student work (100%)

Design information in any medium applying rhetorical and Gestalt principles

IDC 6150

IDC 6150:

Graduate faculty will review student capstone writing projects in marketing communication. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

IDC 6150: A subcommittee of four graduate faculty members reviewed three student-generated capstone writing projects (a 27% random sample of the class) from summer, 2007, for a total of 12 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of satisfactory information design that applies rhetorical and Gestalt principles in 12 individual assessments of student work (100%).

Demonstrate mastery in research, application, and independent learning in the field of technical communication at a level that contributes to the profession

IDC 6090

IDC 6150

IDC 6090:

Graduate faculty will review student capstone writing projects in medical communication. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

 

IDC 6150:

Graduate faculty will review student capstone writing projects in marketing communication. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

IDC 6090: A subcommittee of four graduate faculty members reviewed five student-generated capstone writing projects (a 33% representative sample of the class), for a total of 20 individual assessments.

Results: The subcommittee found evidence of a student’s satisfactory performance in 18 individual assessments of student work (90%).

 

IDC 6150: A subcommittee of three graduate faculty members reviewed three student-generated capstone writing projects (a 27% random sample of the class) from summer, 2007, for a total of 9 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of mastery in research, application, and independent learning in the field of technical communication at a level that contributes to the profession in 9 individual assessments of student work (100%)

Create work products that can be assembled into a professional portfolio

IDC 6010

IDC 6040

IDC 6010:

Graduate faculty will review student generated public service announcements. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment

 

IDC 6040:

Graduate faculty will review end-of-course student portfolios. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment

IDC 6010: A subcommittee of three graduate faculty members reviewed five student-generated public service announcements (a 38% random sample of the class), for a total of 15 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of work at a quality appropriate for a professional portfolio in 13 individual assessments of student work (87%).

 

IDC 6040: A subcommittee of three graduate faculty members reviewed five end-of-course student portfolios (out of six total) from fall, 2007, for a total of 15 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of work at a quality appropriate for a professional portfolio in 15 individual assessments of student work (100%)

Demonstrate proficiency with technologies that technical communicators use

IDC 6040

IDC 6150

 

IDC 6040:

Graduate faculty will review end-of-course student portfolios. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

 

IDC 6150:

Graduate faculty will review student capstone writing projects in marketing communication. 70% of students will demonstrate satisfactory performance on this assignment.

IDC 6040: A subcommittee of three graduate faculty members reviewed five end-of-course student portfolios (out of six total) from fall, 2007, for a total of 15 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of satisfactory proficiency with technologies that technical communicators use in 15 individual assessments of student work (100%)

 

IDC 6150: A subcommittee of three graduate faculty members reviewed three student-generated capstone writing projects (a 27% random sample of the class) from summer, 2007, for a total of 9 individual assessments. Results: The subcommittee found evidence of satisfactory proficiency with technologies that technical communicators use in 9 individual assessments of student work (100%)

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