Assessment Plans at Other Colleges and Universities

 by Department or Interdisciplinary Program

 

The following examples of assessment plans at other universities and colleges are intended to be illustrative of the possibilities for assessments.  It is most important for faculty to design assessments that address the key questions that they have about their curricula.

 

 

 

 

AMERICAN STUDIES

 

University of  Colorado – Boulder

          http://www.colorado.edu/pba/outcomes/units/amst.htm

 

Minnesota State University – Moorhead

          http://www.mnstate.edu/assess/Plans/Assessment/amerstdy.htm

 

Occidental

          http://www.oxy.edu/oxy/academia/assessment/americanstudies.htm

 

Ireland – Quality Assurance

          http://www.qaa.ac.uk/revreps/subjrev/All/qo1-98.pdf

 

DePaul University

          http://condor.depaul.edu/~american/program/portfolio.html

 

American Studies Proposal – Umass –Boston

          http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/maj_plan.html

 

Utah State University:  American Studies and Folklore

          http://websites.usu.edu/english/Document/index.asp?Parent=2517

 

         

 

ANTHROPOLOGY

 

Occidental

          http://www.oxy.edu/oxy/academia/assessment/anthropology.htm

 

University of Colorado – Boulder

          http://www.colorado.edu/pba/outcomes/units/anth.htm

 

Northern Illinois University

          http://www3.niu.edu/provost2/acadprog/anthplan.htm

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/anthasmt.htm

 

California State University – Fresno

          http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:sCt_LW7Om2UC:www.csufresno.edu/cetl/assessment/Programs/Anthropology/AnthroPlan.pdf+%22anthropology%22+%22assessment+plan%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

 

University of Alaska – Fairbanks

          http://www.uaf.edu/provost/outcomes/AnthroAssessment.htm

 

 

 

 

ART

 

Minnesota State University – Moorhead

          http://www.mnstate.edu/assess/Plans/Assessment/art.htm

 

University of Illinois

          http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/assessment/plans/art_design.html

 

SUNY Fredonia

          http://www.fredonia.edu/campusassessment/WebDocs/C/C1.htm

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/ART.htm

 

Utah State University

          http://www.usu.edu/artdept/academics/assessment.html

 

University of Michigan – Flint

          http://assessment.umflint.edu/CAS/Art/documents/art%20assessment.pdf

 

Kent State

          http://explore.kent.edu/aa/aap/aapart.htm

 

 

 

 

 

ART HISTORY

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CAS/arth-BA/IIEvaluation.cfm

 

University of Minnesota – Morris

          http://www.mrs.umn.edu/committees/asl/unit2000/arthistory.html

 

Wright State

          http://www.cola.wright.edu/admin/Assess/ART.htm#Art History

          http://www.cola.wright.edu/admin/Assess/ART.htm

 

Willamette University

          http://www.willamette.edu/cla/art/ahportfolio.html

 

Virginia Tech

          http://aappc.aap.vt.edu/department%20reports/99Art.html#AS

 

University of Central Arkansas

          http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/assess/asplans/artplan.htm#baarthis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOLOGY

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CAS/bio-BABS/IIEvaluation.cfm

 

Minnesota State University – Moorhead

          http://www.mnstate.edu/assess/Plans/Assessment/biology.htm

 

California State University – Hayward

          http://www.sci.csuhayward.edu/biology/bio.pdf

 

University of Michigan – Flint

          http://assessment.umflint.edu/CAS/bio/#bachelor of arts

 

Southern Utah University

          http://www.suu.edu/general/ir/0001/biology.html

 

SUNY Fredonia

          http://www.fredonia.edu/campusassessment/WebDocs/C/C2.htm

 

 

 

 

 

CHEMISTRY

 

University of Colorado – Boulder

          http://www.colorado.edu/pba/outcomes/units/chem.htm

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/chem.htm

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CAS/chem-BA/IIEvaluation.cfm

 

Occidental

          http://www.oxy.edu/oxy/academia/assessment/chemistry.htm

 

University of South Dakota

          http://www.usd.edu/chemistry/AssessmentPlanGr.pdf

 

College of Charleston

          http://www.cofc.edu/~chem/admin/plans/assess01.pdf

 

Western Carolina University

          http://www.wcu.edu/stratplan/PrgrmRvw/2001/Chemistry_2001_2002.pdf

 

Towson

          http://pages.towson.edu/assessment/towson_assessment_activities.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLASSICS

 

University of Colorado – Boulder

          http://www.colorado.edu/pba/outcomes/units/clas.htm

 

University of Illinois

          http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/assessment/plans/classics.htm

 

Randolph Macon College

          http://www.rmc.edu/directory/academics/classics/plan.asp

 

Wright State

          http://www.cola.wright.edu/admin/Assess/CLS.htm

 

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

          http://www.unl.edu/classics/greek.html

 

Kent State

          http://explore.kent.edu/aa/aap/aapcs.htm

 

 

 

DANCE

 

University of Illinois

          http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/assessment/plans/dance.html

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CVPA/dance-BA/IIEvaluation.cfm

 

Brenau University

          http://intranet.brenau.edu/assessment/plans/DANPRPlan.htm

 

Weber State

          http://old.weber.edu/assessment/participants/assessment%20plan/perfarts_dance_ap.htm

 

Southern Utah University

          http://www.suu.edu/general/ir/0001/ta.html

 

University of South Carolina School of Music

          http://www.music.sc.edu/strategic/AssessmentPlan.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECONOMICS

 

University of Nevada – Reno        

http://www.unr.edu/assess/Plan_Resources/Examples/Economics.asp

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/econasmt.htm

 

Minnesota State University – Moorhead

          http://www.mnstate.edu/assess/Plans/Assessment/econ.htm

 

Weber State University

          http://old.weber.edu/assessment/participants/assessment%20plan/economicsap.htm

 

University of Colorado – Boulder

          http://www.colorado.edu/pba/outcomes/units/econ.htm

 

University of Nebraska at Kearny

          http://aaunk.unk.edu/asmt/asmtecon.htm

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/Assessment/edteassmnt.pdf

 

University of Montana – Western

          http://www.wmc.edu/shares/bus_share/edassessment.htm

 

University of Kentucky

          http://www.uky.edu/Education/NCATE/progelem611.pdf

 

Southeast Missouri State University

http://www5.semo.edu/eese/Word/ASSESSST[1].DOC

 

Northeastern Illinois University

          http://www.iplp.org/Syllabi/ElEd/ ELED%20HN%20PERF%20ASSESS.doc

 

IUPUI

          http://www.planning.iupui.edu/prac/00-01schoolreports/education/education.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CAS/eng-BA/IIEvaluation.cfm

 

University of Colorado – Boulder

          http://www.colorado.edu/pba/outcomes/units/engl.htm

 

University of Illinois

          http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/assessment/plans/english_department.htm

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/Assessment/EnglishSrSem.pdf

 

Northern Illinois University

          http://www3.niu.edu/provost2/acadprog/englplan.htm

 

Bowling Green

          http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/english/CEAO_E-Notes/CEAO_Fall96/BGAssess.html

 

Writing – Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville

          http://www.siue.edu/ECPP/Statements/assessment.html

 

Writing across the Curriculum – Hamline

          http://www.uwp.edu/admin/academic.affairs/geologysp.html

 

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/envstud.htm

 

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

          http://www.unl.edu/esp/innerpage/program.htm

 

Skidmore College    

          http://hudson2.skidmore.edu/academics/iaes/proposal/proposal.htm#assess3

 

College of Saint Benedict  --  St. John’s University

          http://www.csbsju.edu/assessment/Program_Review/Docs/ENVR/005.htm

 

Towson

          http://pages.towson.edu/assessment/towson_assessment_activities.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCE

 

Weber State University

          http://old.weber.edu/assessment/participants/assessment%20plan/phyed-edap.htm

 

University of Kentucky – kinesiology

          http://www.uky.edu/Education/NCATE/progkine612.pdf

 

Illinois State University

          http://www.assessment.ilstu.edu/program/kines_recrea_exer_science_matrix.htm

 

University of Montana

          http://www.umt.edu/accreditation/ViewAssessmentPlan.asp?id=32

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/KHS.pdf

 

Wayne State College

          http://academic.wsc.edu/hpls/glass_s/assessment/99-00report.html

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

 

SUNY Fredonia

          http://www.fredonia.edu/campusassessment/WebDocs/C/C10a.htm

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/Assessment/fl-assessment.htm

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CAS/lang-BA/IIEvaluation.cfm

 

University of Alaska – Fairbanks

http://www.uaf.edu/provost/outcomes/flba.htm

 

Core curriculum -- Carthage

          http://www.carthage.edu/assessment/mlang98.htm

 

University of Illinois

          http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/assessment/plans/french.html

 

Cal State, San Bernardino (following English)

          http://academic-affairs.csusb.edu/progs/assessment/examples.htm

 

         

 

 

 

GEOSCIENCES

 

SUNY Fredonia

          http://www.fredonia.edu/campusassessment/WebDocs/C/C11.htm

 

University of Wisconsin – Parkside

          http://www.uwp.edu/admin/academic.affairs/geologysp.html

 

Weber State

          http://old.weber.edu/assessment/participants/assessment%20plan/geosciap.htm

 

Boise State

          http://www2.boisestate.edu/iassess/outcomes/geosci.html

 

Northern Illinois

          http://www3.niu.edu/provost2/acadprog/geolplan.htm

 

Montana State

          http://www.montana.edu/aircj/assess/majors/majors9899/plan/Earth_Sciences.html

Assessment in a Learner-Centered Environment: Application to Earth System Science

 Catherine Gautier -- ESSE21_ucsb_gautier.ppt

 

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/Assessment/Government.pdf

 

Cal State Northridge

          http://csbs.csun.edu/webpages/PS.htm

 

Eastern Washington University

          http://www.class.ewu.edu/class/assessment/GOVT.html

 

University of Montana

          http://www.montana.edu/aircj/assess/majors/majors9899/plan/Economics.html

 

Weber State

          http://www.montana.edu/aircj/assess/majors/majors9899/plan/Economics.html

 

 

 

 

 

HISTORY

 

California State University – Northridge

          http://csbs.csun.edu/webpages/history.htm

 

Minnesota State University – Moorhead

          http://www.mnstate.edu/assess/Plans/Assessment/history.htm

 

Northern Illinois University

          http://www3.niu.edu/provost2/acadprog/histplan.htm

 

University of Colorado – Boulder

          http://www.colorado.edu/pba/outcomes/units/hist.htm

 

University of Illinois

          http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/assessment/plans/history.htm

 

State University of West Georgia

          http://www.westga.edu/~history/DEPARTMENT%20OF%20HISTORYannualreport2001-2.htm

 

 

 

 

MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS

AACSB Assessment Site

http://www.aacsb.edu/ARC/ 

 

 

 

 

MATHEMATICS and COMPUTER SCIENCE

 

Oberlin College

          http://peacock.adm.oberlin.edu/assess_appendix.html

 

Southern Utah University

          http://www.suu.edu/general/ir/0001/math.html

 

SUNY Fredonia

          http://www.fredonia.edu/campusassessment/WebDocs/C/C16.htm

 

North Carolina State University

          http://www.ncsu.edu/undergrad_affairs/assessment/files/projects/math.htm

 

Mathematics Association of America

          http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2074_maacp.html

 

 

 

 

MUSIC

 

Southern Utah University

          http://www.suu.edu/general/ir/0001/music.html

 

SUNY Fredonia

          http://www.fredonia.edu/campusassessment/WebDocs/C/C17.htm

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/Assessment/musasmt.htm

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CVPA/music-BABM/IIEvaluation.cfm

 

University of South Carolina School of Music

          http://www.music.sc.edu/strategic/AssessmentPlan.pdf

 

James Madison University

          http://centennial.jmu.edu/portfolio/pdfs/arMusic_0102.pdf

 

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILOSOPHY

 

SUNY Fredonia

          http://www.fredonia.edu/campusassessment/WebDocs/C/C18.htm

 

University of Michigan – Flint

          http://assessment.umflint.edu/CAS/phl/default.htm#methods

 

Edgewood College

          http://edgenet.edgewood.edu/faculty/assessment/Department%20Assess/philosophy%20assessment%20plan.htm

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/Philosophy.pdf

 

University of Dayton

          http://academic.udayton.edu/Philosophy/PAGES/ASSESS.HTM

 

Wright State University

          http://www.cola.wright.edu/admin/Assess/PHL.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

Kennesaw State University

          http://www.kennesaw.edu/psychology/assessrep01.htm

 

Northern Illinois University

          http://www3.niu.edu/provost2/acadprog/psycplan.htm

 

California State University – Stanislaus

          http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:vkdjZgvwopwC:www.csus.edu/acaf/Psychology.pdf+psychology+department+assessment&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

 

Indiana University Purdue University Illinois

          http://psych.iupui.edu/assessment/as.htm

 

Trinity University

          http://www.tiu.edu/psychology/assess.htm

 

California State University – Northridge

          http://csbs.csun.edu/webpages/psychology.htm

 

 

 

 

PHYSICS

 

Illinois State University

          http://www.assessment.ilstu.edu/program/physics_assess_plan.htm

 

Occidental

          http://www.oxy.edu/oxy/academia/assessment/physics.htm

 

University of Colorado -- Boulder

          http://www.colorado.edu/pba/outcomes/units/phys.htm

 

IUPUI

          http://www.planning.iupui.edu/prac/99-00schoolreports/science/physics99-00.html

 

New Mexico Technical Institute

          http://www.nmt.edu/~aaffairs/PhysicsReport.htm

 

 

 

 

 

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

 

California State University – Sacramento

          http://www.csus.edu/acaf/Humanities.pdf

 

AAR Primer

          http://www.aarweb.org/department/assessment.asp

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CAS/relig-BA/IIEvaluation.cfm

 

University of Central Arkansas

          http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/assess/asplans/relsplan.htm

 

Cal State – Bakersfield

          http://www.csubak.edu/assessmentcenter/religiousstudies_mgos.htm

 

University of Central Arkansas

          http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/assess/pdf/barelstd.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOCIAL WORK

 

SUNY Fredonia

          http://www.fredonia.edu/campusassessment/WebDocs/C/C22.htm

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CAS/sw-BS/IIIMajor.shtml

 

Illinois State University

          http://www.socialwork.ilstu.edu/assessment/plan.pdf

 

University of Alaska – Fairbanks

          http://www.uaf.edu/provost/outcomes/SWRKplan.htm

 

 

 

 

 

SOCIOLOGY

 

University of Illinois

          http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/assessment/plans/sociology.html

 

Indiana University

          http://www.indiana.edu/~soc/policies/ASSESS.htm

 

Northeastern Illinois University

          http://www.neiu.edu/~methomps/sociology/assessmentplan3.htm

 

Weber State University

          http://old.weber.edu/assessment/participants/assessment%20plan/sociologyap.htm

 

College of Saint Benedict   St. John’s University

          C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\SOCI-AR-01.doc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THEATRE

 

University of Illinois

          http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/assessment/plans/theatre.htm

 

SUNY Fredonia

          http://www.fredonia.edu/campusassessment/WebDocs/C/C25.htm

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CVPA/thea-BA/IIEvaluation.cfm

 

Southern Utah University

          http://www.suu.edu/general/ir/0001/ta.html

 

University of Nebraska – Kearney

          http://aaunk.unk.edu/asmt/asmtthea.htm

 

Minnesota State University -- Moorhead

          http://www.mnstate.edu/assess/Plans/Assessment/speechcom.htm

 

Towson

          http://pages.towson.edu/assessment/towson_assessment_activities.htm

 

 

 

 

 

WOMEN’S STUDIES

 

University of Colorado -- Boulder

          http://www.colorado.edu/pba/outcomes/units/wmst.htm

 

SUNY Fredonia

          http://www.fredonia.edu/campusassessment/WebDocs/C/C15c.htm

 

Hyers – Voices from Six Campuses

          http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/Development+Support/StudentsAtTheCenter/chapter-6.html

 

Cal State – Northridge

          http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/Development+Support/StudentsAtTheCenter/chapter-6.html

 

George Mason University

          http://assessment.gmu.edu/ProgramGoals/CAS/women-minor/IIIMajor.shtml

 

Weber State University

          http://old.weber.edu/assessment/participants/assessment%20plan/womens_studiesap.htm

 

University of Northern Colorado

          http://asweb.unco.edu/Profiles/1999-2000/ws.htm

 

 

 

 

LIBRARIES and INFORMATION LITERACY

 

          Literacy bibiliography

                   http://www.acrlny.org/symp2001/bibliography.html

 

          Collection assessment

                   http://www.cofc.edu/~library/cd/arthistory.html

 

          Information Literacy – Washington State University

                   www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/usered/update/update.ppt

 

          “Assessment of Information Literacy: Lessons from the Higher Education Assessment

Movement”

                   http://www.mnstate.edu/assess/Plans/Assessment/speechcom.htm

 

           Association of College and Research Libraries Task Force on Academic Library

             Outcomes Assessment Report

                   http://www.ala.org/acrl/outcome.html