Departmental Assessment Report
M. A., Technical Communication
Student Learning Goals:
1.
perform research using traditional
and online information sources
2.
collaborate effectively in problem
solving and composing documents
3.
understand how to apply the
principles of visual and verbal rhetoric
4.
assess audience and purpose and
determine how they affect the communication situation
5.
create effective paper-based and
online documents that meet audience needs and achieve the writer’s purpose
Assessment Plan:
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Assessment Measure:
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Goals Addressed:
(list by number)
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How is the information
used?
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1. Review the Culminating Activity from each graduating
student
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1-5
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The tech comm faculty will
meet each May, after classes end, to review the Culminating Activity from
each graduating student. If all that is required to remedy any problems
identified in this review is to shift emphasis in the teaching of existing
courses, the Director of Technical Communication will work with the
instructors of those courses to implement the changes. If major changes to
existing courses or the addition of new courses are required, the Director of
Technical Communication will oversee these formal measures and present
revised curricula to the department through the existing curriculum-review
process.
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2. Have graduating students fill out an exit
questionnaire
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1-5
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The tech comm faculty will
meet each May, after classes end, to review the exit questionnaires from each
graduating student. If all that is required to remedy any problems identified
in this review is to shift emphasis in the teaching of existing courses, the
Director of Technical Communication will work with the instructors of those
courses to implement the changes. If major changes to existing courses or the
addition of new courses are required, the Director of Technical Communication
will oversee these formal measures and present revised curricula to the
department through the existing curriculum-review process.
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3. Survey graduates three years after completing their
degrees.
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1-5
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The Director of Technical
Communication will oversee the distribution of questionnaires to graduates three
years after they have received their diplomas. He or she will then present
the findings of the questionnaires to the other faculty. Together, they will
review the findings. If all that is required to remedy any problems
identified in this review is to shift emphasis in the teaching of existing
courses, the Director of Technical Communication will work with the
instructors of those courses to implement the changes. If major changes to
existing courses or the addition of new courses are required, the Director of
Technical Communication will oversee these formal measures and present
revised curricula to the department through the existing curriculum-review
process.
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