Dept_of_philosophy_ AY__2009-10____________________________									
Program-initiated Goal of Objective	Where, When, and How Monitored	Expectation for Satisfactory Performance	Decision Point 	Observations of Student Performance	When and By Whom Were Results Analyzed?	Outcome of Analysis	Dept. or Program Follow-up		
Acquire knowledge of philosophical movements, writers, and problems	Assessment file of papers and exams for all courses offered by department	Conceptual coherence, Philosophical ability, Understanding, Originality	Grade of B or better and positive instructor’s comments.  File is reviewed by department assessment committee comprised of four senior faculty. Agreement of majority of reviewers determines decisions.	How many students     16_    exceeded             __    met                             __ did not meet expectations? __exempted         _Total	Dept. meeting date  _8/27/10_______ or Individual analysis (describe)? ________ ________ ________	x_ Objective wholly satisfied                               _ Objective not wholly satisfied.                         Follow-up strategy is            __________________________________________________________________	 x_ None required                         Follow-up completion on date ___________                      ?Will re-examine by date ____________________		
Become competent at employing philosophical insights, theories, and techniques to today’s issues	Same as above plus external evaluator’s visit plus student survey	Same as above plus positive external review plus positive survey response	Same as above plus evaluation of external reviewer who reviewed file and interviewed students plus review of student survey.	How many students           16__ exceeded                  __met                                 __did not meet expectations?                     __exempted        __Total	Dept. meeting date  _______ or Individual analysis (describe)? External reviewer visited  in Nov 2004 and report is on file________ ________ ________	 x_ Objective wholly satisfied                                _  Objective not wholly satisfied.                            Follow-up strategy is            __________________________________________________________________	  _x_None required                        Follow-up completion on date ___________                      ?Will re-examine by date ____________________		
Demonstrate the analytical, critical, evaluative, interpretative, and other reading and writing skills typical of philosophy	Same as above plus admission to graduate schools	Same as above plus admission to grad/professional school is recognition of the caliber of our graduates	Same as above plus department’s record of graduate placements.	How many students 
Accepted to graduate or law schools
Two students applied to law schools.  Both were accepted and are currently in law school. Another student applied and was accepted to medical school	Dept. meeting date  ________ or Individual analysis (describe)? ________ ________ ________	_x_ Objective wholly satisfied                                __ Objective not wholly satisfied.                         Follow-up strategy   __________________________________________________________________	 _x_None required                       __ Follow-up completion on date ___________                      ?Will re-examine by date ____________________		
				How many students               __ exceeded                     __met                        __did not meet expectations? __exempted                       __Total	Dept. meeting date  ________ or Individual analysis (describe)? ________ ________ ________	?  Objective not wholly satisfied.                        Follow-up strategy   __________________________________________________________________	  ? Follow-up completion on date                           ?Will re-examine by date  ____________________		
Other Observations? Unexpected findings?									
Note:  The department reports only on the assessment tool being implemented during the academic year.   									
Created by Kent Neely, CCAS, November 2004, p.11