Programmatic assessment of student learning demonstrates that students have appropriate knowledge, skills, and competencies in their chosen discipline. Assessment begins with a plan that clearly states learning outcomes for the program along with how and when these outcomes will be assessed on a continuous cycle. A curriculum map aligns these learning outcomes with required courses in the program that introduce, reinforce, and show mastery of the outcomes as a student progresses towards graduation. Taken together, all of this information provides a basis for assessment of student achievement and continuous improvement.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) for the Geography B.A. and Environmental Geography B.S.
1) Students will demonstrate the ability to answer questions by synthesizing geographic knowledge.*
*Six Elements of Geography: A spatial world view; place and regions; physical systems; human systems; environment and society; and the uses of geography
2) Students will be able to acquire geographic information and assemble ideas and information from geographic literature and scholarship, and from primary and secondary sources.
3) Students will be able to organize geographic information into maps, graphs, and other visual representations and analyze geographic information to seek patterns, relationships, and connections.
4) Students will be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing written presentations.
5) Students will be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing oral presentations.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) for the Urban and Regional Planning B.S.
1) Students will understand the basic themes in the planning field and the multidisciplinary aspects of the profession.
2) Students will be able to assemble ideas and information from prior planning practice and scholarship and understand its relationship to plan development.
3) Students will be able to organize planning information into maps, graphs, and other visual representations and analyze that information to seek patterns, relationships, and connections.
4) Students will be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing written and oral presentations.
