Comprehensive Assessment Plan: Graduate Programs

Welcome to the Department of Biology's official Website for its Comprehensive Assessment for Graduate Program Course Offerings. Here are the links you will find useful:

• Graduate Program Evaluation Plans and Outcomes
  For 2006-2008, graduate program courses and labs must emphasize the criteria described in the draft rubrics below.
  
  
  

  Program Name & Impacted Course(s)	Assessment Leader	Academic Learning Plan []	Evaluation Rubric(s) []	Outcomes []
  MS Biology, Thesis  Directed Thesis (05-07)		2005-2007	Thesis	Under development
  MS Biology, Non-Thesis  Professional Development in Biology (05-07)		2005-2007	Capstone Course	Under development
  MS Biology, Post-Secondary Teaching  Instructional Methods in Biology (05-07)		2005-2007	Capstone Course	Under development

  
  
  
  
• Sample Documents Used to Meet Our Goals
  • Sample Syllabus [ Word | PDF ]
    This is an example of a syllabus in the Department of Biology that describes the SLOs emphasized in a course and summarizes the characteristics of student work that meet the rubric criteria utilized to assess the SLOs. When including SLOs and rubrics on your syllabus, here is some additional help:
    • Help Sheet for SLO Action Words [ Word | PDF ]
      This is a table containing action words you might find useful when writing SLOs on your syllabus.
    • Faculty Reports On Rubric Ratings [ Word | PDF ]
      This provides examples from faculty in the Department of Biology of descriptions of characteristics of student work that meet rubric criteria.
  
  
• Official Documents Summarizing Our Goals and Outcomes
  • Annual Report 2005-2006, Graduate Programs, Comprehensive Assessment Plan for Graduate Program Course Offerings [ Word]
    This document provides current and historical information on the assessment plan for graduate program courses in the Department of Biology.
  • Annual Report 2005-2006, Graduate Programs, Summary Report on Assessment of Student Learning
    • MS Biology, Thesis [ Word]
      
    • MS Biology, Non-Thesis [ Word]
      
    • MS Biology, Post Secondary Teaching [ Word]
      
    These documents state the 2005-2006 assessment plan for graduate program course offerings in the Department of Biology using the templates provided by the UWF administration.

For links to other Biology-related assessment sites:

• Department of Biology, main quality enhancement site: Click here.

OTHER LINKS YOU MAY WISH TO SHARE WITH YOUR STUDENTS ON YOUR COURSE SYLLABUS TO DESCRIBE EXPECTATIONS FOR ACADEMIC CONDUCT:

• Plagiarism Policy [ PDF]
• Student Handbook [ PDF]

Tips for Teaching

• Syllabus Elements