Comprehensive Assessment Plan: Undergraduate Programs

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

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

  Program Name & Impacted Course(s) w/ Impact Year(s)	Assessment Leader	Academic Learning Compact []	Evaluation Rubric(s) []	Outcomes []
  AA, Pre-pharmacy  Anatomy and Physiology I (TBA)  Anatomy and Physiology II (TBA)  Cell Biology (TBA)		-	-	Under development
  BA, Maritime Studies (w/ Anthropology)  Intro to Oceanography and Marine Biology (05-07)  Oceanography (TBA)		-	-	Under development
  BS, Biology  Biochemistry (05-07)  Ecology (05-07)  Genetics (05-07)		2005-2007	Capstone Pathway (all)	2005-2006
  BS, Biology, Pre-Dental track (w/ Chemistry, until students declare Biology-Pre-Dental)  Genetics (05-07)  Biochemistry (TBA)  Ecology (TBA)		2005-2007	Capstone Pathway (1 of 3 courses)	Under development
  BS, Marine Biology  Comparative Animal Physiology (05-07)  Genetics (TBA)  Biochemistry (TBA)  Ecology (TBA)		2005-2007	Capstone Pathway (1 of 4 courses)	Under development
  BS, Interdisciplinary Information Technology, Bioinformation track  Intro to Bioinformatics (05-07)	Sutton	2005-2007	Capstone Course	Under development
  BS, Interdisciplinary Sciences, Biology track  Comparative Animal Physiology (05-07)  Genetics (TBA)  Biochemistry (TBA)  Ecology (TBA)		2005-2007	Capstone Pathway (1 of 4 courses)	Under development
  BS, Interdisciplinary Sciences, Pre-Pharmacy track  Biochemistry (06-07)  Genetics (TBA)		2006-2007	Capstone Pathway (1 of 2 courses)	Under development
  BS, Interdisciplinary Sciences, Zoo Science track  Comparative Animal Physiology (05-07)  Genetics (TBA)  Ecology (TBA)		2005-2007	Capstone Pathway (1 of 3 courses)	Under development
  BS, Oceanography (w/ Environmental Studies)  Intro to Oceanography and Marine Biology (05-07)		2005-2007	Contributing Course	Under development
  Certificate in Fisheries and Aquacultures  Marine Invertebrate Zoology w/Lab  Marine Vertebrate Zoology w/Lab  Aquaculture w/Lab	-	TBA	-	Under development
  Certificate in Bio-Medical Sciences  Hematology I w/Lab  Clinical Chemistry I w/Lab  Immunohematology I w/Lab	-	TBA	-	Under development
  Certificate in Biotechnology  Plant Biotechnology w/Lab  Marine Biotechnology  Genetic Engineering	-	TBA	-	Under development
  Certificate in Ecology  Microbial Ecology  Estuarine Ecology  Wetlands Ecology w/Lab	-	TBA	-	Under development
  Certificate in Evolutionary Biology  Principles of Evolution  Animal Behavior  Biogeography	-	TBA	-	Under development
  Certificate in Infectious Disease  Public Health Bacteriology  Diagnostic Microbiology w/Lab  Epidemiology of Infectious Disease	-	TBA	-	Under development
  Certificate in Molecular Sciences  Molecular Biology w/Lab  Biochemistry I w/Lab  Immunology w/Lab	-	TBA	-	Under development
  Certificate in Physiology  Human Physiology  Pathophysiology  Comparative Animal Physiology w/Lab	-	TBA	-	Under development
  Certificate in Plant Science  Plant Physiology w/Lab  Plant Developmental Biology w/Lab  Aquatic Botany w/Lab	-	TBA	-	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 utlized 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, Undergraduate Programs, Comprehensive Assessment Plan for Undergraduate Program Course Offerings [ Word]
    This document provides current and historical information on the assessment plan for undergraduate program courses in the Department of Biology.
  • Annual Report 2005-2006, Undergraduate Programs, Summary Report on Assessment of Student Learning
    These documents state the 2005-2006 assessment plan for undergraduate program course offerings in the Department of Biology using the templates provided by the UWF administration.
    • BS, Biology [ Word]
      
    • BS, Biology, Pre-Dental track (w/ Chemistry, until students declare Biology-Pre-Dental) [ Word]
      
    • BS, Marine Biology [ Word]
      
    • BS, Interdisciplinary Information Technology, Bioinformation track [ Word]
      
    • BS, Interdisciplinary Sciences, Biology track [ Word]
      
    • BS, Interdisciplinary Sciences, Pre-Pharmacy track [See 2006-2007 Annual Report]
      
    • BS, Interdisciplinary Sciences, Zoo Science track [ Word]
      
    • BS, Oceanography (w/ Environmental Studies) [ Word]
      

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:

• Academic Conduct Policy [Web]
• Plagiarism Policy [ PDF]
• Student Handbook [ PDF]

Tips for Teaching

• Syllabus Elements