Graduate Education:
Academic degrees: M.S.
Learning Outcome
1. Develop effective oral
presentation skills
Where Assessed in Program
of Study
Coordinated by major professor
and Steering Committee with
filing of Program of Study
(Form 3B); review by Graduate
Office
2. Develop information and
data analysis competence
Specific objectives established
in Program of Study (Form 3B)
3. Develop expository,
technical and scientific
writing abilities
As in 1 and 2 above
4. Acquire knowledge of and
access to information
resources
As in 1 and 2 above
PAPER & BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING
How assessed: Goals and
Assessment Results
Response to Results
Methodology
Required departmental
Direct feedback from peers, Review seminar requirement;
seminars; informal research faculty and Steering
evaluate teaching role and
group presentations;
Committee; critiques from
requirements; recommend
doctoral candidacy exam;
examination committees;
language instruction for nonresearch capstone seminar; evaluation of teaching
native speakers
thesis; teaching
mentors
assistantship; English
language standardized tests;
presentations at
professional meetings
Coursework in statistics;
Performance in
Address student access to
consultation with faculty
coursework; adequacy of
hardware and software;
statistical and analytical
quantitative and analytical
consider need for new courses
specialists; practical
skills demonstrated in
experience in computer
reports, thesis
aided analyses; thesis
research
Thesis proposal; written
Quality of writing;
Offer writing workshops and
presentation of research
acceptance of peercoursework focusing on
project results; manuscript reviewed manuscripts;
scientific writing
preparation; thesis and
defense of thesis
dissertation
ESF 797 seminar;
Graded assignments;
Review and upgrade library
consultation with
adequacy of research
information search engines and
departmental librarian
proposal;
data bases
liaison; independent
research; research proposal
preparation; Steering
5. Ascribe to highest ethical
principles in academic work
Student Code of Conduct
Committee
Adhere to Academic
Integrity policy; ethics
coursework
DRAFT
Critiques of written
reports and research;
Continually emphasize that the
academic enterprise depends on
complete honesty; incorporate
professional ethics in
curriculum