Graduate Education:
Professional degree: M.P.S.
Learning Outcome
1. Develop effective oral and
written communication 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 critical thinking
and problem solving
capabilities
Specific objectives established
in Program of Study (Form 3B)
3. Develop synthetic and
integrative abilities
As in 1 and 2 above
4. Acquire knowledge of and
access to information
resources
As in 1 and 2 above
5. Ascribe to highest ethical
principles in academic work
In reference to the Student
Code of Conduct
PAPER & BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING
How assessed: Goals and
Assessment Results
Response to Results
Methodology
Required departmental
Direct feedback from peers, Review seminar requirement;
seminars; informal group
faculty and Steering
evaluate enhancement of
presentations; capstone
Committee; critiques from
curricular requirements;
seminar; project or
examination committees;
recommend language
internship report; English
evaluation of teaching
instruction for non-native
language standardized tests mentors
speakers
Coursework in methods,
Performance in
Address student access to
design, engineering and/or
coursework; adequacy of
hardware and software;
statistics; teamwork
diagnostic and analytical
consider need for new courses
assignments in courses;
abilities demonstrated in
comprehensive exam and/or project and internship
capstone seminar
reports
Project or internship
Quality of writing; products Offer writing workshops and
proposal and reports and
of collaborative work;
coursework focusing on
assignments
scientific writing
ESF 797 seminar;
Graded assignments;
Review and upgrade library
consultation with
adequacy of project and
information search engines and
departmental librarian
internship proposals;
data bases
liaison; independent
capstone seminar
research; research proposal
preparation; Steering
Committee
Adhere to Academic
Critiques of written and
Continually emphasize that the
Integrity policy; ethics
oral reports and projects;
academic enterprise depends on
coursework
complete honesty; incorporate
professional ethics in
curriculum
DRAFT