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Planning and Review Committee (PCR)
AY 2010-11 Annual Report to the Faculty Senate
Results of Program Analysis and Recommendations:
During the 2010-11 academic year, the Planning and Review Committee reviewed the following degree programs and made the listed
recommendations.
Program/
Component
Early Childhood
Education, B.S.
Strengths
Concerns
PRC Recommendations
1. The micro clinical component
provides students opportunity early in
the program to integrate theory into
practice.
2. Enrollment in the program remains
strong. There were 373 in ’05 and 344 in
fall of ’10. This appears to be a
sustainable size if not even a bit higher
than potential demand.
3. Placement of candidates remain high,
with Career Services reporting 100%
placement in the past two years,
increasing each year of the past five
from 93% in ’05.
4. The program receives certification
from the Wisconsin DPI, which has a
profound impact on its curriculum. The
2010 program revisions are reported by
the program director to be in
conformance with the standards (PI-34).
5. Cohesive faculty and program
director with shared vision and values.
1. The program is understaffed.
2. Inadequate access to Smart-board
equipped classrooms.
3. Inadequacy of the Child and
Family Study Center facility and
acute need for a newly designed
facility.
4. Three quarters of student
teaching and finishing that
experience in the middles of the
semester.
5. Not enough focus on the school
aged child.
6. Areas of course overlap cited by
students in ECE-364/Observing and
Guiding Children and ECE-426
Advanced Classroom Management.
The PRC recommends
continuation of this program
through the next scheduled review
in 2017 and the recommendations
made by the committee be
implemented.
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Program/
Component
Engineering
Technology, B.S.
Strengths
Concerns
PRC Recommendations
1. Knowledgeable, experienced faculty
2. Capable Program director
3. Demand for graduates
4. Hands-on learning
5. Pursuit of ABET accreditation.
1. Lack of permanent faculty
2. Outdated lab equipment
3. Overlap of course content and
course scheduling
4. Potential lack of concentration
Coordinators.
The PRC recommends continuation
of this program through the next
scheduled review in 2017 and the
recommendations made by the
committee be implemented.
Food Systems and
Technology, B.S.
1. Distinctive program with five
concentrations: Food Systems
Management, Food Merchandising and
Distribution, Food Science, Food
Communication, Food Packaging
2. Advisory board for the program.
Advisory committee members are
leaders in their professions
3. The program is further aligned with
Institute for Food Technologists (IFT)
approval guidelines
4. New Food Science club was
established and recognized by IFT
5. The program is actively fostering
leadership skills in students: new food
science club, Brewing Craft and Science
Association, Phi Upsilon Omicron,
program board members give guest
lectures or teach classes.
6. Students work with faculty on
research projects, students are involved
in research day activities
7. Program Director, Carolyn Barnhart
The PRC recommends
continuation of this program
through the next scheduled review
in 2017-18 and the
recommendations made by the
committee be implemented.
Golf Enterprise
Management, B.S.
1. Proven demand for the GEM program
with steady enrollment growth; 186
1. The program does not yet have
the Institute for Food Technologists
(IFT) approval that is contingent on
hiring a fourth food science faculty
member
2. Lab remodeling: Room 371 in
Heritage Hall needed as a bench top
lab for food science courses; both
Room 248 and 371 in Heritage Hall
need a shower for safety reasons;
Room 132 in Heritage Hall needs
an upgrade to an experimental food
incubator site
3. Lack of funds for timely lab
equipment upgrades and acquisition
of new lab equipment
4. Some students feel lack of
confidence as to being prepared for
their profession (the question with
the lowest score on the survey, 3.93
average within the program)
5. Ongoing issue with relatively
low student enrollment in the
program
1. Program director indicates that
the range of GEM courses are
The PRC recommends continuation
of this program through the next
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Program/
Component
Manufacturing
Engineering, M.S.
Strengths
Concerns
students (fall 2010).
2. Strong industry support demonstrated
by an active advisory board with
adequate representation by industry
experts.
3. The program is unique to UW-Stout
and has the golf industry support; one
source of evidence is the donation of
specialized simulator.
4. Extensive incorporation of
experiential learning opportunities across
GEM courses.
5. High quality industry based co-op
placements with strong evidence of
program students and employers
supporting the value of the co-op
experience.
taught by a small number of faculty
with significant course outsourcing
to the School of Hospitality
Leadership; thereby, challenging
the process of refining curriculum
based on course evaluations
(Source: Program director
comment, Student survey).
2. Lack of GEM faculty designated
to the program to support its
growing student demand. The
program is working with one full
time faculty and one full time
academic staff (program director
self-study, advisory board survey
and faculty survey).
3. Program has no accreditation
(student survey, advisory board
survey).
4. Program student engagement in
professional networking is a need
and appears to be an improvement
opportunity (advisory board
survey).
1. Lack of full-time, dedicated
graduate faculty. Most instructors
of the program teach via overloads.
2. Communication potential
(platform, accessibility,
responsiveness) between
faculty/advisors and students. Low
1. Online delivery of classes.
2. Applied in nature (hands on
instruction, real life project practice).
3. Reasonable limit on the number of
courses offered, while maintaining a
good selection of courses from which
students can select.
PRC Recommendations
scheduled review in 2017 and the
recommendations made by the
committee be implemented.
The PRC recommends
continuation of this program
through the next scheduled review
in 2017 and the recommendations
made by the committee be
implemented.
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Program/
Component
Strengths
Concerns
4. High quality instructors, with practical
experience.
5. Field a project formulation course that
allows students to better prepare for plan
B thesis.
School Counseling,
M.S.
interactivity of (online) classes.
3. Low and inconsistent faculty
compensation (in comparison with
professionals in the field) as well as
low tuition (in comparison with
similar programs in other
universities).
4. Availability of classes.
1. Highly knowledgeable and doctoral1. Lack of available classrooms
level core faculty committed to
with needed technology.
excellence in teaching.
2. Inadequate availability of
2. Program has applied for accreditation classrooms with adequate seating.
with the Council on Accreditation of
3. Need for academic advisement to
Counseling and Counseling Related
ensure proper sequencing of
Programs (CACREP), and plans are
courses and program planning.
underway for CACREP’s campus visit
4. Students have had difficulty with
and program review.
the registration process.
3. Steady enrollment and graduation
5. A course specifically addressing
rates that are balanced with employment multicultural issues in counseling
opportunities in the field.
may better meet student needs than
4. Addition of Practicum course to
the current course offerings.
provide students with additional hands6. If program obtains CACREP
on experience.
accreditation, it will be essential to
5. Program is based on a foundation of
maintain required faculty-to-student
experiential learning and provides
ratios.
students with a variety of field-based
7. Consider adding more classes
experiences that promote development of that are available in the evening and
professional skills.
on weekends.
6. Conducts ongoing student assessment
based on both academic and
nonacademic (e.g., dispositional
PRC Recommendations
The PRC recommends
continuation of this program
through the next scheduled review
in 2017 and the recommendations
made by the committee be
implemented.
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Program/
Component
STATUS REPORT:
Art Education, B.S.
Strengths
characteristics) standards of
performance.
7. Program revision in 2006 has
eliminated course overlap issues that
were raised in previous program review.
8. Faculty are approachable and
available to meet with students.
1. Enrollment has increased since the
PRC review of 2006.
2. Underwent a program revision with a
focus on assessment, teaching strategies,
and content/curriculum in 2009.
3. A main classroom used in art
education (HERH 103) was completely
remodeled in January 2009.
4. Assigned program-specific
administrative support in January 2009.
5. A new program director was hired
who has current experience as an art
teacher, in fall 2010.
6. Recently improved student
advisement and retention efforts.
7. Recent steps taken to improve
inadequate communication between the
art education and the B.F.A. program
faculty and staff as identified in 2008-09.
Concerns
PRC Recommendations
1. Recorded student responses
regarding an identified need for
updated curriculum and new
methods of instruction.
2. Recorded student responses
regarding unnecessary
overlap/repetition among Art
Education courses (108, 208, and
308).
3. Recorded student responses
regarding unclear and inaccurate
information about program
requirements and how to plan out
their programs of study to facilitate
satisfactory and timely program
completion.
4. Continued need for rapport and
collaboration between the art
education faculty and the studio art
faculty.
5. Sustainability of the program
director position.
The committee recommends that
program surveys for students, key
instructors and advisory board
members be conducted again in
the fall of 2011 and another status
report be submitted in the spring
of 2012 to determine whether the
recently made changes have
successfully addressed the
indicated concerns.
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Additional Committee Actions:
The committee recommended to the Senate the following Entitlement to Plan proposals:
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M.S. in Homeland Security/Emergency Management and Preparedness
B.F.A. in Entertainment Design
B.F.A. in Graphic Design and Interactive Media
B.F.A. in Interior Design
B.F.A. in Industrial Design