Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Logistics Management
Course Number: LGM 280-Current Topics in Logistics
School/Unit: SOBE
Submitted by: Melanie Lawler
Academic Year: 2009-2010
Complete and submit your assessment report electronically to your Academic Dean. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or a narrative description of the assessment activities in your
program or discipline.
Program, Discipline or
Course Outcomes
In the boxes below,
summarize the
outcomes assessed in
your program or
discipline during the
last year.
Outcome #1 :
Research within the
discipline and exhibit
their understanding of
what is new.
Outcome #2:
Students will exhibit an
ability to communicate
new ideas and their uses
in practice as well as the
origin of the theory.
Understanding will be
measured through a preestablished rubric.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Use of Results
Effect on Program,
Discipline or Course
In the boxes below,
summarize the methods used
to assess program, discipline,
or course outcomes during the
last year.
In the boxes below, summarize
the results of your assessment
activities during the last year.
In the boxes below,
summarize how you are or
how you plan to use the
results to improve student
learning.
The final project required
students to complete research
and present their findings
before a group of industry
leaders.
Students all received 100%.
Industry evaluations indicated
that the students presented
information that was of value,
worth sharing and that it was
indicative of a high value to
the community of the program.
Based on the results of
this assessment, will you
revise your outcomes? If
so, please summarize
how and why in the
boxes below.
No revision.
The final project as well as
weekly outlines demonstrated
student capabilities for
understanding the concepts
and applying them to real
world situations.
Students scored between 75%
and 100% on the outlines and
100% on final presentations.
This is now being
requested as an annual
event. We plan to
incorporate more industry
involvement earlier to
address the lower
evaluations for the
information being new.
The results indicated a
No revision.
need to insure that there is
a capacity to adapt to lower
level English capabilities
and to assist students in
their English utilization.
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Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Logistics Management
Course Number: LGM 280~Current Topics in Logistics
School/Unit: SOBE
Submitted by: Melanie Lawler
Academic Year: 2009-2010
Outcome #3
Students will exhibit an
ability to participate in a
dialogue about the
discipline.
Final presentation.
Students received 100%.
Students were asked several
hard hitting questions from the
industry leaders, in all but one
case, the students provided a
unique and insightful answer.
The presentations have been
widely discussed in the
community mainly as a facet
of the student Qrofessionalism.
In the future we will spend
more time prepping on
questions.
For Program, Discipline or Course Assessment Reports:
I have reviewed this report:
Department Chair
Marie Murgolo-Poore
Dean
Date,_ _ _ _ _ __
Date September 7, 20 I 1
John Tuthill
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services
Date September 12. 20 II
Revised 9/28/2009
No revision.
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