2013-2014 Annual Program Assessment Report
Please submit report to your department chair or program coordinator, the Associate Dean of your College and the assessment
office by Monday, September 30, 2014. You may submit a separate report for each program which conducted assessment activities.
College: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Department: N/A
Program: Public Sector Management (PSM) undergraduate degree completion program. The PSM program is a college level interdisciplinary
program administered through the Tseng College.
Assessment liaison: Henrik Minassians (Chair), TBD (committee)
1. Overview of Annual Assessment Project(s). Provide a brief overview of this year’s assessment plan and process.
In 2013, the academic oversight of the PSM program was shifted from the Tseng College to the College of Social and Behavioral
Sciences. As a result of this transition, the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences has initiated a process by which regular
assessment and program review will be conducted. Currently, this program has no assessment plan or data. The college Dean
has appointed a program review and assessment liaison who will work with the academic director of self-support programs, and
faculty to design a comprehensive 5 year assessment plan along with annual assessment reports.
Assessment Buy-In. Describe how your chair and faculty were involved in assessment related activities. Did department
meetings include discussion of student learning assessment in a manner that included the department faculty as a whole?
Currently, this program has no assessment plan or data. The academic director of self-support programs, who meets regularly
with PSM faculty will initiate a dialogue on student learning assessment, which will inform the reformulation of the PSM SLOs.
The college Dean has appointed a program review and assessment liaison who will work with the academic director of selfsupport programs, and faculty to design a comprehensive 5 year assessment plan along with annual assessment reports.
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2. Student Learning Outcome Assessment Project. Answer items a-f for each SLO assessed this year. If you assessed an additional
SLO, copy and paste items a-f below, BEFORE you answer them here, to provide additional reporting space.
Completion of the Public Sector Management BA will provide students with the knowledge and understanding of the following
learning objectives. However, none of these learning objectives were subject to assessment.
1. Acquire an overview and an in-depth understanding of the fields of public policy, management and communication;
2. Recognize the social phenomena and problems confronting the public sector and the management strategies and tools to
deal with such problems;
3. Understand the complexities of administration and management approaches in the public sector;
4. Comprehend the public policy process, from identification of issues through policy analysis, to policy formation,
implementation and evaluation;
5. Develop the skills to think clearly and critically to fuse experience, reason, and training into considered judgments;
6. Assess and determine a problem and its causes, form strategies that work in different situations to solve the problem, and
act on these strategies and evaluate their effectiveness;
7. Align people, resources, priorities, and plans in support of their organization’s mission and goals;
8. Write clearly and to the point, and to deadlines, and effectively present ideas and arguments orally;
9. Acquire the management skills to assume management and leadership roles in the public and not-for-profit sectors;
10. Develop skills to face ethical issues, maintain public trust, and individual and collective responsibility.
3a. Which Student Learning Outcome was measured this year?
Currently, this program has no assessment plan or data. The college Dean has appointed a program review and assessment
liaison who will work with the academic director of self-support programs, and faculty to design a comprehensive 5 year
assessment plan along with annual assessment reports.
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3b. Does this learning outcome align with one or more of the university’s Big 5 Competencies?
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Critical Thinking:
o Recognize the social phenomena and problems confronting the public sector and the management
strategies and tools to deal with such problems;
o Develop the skills to think clearly and critically to fuse experience, reason, and training into considered
judgments;
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Oral Communication:
o Write clearly and to the point, and to deadlines, and effectively present ideas and arguments orally;
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Written Communication:
o Write clearly and to the point, and to deadlines, and effectively present ideas and arguments orally;
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Information Literacy:
o Comprehend the public policy process, from identification of issues through policy analysis, to policy
formation, implementation and evaluation;
3c. Does this learning outcome align with University’s commitment to supporting diversity through the cultivation and exchange
of a wide variety of ideas and points of view? In what ways did the assessed SLO incorporate diverse perspectives related to race,
ethnic/cultural identity/cultural orientations, religion, sexual orientation, gender/gender identity, disability, socio-economic
status, veteran status, national origin, age, language, and employment rank?
Currently, this program has no assessment plan or data. The college Dean has appointed a program review and assessment
liaison who will work with the academic director of self-support programs, and faculty to design a comprehensive 5 year
assessment plan along with annual assessment reports.
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3d. What direct and/or indirect instrument(s) were used to measure this SLO?
Currently, this program has no assessment plan or data. The college Dean has appointed a program review and assessment
liaison who will work with the academic director of self-support programs, and faculty to design a comprehensive 5 year
assessment plan along with annual assessment reports.
3e. Describe the assessment design methodology: For example, was this SLO assessed longitudinally (same students at different
points) or was a cross-sectional comparison used (Comparing freshmen with seniors)? If so, describe the assessment points used.
Currently, this program has no assessment plan or data. The college Dean has appointed a program review and assessment
liaison who will work with the academic director of self-support programs, and faculty to design a comprehensive 5 year
assessment plan along with annual assessment reports.
3f. Assessment Results & Analysis of this SLO: Provide a summary of how the results were analyzed and highlight findings from the
collected evidence.
Currently, this program has no assessment plan or data. The college Dean has appointed a program review and assessment
liaison who will work with the academic director of self-support programs, and faculty to design a comprehensive 5 year
assessment plan along with annual assessment reports.
3g. Use of Assessment Results of this SLO: Describe how assessment results were used to improve student learning. Were
assessment results from previous years or from this year used to make program changes in this reporting year? (Possible changes
include: changes to course content/topics covered, changes to course sequence, additions/deletions of courses in program, changes
in pedagogy, changes to student advisement, changes to student support services, revisions to program SLOs, new or revised
assessment instruments, other academic programmatic changes, and changes to the assessment plan.)
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Currently, this program has no assessment plan or data. The college Dean has appointed a program review and assessment
liaison who will work with the academic director of self-support programs, and faculty to design a comprehensive 5 year
assessment plan along with annual assessment reports.
4. Assessment of Previous Changes: Present documentation that demonstrates how the previous changes in the program resulted
in improved student learning.
N/A
5. Changes to SLOs? Please attach an updated course alignment matrix if any changes were made. (Refer to the Curriculum
Alignment Matrix Template, http://www.csun.edu/assessment/forms_guides.html.)
N/A
6. Assessment Plan: Evaluate the effectiveness of your 5 year assessment plan. How well did it inform and guide your assessment
work this academic year? What process is used to develop/update the 5 year assessment plan? Please attach an updated 5 year
assessment plan for 2013-2018. (Refer to Five Year Planning Template, plan B or C,
http://www.csun.edu/assessment/forms_guides.html.)
Currently, this program has no assessment plan or data. The college Dean has appointed a program review and assessment liaison
who will work with the academic director of self-support programs, and faculty to design a comprehensive 5 year assessment plan
along with annual assessment reports.
1. Has someone in your program completed, submitted or published a manuscript which uses or describes assessment
activities in your program? Please provide citation or discuss
Not at this point.
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2. Other information, assessment or reflective activities or processes not captured above.
N/A
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