Assessment Plan
AAS or Certificate _______Bioscience
Certificate_______
To be submitted by November 15, 2010
This certificate has Outcomes that are mostly distinct the AAS outcomes, and cannot be assessed in the same manner because those students do not do Work
Experience as part of the program. Assessment will be in Year 2
For assessment of the certificate:
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Key classroom assessments that apply to these outcomes will be identified in each relevant course
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Assessments will be conducted as needed for the course, but student scores on these identified questions will be normalized to a 5 point scale.
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Instructors will report the combined class result to the SAC chair, who will prepare the report
Degree/Certificate Outcome
(*Perkins recipients TSA)
Work in compliance with safety principles to protect self, co-workers,
the work area and the product in a bioscience workplace.
Maps to Core
 Professional Competence
 Comm/Envir Responsibility
Apply knowledge of quality and regulatory issues, teamwork and good
business practices to work in a bioscience laboratory or manufacturing
environment.
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Carry out common laboratory measurements, calculations, and
documentation of work in a bioscience laboratory or manufacturing
environment.
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Professional Competence
Effectively communicate the procedures, results, and interpretations of
laboratory and manufacturing activities to other staff in the bioscience
workplace, using standard forms of scientific communication, including
the laboratory notebook, forms, memoranda, and casual conference.
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Professional Competence
Communication
In BIT 109 – Lab Notebook Evaluation
and BIT 109 -- Project interview
Plan and organize tasks to allow efficient completion of complex
procedures, including planning and executing multiple procedures that
proceed simultaneously. Coordinate with others to work as part of a
team.
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Professional Competence
Critical Thinking
Make informed decisions about career options, job readiness, and
related education and training choices for the bioscience field.
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Self Reflection
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Cultural Awareness
In BIT 109 – task-planning activity (to
Yr 2
be developed): provided with two
(2011-12)
protocols that need to be done on the
same day, produce a work plan.
Evaluation by rubric to be developed
In BIT 181 Evaluate Self- assessment
and career /plan that is part of this
course.
Not sure yet where and when this will be addressed and
assessed.
Professional Competence
Assessment Setting/ Method
In BIT 105 – Final exam question
(scenario) regarding disposal of
chemical and other hazardous waste
In BIT 125 – Evaluate case study of
manufacturing situation that challenges
quality, regulatory, teamwork and
business issues.
In BIT 107 – Final Exam and BIT 109
– Lab Practical, Notebook Evaluation
Year
Yr 1
(2010-11)