Academic Program Review
Undergraduate Program Self-study
Program:
Program Director/Coordinator Name:
Program Self-study Contact:
(if different from above)
Self-study Contact Email:
Self-study Contact Phone Number:
Performed in conjunction with an
accreditation visit
Yes
No
Visit Date(s):
Instructions: Please respond to each of the following items, providing interpretations, self-assessment
and reflection where appropriate. Please limit your responses to a maximum of 25 pages. Most reports
will be around 15 pages.
SECTION 1: PROGRAM SELF-STUDY OVERVIEW
Program Mission (extracted from TracDat):
1.1
Provide a brief description of major changes made since the previous program review.
1.2
Does the program have goals and/or objectives that are in addition to your student learning
outcomes? If so, what are they and what progress has been made in attaining these goals and/or
objectives?
1.3
Academic Affairs has adopted the Florida Board of Governors nine goals. Select the following
goals your program supports and explain how.
Strengthen Quality and Reputation of Academic Programs: Improve the quality and relevance of all academic
programs, and grow the number of academic programs with state, national, and/or international preeminence.
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Increase Degree Productivity and Program Efficiency: Increase access and degree completion for students,
including students from traditionally underrepresented groups, returning adult students, and distance learning
students.
Increase the Number of Degrees Awarded in STEM and Other Areas of Strategic Emphasis: Increase student
access and success in degree programs in STEM fields and other areas of strategic emphasis that respond to existing,
evolving, and emerging critical needs and opportunities.
Strengthen the Quality and Reputation of Scholarship, Research, and Innovation: Improve the quality and
impact of scholarship, research, and commercialization activities, and grow the number of
faculty/departments/centers recognized for their scholarship, research, and commercialization endeavors.
Increase Research and Commercialization Activity: Increase research and commercialization activities to help
foster entrepreneurial campus cultures. Increase undergraduate participation in research to strengthen the pipeline of
researchers pursuing graduate degrees.
Increase Collaboration and External Support for Research Activity: Attract more research funding from
external (includes federal and private sources). Promote more collaboration with private industry on research
projects.
Strengthen the Quality and Recognition of Commitment to Community and Business Engagement: Improve
the quality and relevance of public service activities and increase the recognition of commitment to community and
business engagement.
Increase Levels of Community and Business Engagement: Increase faculty and student involvement in
community and business engagement activities.
Increase Community and Business Workforce: Increase the percentage of graduates who continue their education
or are employed in Florida.
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SECTION 2: PROGRAM COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION
2.1
Is there a program coordinator and/or program committee? If so, what does the program
coordinator and/or program committee do?
2.2
Do you recruit students? If so, how? If not, why?
2.3
Do you advise and mentor students (academic & career)? If so, how? If not, why?
SECTION 3: PROGRAM DEMAND AND PRODUCTIVITY
3.1
Examine the program enrollment data provided by the Office of Institutional Research and
Assessment (refer to Appendix A). Explain the growth or decline in enrollment within your
program and comment on the future potential demand for the program.
3.2
Limited Access Programs
3.2.1 By what means is access limited? Provide a description of the program’s admission
requirements and procedures, and indicate how these requirements and procedures ensure
equal access for Florida State College Associate of Arts degree graduates in the
competition for available space in the program?
3.2.2 What semester(s) do you admit students? At what matriculation point(s) do you admit
FTIC Students (e.g., sophomore, junior)? At what matriculation point(s) do you admit
A.A. transfer students? What is your total anticipated admission capacity during the
academic year?
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3.2.3 Is limiting access for the program still justified? If so, describe reasons why the program
needs limited access status [Lack of Resources: number of faculty, instructional facilities,
instructional equipment, external resources and/or Proficiency Requirements: audition /
portfolio, GPA, accreditation requirements].
3.2.4 Discuss the general quality of the program’s applicant pool (if applicable) over the
review period.
3.3
Selective Admissions
3.3.1 Provide a description of the program’s admission requirements. Have these requirements
changed since selective admission was implemented? If so, how?
3.3.2 How has the implementation of “selective admission” impacted the program?
3.3.3 Discuss the general quality of the program’s applicant pool (if applicable) over the
review period.
3.4
Does your program contribute to the General Education Program? If so, how do you contribute
to the general education assessment efforts?
3.5
Degree production
Refer to the department and program data provided by the Office of Institutional Research and
Assessment (refer to Appendix A) and current state thresholds for degree productivity (30
degrees within 5 years). If your program does not meet the state threshold, explain what
strategies you are currently incorporating to increase degree production.
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SECTION 4: PROGRAM QUALITY
4.1
SCH production by full-time, visiting, part-time faculty and GTAs:
Term
Full-time
Visitors
Adjuncts
GTAs
Based on the data in the table above, does the program meet the 75% full-time/25% Adjunct
ratio (visitors are considered full-time)? Are the full-time or visitor percentages going to change
in the near future? If so, how and what is the projected impact on adjunct usage?
4.2
Discipline Accreditation
4.2.1 Does your program’s discipline have an accrediting agency? If so, what is it and what is
your program’s status with the accrediting agency (e.g., accredited, candidate, seeking,
not seeking)?
4.2.2 If the program’s status is candidate or seeking, where are you in the process? If the
program’s status is not seeking, please explain why.
4.2.3 If applicable, discuss program accreditation results and the primary commendations,
recommendations, and follow-up required.
4.3
Describe the overall program quality and describe the state, regional, and national reputation or
recognition of the program. Identify the sources of the reputation or ranking indices.
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4.4
If applicable, provide licensure pass rates for the last 5 years. Include the total number of
students attempting the exam and the total number who pass.
4.5
Discuss placement rates for graduates of your program (e.g., job placement rates, graduate
school placement rates, types of jobs, caliber of graduate schools).
4.6
Have improvement initiatives been applied to the program in an effort to improve program
quality and/or to respond to employer needs? If so, describe the improvement initiatives.
4.7
Refer to the program’s Academic Learning Compact and Assessment Report (refer to Appendix
B) and student learning outcomes assessment results and plans. Describe how the student
learning assessment process has resulted in program improvements over the last three years
4.8
Reflect on student perceptions of program quality based on appropriate data sources (e.g.,
institutional effectiveness assessment results, Graduating Senior Survey results, alumni survey
data).
SECTION 5: STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY
5.1
Discuss the general quality of the program’s enrolled majors over the review period.
5.2
Provide a brief summary of student accomplishments during the review period in the following
areas:
a. awards at the national, regional, state, university and college levels
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b. significant scholarly and creative works and activities completed outside of regular classroom
activity (e.g., publications, presentations, performances) - include the nature of the activity
and the venue and note whether the activities were refereed or juried
c. other noteworthy student accomplishments
SECTION 6: CURRICULUM AND COURSE OFFERINGS
Current program of study, extracted from the University catalog, is included in Appendix C.
6.1
Are there aspects of the curriculum that make the program distinctive? If so, what are they?
6.2
Does the program have interdisciplinary and/or international aspects? If so, describe them.
6.3
The State of Florida has identified Common Prerequisites for all university programs. Refer to
the program prerequisites section of the program of study and compare them to the state common
prerequisites located in Appendix C.
Are the Common Prerequisites for the program still appropriate? If not, what needs to be altered
and why? Is the program in compliance with the Common Prerequisites? If not, what steps will
you take to bring the program into compliance?
6.4
Describe the typical rotation in which each course is offered (e.g., one section every fall term),
noting any point during the past three years when the standard rotation was not followed and
why.
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6.5
List any instructional sites off the main campus where any portion of the program is available via
face-to-face instruction. What percentage of the program can be completed at the off campus
instructional site?
6.6
What percentage of your program is available via a distance-learning mode of instruction?
SECTION 7:
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
7.1
Does your program provide opportunities for students to engage in research and creative
activities? If so, how? If not, why?
7.2
Does your program provide student internship opportunities? If so, is the internship required or
optional? If optional, discuss participation rates.
7.3
Does your program have a clinical education component? If so, is the clinical education
component required or optional? If optional, discuss participation rates.
7.4
Does your program provide any other engagement activities available to students in the program
(e.g., co-op, community-based, service learning, study abroad)? If so, describe the activities and
note whether they are required or optional? If optional, discuss participation rates.
SECTION 8:
8.1
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, & Threats) ANALYSIS
Are there competing program(s) in Florida? If so, what are they and what is the impact on your
program?
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8.2
Describe the program strengths?
8.3
Describe the program weaknesses?
8.4
Have any program barriers, threats, and/or unique vulnerabilities (e.g., loss of one faculty
member may result in inability to offer program) been identified? If so, what are they?
8.5
Discuss potential opportunities in the following areas:
a. actions to improve program quality
b. new ventures to increase demand or improve competitiveness (e.g., internal or external
partnership opportunities)
c. actions to achieve productivity gains (e.g., recruitment, non-traditional instructional delivery
systems)
d. actions to improve efficiency and reduce cost
e. other opportunities not addressed above
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