Motlow State Community College
Action Plan & Outcome Assessment Report for Institutional Effectiveness
Planning Year: July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013
Assessing Year: July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
Unit: Academic Affairs - Asst. VP
Related Strategic Goal:
3.1 Monitor and improve the effectiveness of educational programs and services.
Action Plan #: ACAD-04
Action Plan Title: Curricular Changes
Desired Outcome: 100% of applicable programs will have been converted from University Parallel
majors to Tennessee Transfer Pathways
Description of Action Plan and Related Activities: The college will incorporate Tennessee Transfer
Pathway Associate of Science and Associate of Arts degree programs into catalog for the 2011-2012
academic year, replacing comparable University Parallel degree programs and facilitating fluid transfer
between the college and TBR universities at graduation.
Team Members: Asst. VP of Academic Affairs
Timeline: Review annually
Est. Cost: $0
Budgeted: Included in current budget
Evidence of Success: 100% of applicable programs will have been converted from University Parallel
majors to Tennessee Transfer Pathways
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Current Status: On Schedule
Describe Progress: With the passage of the Complete College TN Act and the creation of the TN
Transfer Pathway (TTP), students who graduate from a TBR community college are guaranteed that they
will be granted admission to a TBR university and that their degree will transfer seamlessly to that
university as long as students complete the pathway in its entirety. Academic Affairs began deleting
applicable University Parallel degree programs and to replace them with the agreed upon TTP for that
area for the Fall 2011 semester.
Spring 2012
By the end of Spring 2012, TTPs were implemented for the following programs: Accounting, Biology,
Business Administration, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Economics,
Electrical Engineering, English, Foreign Language, History, Information Systems, Mass Communications,
Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Political Science, Pre-Health Professionals, PreOccupational Therapy, Pre-Physical Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology. The college also
initially adopted Pre-Nursing but chose to eliminate that option because it was only a one-year program
that did not lead to a degree, thus lacking benefit for the college’s students.
Describe Needed Changes: The college is preparing to begin the Art TTP during the next academic year.
The program’s curriculum required some changes that delayed its implementation until the 2012-2013
academic year.
List of Supporting Documentation: Degree Checklist < www.mscc.edu/programs.aspx> and Academic
Affairs Committee Meeting Minutes
Date Last Updated: 6/14/2012