LA HARBOR COLLEGE
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report
Course Assessment
Division: Science, Family and Consumer Studies
Discipline/Program:
Earth Science
Course Number and Name: Environmental Science I: Physical Environment
Program Contact Person: Munasinghe, Tissa
Phone: 310 – 233 – 4555
Reviewed by:
Date:
Institutional
Learning
Outcomes
Elena Reigadas, SLO Assessment Coordinator
Means of Assessment and Criteria for
Success
Summary of Data Collected
(1 section, 23 students)
(1) Explain the philosophy
and the concepts of
Environmental Science
In a short-answer test 70% of the students will
explain the philosophy and the concepts of
Environmental Science correctly
No action is needed at this time.
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(2) Demonstrate the
understanding of at least 5
Environmental Concerns
In a short-answer test 70% of the students will
answer at least 70% of the questions related to
at least 5 Environmental Concerns correctly
1
(3) Demonstrate the
understanding of the nature
of Natural Disasters
In a short-answer test 70% of the students will
answer at least 70% of the questions related to
the nature of Natural Disasters correctly
92% of the students answered
more than 70% of the questions
related to concepts of
environmental science
correctly
74% of the students answered
more than 70% of the questions
related to concerns of
environmental science
correctly
57% of the students answered
more than 70% of the questions
related to Natural Disasters
correctly
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(4) Explain the concepts of
Water Resource
Management
In a short-answer test 70% of the students will
answer at least 70% of the questions about
concepts of Water Resource Management
correctly
No action is needed at this time.
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(5) Describe and explain
Waste Management
In a short-answer test 70% of the students will
answer at least 70% of the about Waste
Management correctly
90% of the students answered
more than 70% of the questions
related to concepts of Water
Resource management
correctly
39% of the students answered
more than 70% of the questions
related to Waste management
correctly
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Course Intended
Outcomes
June 27 2014
Use of Results
No action is needed at this time.
Student might understand the
concepts better by making them learn
facts about Natural Disasters by
collecting and analyzing real data.
Student might understand the
concepts better by making them learn
facts about Waste management by
collecting and analyzing real data.
Date: August 2010
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Institutional
Course Intended Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
1. Examine the physical
processes and basic science that
govern life support systems.
2. Analyze the social, political,
and economic causes of
environmental problems.
3. Identify the structure of the
atmosphere and appraise the
impact of human activities on
it.
4. Identify soil composition and
assess how agricultural
activities impact soil.
5. Identify sources of our water
supply and relate how use of
water impacts the environment
and human activities.
6. Describe how wastes and
pollution are generated and the
impact of waste disposal on
human health and the
environment.
7. Identify current sources and
usage of energy, their impact of
current ways of producing
energy, and describe alternate
sources of energy.
8. Develop the scientific
background to formulate
effective decisions regarding
environmental problems.
9. Identify environmental
Means of Assessment
and Criteria for Success
Summary of Data
Collected
Use of Results
problems and propose potential
solutions.