Program Student Learning Outcomes
Master of Arts in Sociology
Course/Number/Section:
Program Learning Outcome - Must
be aligned with program outcomes
listed in the catalog; For each
learning outcome, identify year
adopted and/or revised, source.
PLO – Comprehend advanced
sociological concepts that are used
in micro and macro-level analyses
of society
PLO – Demonstrate understanding
of sociological theories and
theoretical perspectives and their
historical and contextual
development and will be able to
critique them in terms of their
saliency in analysis of social life,
social processes, and social policy
Semester/Academic Year:
Core Learning
Outcomes –
Which Core
Learning
Outcomes are
consistent with
the Program
Learning
Outcome?
Communication
Skills; Reasoning
Skills (Critical
Thinking)
Reasoning Skills
(Critical Thinking);
Information
Literacy;
Communication
Skills
Evidence – To include how you
assessed (specify assessment
instruments);
# & % of students completing
the course who have
satisfactorily achieved the
outcome (Met or Exceeded
your expectations)
Target Percentage:
Actual Percentage:
Use of Results - Suggestions to
improve student outcomes
PLO – Gain mastery of a variety of
advanced research methods in
sociology and can appropriately
apply them to the study of specific
social phenomena
Information
Literacy;
Reasoning Skills
(Quantitative,
Critical Thinking);
Communication
Skills; Scientific
Literacy
PLO – Use relevant quantitative
and qualitative techniques to
organize and reduce data in
advanced sociological analyses
Reasoning Skills
(Quantitative;
Critical Thinking);
Information Skills
PLO – Demonstrate intellectual
insights and capabilities that will
enable them to effectively analyze
concepts, theories, and empirical
research findings to produce
comprehensive sociological essays,
class presentations, practicum
reports, and theses
Reasoning Skills
(Critical Thinking);
Information
Literacy;
Communication
Skills
CLO (Optional)
CLO (Optional)
PLO – Program Learning Outcomes; CLO – Course Learning Outcomes
*The inclusion of CLOs is optional. PLOs are required.