Program: Baccalaureate in English Prepared by:
Date: Nov. 21, 2007
Paul Douglass, Chair,
College Curriculum Committee phone: 4-4429
Email: Paul.Douglass@sjsu.edu
Where multiple program curricula are almost identical, and SLOs and assessment plans are identical, it is acceptable to list more than one program in this report.
Electronic and hard copy due to your college facilitator January 15, 2008. Digital version of this form available at: http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/assessment/forms/
Please report any activity (collect data, analyze data, discuss results among faculty, implement changes) you completed prior to the fall 2007 semester that is not already posted on the
Web (http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/datareports/assess_report/). Please describe the content or results of the activity.
Are samples, results, rubrics, etc for this report archived in the location listed on the Cover page?
___ X ____ YES _______________ NO
C= Collect data D= Discuss data among faculty I= implement program changes based on data
SLO #
26 SLOs, 1a through
4f, including the broad areas of
SKILLS;
KNOWLEDGE;
EXPERIENCES; and
UNDERSTANDINGS,
INTERESTS, and
VALUES
C,
D, or I
Content or results of activity
C, D Data from Questionnaires administered in all sections of the
English 193, the capstone course, was collected in Spring 2007 and compiled. The questionnaires polled students on their selfreported progress toward meeting Departmental Goals/SLOs and asked for suggestions for improvement of the major. The results were discussed in fall 2007 meetings. No changes were adopted. Decision was made to focus in SLOs 1a-1h in collecting data fall 2007 for compilation and discussion in spring 2008.
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Please report assessment activities completed in the fall 2007 semester (collect data, analyze data, discuss results among faculty, or implement changes. This table should match planned activities for fall 2007 in Table 2.
C= Collect data D= Discuss data among faculty I= implement program changes based on data
SLO # C, D, or I
C SLOs
1a through
1h:
Content or results of activity
Questionnaires a dministered to all students in the English Department’s capstone seminar, English 193.
SKILLS
Please describe how the activities planned for the spring 2008 semester will be executed.
Spring 2008 assessment plan
(should match schedule in Table 2):
SLO
1.a Skills: Ability
Planned
D
Execution of plan
The Curriculum Committee will review data collected in Spring 2007 and Fall 2007 and decide whether to implement any changes in the
Department’s program or capstone course for fall
2008. to read texts closely and to articulate the value of close reading in the study of literature and rhetoric.
1.b Skills: Ability to explicate texts written in a wide variety of forms, styles, structures, and modes.
1.c Skills: Ability
D
D
The Curriculum Committee will review data collected in Spring 2007 and Fall 2007 and decide whether to implement any changes in the
Department’s program or capstone course for fall
2008.
The Curriculum Committee will review data collected in Spring 2007 and Fall 2007 and decide whether to implement any changes in the
Department’s program or capstone course for fall
2008. to recognize and appreciate the importance of major literary genres, subgenres, and periods.
1.d Skills: Ability to respond imaginatively to the content and style of texts.
1.e Skills: Ability to write clearly, effectively, and imaginatively, and
D
D
The Curriculum Committee will review data collected in Spring 2007 and Fall 2007 and decide whether to implement any changes in the
Depar tment’s program or capstone course for fall
2008.
The Curriculum Committee will review data collected in Spring 2007 and Fall 2007 and decide whether to implement any changes in the
Department’s program or capstone course for fall
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other than literary or rhetorical: for example, political, journalistic, commercial, technical, etc.
1.h Skills: Ability to read and speak a language other than English.
2.e Knowledge:
Familiarity with a wide range of literary terms and categories relating to literary history, theory, and criticism, including figurative language and prosody.
2.f Knowledge:
Familiarity with to adjust writing style appropriately to the content and nature of the subject.
1.f Skills: Ability to develop and carry out research projects and to articulate them within appropriate conceptual and methodological frameworks, including the ability to recognize when information is needed, and to locate, evaluate, organize, and incorporate information effectively.
1.g Skills: Ability to analyze texts
D
D
D
C
C
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2008.
The Curriculum Committee will review data collected in Spring 2007 and Fall 2007 and decide whether to implement any changes in the
Department’s program or capstone course for fall
2008.
The Curriculum Committee will review data collected in Spring 2007 and Fall 2007 and decide whether to implement any changes in the
Department’s program or capstone course for fall
2008.
The Curriculum Committee will review data collected in Spring 2007 and Fall 2007 and decide whether to implement any changes in the
Department’s program or capstone course for fall
2008.
Data from questionnaires and portfolios will be collected in Spring 2008 for review and further data collection in Fall 2008.
Data from questionnaires and portfolios will be collected in Spring 2008 for review and further data
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the nature of the canon and of canon-formation, including issues of culture, history, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.
2.g Knowledge:
Familiarity with basic practices of literary research and documentation, including electronic forms of information retrieval and communication.
C collection in Fall 2008.
Data from questionnaires and portfolios will be collected in Spring 2008 for review and further data collection in Fall 2008.
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