Academic Program Assessment Plan Template
Expand the table below as needed for your program. Please enter all goals and outcomes for your program. You should assess all goals and outcomes within
your assessment cycle. Each outcome chosen for assessment during each year should have at least 2 rounds of assessment during that year.
Date Submitted October 31, 2014
Academic Program Assessment Plan Template
Department
Computer Science
Degree/Type
A.S. Computer Science
UNM Essential Learning Goals
UNM has established the following essential learning goals for all UNM students: University of New Mexico students will develop the following aptitudes and habits of mind
in the course of their general and major study at UNM
 KNOWLEDGE of human cultures and the natural world, gained through study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages and
the arts.
 SKILLS, both intellectual and applied, demonstrated in written and oral communication, inquiry and analysis, critical and creative thinking, quantitative literacy,
information literacy, performance, teamwork and problem solving.
 RESPONSIBILITY, both personal and social, that will be manifested in civic knowledge and engagement, multicultural knowledge and competence, ethical reasoning
and action, and foundations and skills for lifelong learning.
Date reviewed by
October 31, 2014
Contact Person (name, title, Dr. Sharon Hurley-Johns, Department Chair
CARC
(shurley1@unm.edu)
email)
Assessment Cycle (1-year/2year/3-year)
Program Goal #1
Two years
Graduates have a broad understanding of computer science principles and concepts.
Student Learning Outcomes
(In each row enter an SLO
targeted at this Program Goal)
Student Learning Outcome
Demonstrate an
understanding of
fundamentals of computer
science concepts.
Year of cycle in
which this
outcome will be
assessed.
UNM Essential
Learning Goal
(Knowledge, Skills,
Responsibility)
Year of Cycle
UNM Essential
Learning Goal
F13 - Sp 14
F14 - Sp15
F15 - Sp 16
Knowledge
Assessment Measure including Direct/ Indirect
(Provide a description of the assessment instrument
used; include the course AND if it was direct or
indirect)
Performance Benchmark (State
the ‘criteria for success’ or
performance target for meeting
the SLO, i.e., at least 70% of
students will perform with score
of 70 or better)
Assessment Measure
Performance Benchmark
Direct
CS 101
Specific questions on the Final Exam
(Faculty members should submit a summary
Performance Target: At least
70% of the students will
perform with a score of 70 or
higher.
and detailed report for each of these measures.)
Develop basic competence in F13 - Sp 14
at least one high-level
F14 - Sp15
programming language.
F15 - Sp 16
Create and analyze simple
algorithms.
F14 - Sp15
F15 - Sp 16
Recognize and understand F14 - Sp15
professional and social issues F15 - Sp 16
and responsibilities in the
field of computer science.
skills
Indirect
Meetings and email communications between
department chair and faculty regarding
assessment.
Direct
Performance Target: At least
Course: CS 152 (or CS 151 can be substituted) 70% of the students will
Specific questions on the Final Exam
perform with a score of 70 or
(Faculty members should submit a summary
higher.
and detailed report for each of these measures.)
Skills
Indirect
Meetings and email communications between
department chair and faculty regarding
assessment.
Direct
Performance Target: At least
CS 261
70% of the students will
Specific questions on the Final Exam
perform with a score of 70 or
(Faculty members should submit a summary
higher.
and detailed report for each of these measures.)
Indirect
Meetings and email communications between
department chair and faculty regarding
assessment.
Performance Target: At least
Responsibilities Direct
Course: CS 293
70% of the students will
Specific questions on the Final Exam
perform with a score of 70 or
(Faculty members should submit a summary
higher.
and detailed report for each of these measures.)
Indirect
Meetings and email communications between
department chair and faculty regarding
assessment.
What is your plan for using assessment results?
Please answer the following questions, which are intended to support institutional effectiveness planning and enhance information gathering and sharing.
1.
We will use the data and assessment results to determine effectiveness of teaching and teaching styles and determine when
How will you use each year’s assessment
results to improve student learning or inform and what types of changes should be made to the curriculum.
curricular decision making?
2.
How will you communicate assessment results Results will be communicated either through email or in departmental meetings where results and suggestions for changes
to faculty who could use the information to can be made by a team of instructors.
make curricular decisions?
3.
How will you determine whether program
Continual assessment and review of student performance will indicate if changes produce desired results.
changes produced what you intended?
Require all instructors to complete assessment at the end of each course and use these assessments to review program
What processes do you have in place to
ensure that annual assessment information is results. Department chair to review the assessment and determine if changes should be implemented.
used to make curricular decisions?
4.