Assessment in the College of Arts & Sciences:

The University Assessment Steering Committee (UASC), chaired by Bob Wertkin, has formed a Review and Consultation Team (RACT) to help departments and units in the College to develop their assessment plans.

This review and consultation team consists of:

Name

Department

email

telephone

Margaret Dupuis

English

margaret.dupuis@wmich.edu

387-2585

Lonnie Hannaford*

Education

alonzo.hannaford@wmich.edu

387-2963

Linda LeBlanc

Psychology

linda.leblanc@wmich.edu

387-4920

Steve Malcolm*

Biological Sciences

steve.malcolm@wmich.edu

387-5604

Don Meyer

Economics

donald.meyer@wmich.edu

387-5531

Dave Reinhold

Chemistry

david.reinhold@wmich.edu

387-2851

*co-chairs

 

 

 

Departmental and unit assessment plans in the college are scheduled for submssion and review according to the dates in the spreadsheet available here. Each department has been assigned 3 people from this list to help with development and submission of plans. Please feel free to contact these people for help or advice.

Also available here are the following documents from the UASC and the A&S review and consultation committee:

1. UASC summary of assessment and the plan review sheet used to evaluate plans submitted for review.

2. UASC review criteria for submitted plans.

3. Suggested assessment plan contents.

 

WMU Assessment Links:

1.        College of Arts & Sciences assessment page:

         http://www.wmich.edu/cas/assessment.html

2.        Academic Program Planning and Assessment:

         http://www.wmich.edu/poapa/

3.        University Assessment Plan:

         http://www.wmich.edu/poapa/uac.html

 

Assessment of student learning outcomes:

The plan for assessment of student learning outcomes for both undergraduate and graduate programs in the Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University is also available in the following formats (HTML and PDF) in case an approved plan is helpful:

 

File type

Pages

Biological Sciences Assessment plan (HTML) text + 4 appendices

27

 

Biological Sciences Assessment plan (PDF1) text + appendices 1 & 2

 

21

 

Biological Sciences Assessment plan (PDF2) appendix 3

 

4

 

Biological Sciences Assessment plan (PDF3) appendix 4

 

2

 

Revised: 25 March 2004