Program Assessment Summary Report Form
Program being assessed. SSC
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Previous Action Plan.
none
Summary of results of previous Action Plan.
none
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Semester and year of program assessment. spring 2014
State program student learning outcome addressed.
Define and differentiate the hardware, software and communication components of a
computer system.
List courses from which the assessment data is gathered.
CIS111
List participating faculty and their academic department.
F Whittle
Number of sections involved in this program assessment.
14
Number of students involved in this program assessment.
173
State the specific question(s) asked and/or the method of assessment.
See the attached list of questions
Describe the method used to answer the question and/or measure the method of assessment.
Multiple choice questions on a departmental final exam required for all sections of the course
Narrative summary of results.
See documentation below
Summary of conclusions drawn.
The assessment data indicated that 52% of the students performed at least satisfactory on this outcome. Therefore, 48%
of the students either minimally met or did not meet the criteria for this outcome.
Action Plan for improvement.
Given the increasing breadth of the IT field, the CIS111 course material is continually expanding. However, in light of the
assessment results, additional focus need to be place on the basic foundation of hardware and software. In addition, the
assessment questions will be reviewed to ensure they capture the important components in hardware, software and
communication technologies.
Resources needed to implement action plan.
Faculty time
