Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Assessment Report, 2013-2014

CLASS, Criminal Justice

Assessment Identifiers

College / School
CLASS

Department
Social and Behavioral Sciences

Program / Major / Certificate
Criminal Justice

Assessment Coordinator(s)
Willie M. Brooks, Jr., M.S.
Johnnie D. Myers, Ph.D.
Larry Stewart, Ph.D.

Has there been a change to the Assessment Coordinator(s) since the last assessment plan?
Yes

Person(s) responsible for writing and/or submitting this report:
Willie M. Brooks, Jr., M.S.
Johnnie D. Myers, Ph.D.
Larry Stewart, Ph.D.

Program Mission Statement

The criminal justice program is designed to graduate students with an understanding of its structure and process, including personnel and historical foundation. The program seeks to educate pre-service as well as in-service students with the appropriate scholarship that emphasize community, governmental and global partnerships in resolving the complexities of public policy, criminality, crime prevention, and control. Graduates are prepared with extensive research and problem solving skills needed for analytical thinking and decision making.as they become "change agents" within the system.

Has this mission statement been revised since the last plan?
No

PSLOs

The discipline of Criminal Justice at Savannah State University is committed to meet the following program student learning objectives:

1. The student will describe the functions and roles of each component of the criminal justice system.

2. The student will identify the fundamental elements of criminal law.

3. The student will identify the major criminological theories associated with crime causation.

4. The student will evaluate, analyze and conduct research in the area of criminal justice.

LINK TO: Assessment Report, 2013-2014 – Supporting Documents

Assessment Results (PSLOs)

SSU Strategic Plan Goal	PSLO	Semester	Professor	Courses	Assessment Artifacts and Instruments	Target Levels	Results and Analysis of Results	Actions in Response to Results
Academic Engagement and Achievement	1. The student will describe the functions and roles of each component of the criminal justice system. For this specific course Corrections+B4:B7.	Fall 2013	W. Brooks	CRJU 1101 (01) Intro to Criminal Justice	Final Exam - Final Exam Score	At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=>70)	TARGET 1 NOT MET 22 of the students passed the assessments out of 32, for a percentage of 68.75 passing rate.	OVERALL: TARGET PARTIALLY MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: Tutoring opportunities will be offered to students who do not meet expectations, as well as re-testing opportunities. Peer mentoring opportunities will be created between students who “exceed expectations” and paired with students who “falls below expectations.” The program will continue to require students to submit papers to TURNITIN.
		Fall 2013	W. Brooks	CRJU 1101 (02) Intro to Criminal Justice		At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=>70)	TARGET 2 NOT MET 21 of the students passed the assessments out of 32, for a percentage of 65.63 passing rate.
		Spring 2014	W. Brooks	CRJU 1101 (01) Intro to Criminal Justice		At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=>70)	TARGET 3 MET 29 of the students passed the assessments out of 35, for a percentage of 90.63 passing rate.
		Spring 2014	W. Brooks	CRJU 1101 (02) Intro to Criminal Justice		At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=>70)	TARGET 4 NOT MET 19 of the students passed the assessments out of 34, for a percentage of 55.88 passing rate.
		Fall 2013	J. Myers	CRJU 3111 American Court System	Controversial Issues Paper - Rubric	At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=>70)	TARGET 5 MET 27 of the students passed out of 37, for a percentage of 73 passing rate.
Academic Engagement and Achievement	2. The student will identify the fundamental elements of criminal law.	Spring 2014	J. Myers	CRJU 4301 Jurisprudence of Criminal Law	Controversial Issues Paper - Writing Rubric	At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=>70)	TARGET NOT MET 12 of the students passed out of 27, for a percentage of 44 passing rate.	OVERALL: TARGET NOT MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: The program will instituted a mandatory submission to SMARTHINKING and/or the use of the Writing Center for all papers.
Academic Engagement and Achievement	3. The student will identify the major criminological theories associated with crime causation.	Fall 2013	W. Brooks	CRJU 3610 Theories of Criminal Behavior	Research Paper - Writing Rubric	At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2)	TARGET MET In CRJU 3610 (Fall 2013 PSLO #3), 19 of the students passed the assessments out of 22, for a percentage of 86.36 passing rate.	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: The program target was met at exceeds or meets expectations at 86.36%. No action steps taken for PSLO #3.
Academic Engagement and Achievement	4. The student will evaluate, analyze and conduct research in the area of criminal justice.	Fall 2013	W. Brooks	CRJU 4901 Senior Seminar	Research Paper - Writing Rubric	At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2)	TARGET 1 MET In CRJU 4901 (Fall 2013 PSLO #4), 18 of the students passed the assessments out of 20, for a percentage of 90 passing rate.	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: The program target was met at exceeds or meets expectations at 86.36%. No action steps taken for PSLO #4.
Academic Engagement and Achievement		Spring 2014	W. Brooks	CRJU 4901 Senior Seminar	Research Paper - Writing Rubric	At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2)	TARGET 2 MET In CRJU 4901 (Spring 2014 PSLO #4), 23 of the students passed the assessment out of 23, for a percentage of 100% passing rate

Assessment Results (POs)

SSU Strategic Plan Goal	PO Goal	Enabling Strategies	Measures	Targets	Results and Analysis of Results	Actions in Response to Results
Academic Engagement and Achievement	Increase program enrollment	Attend the open campus fairs for the University	Blackboard Analytics data	Student enrollment – 330 majors	TARGET MET 331 majors. Exceeded target by 1 major.	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: The program will continue recruitment through open campus and encourage the hiring of faculty to aid in more course availabilities.
Academic Engagement and Achievement	Increase instructional delivery modes by offering more on-line courses	Increase hybrid and fully on-line courses each year with the use of University initiative technology	Faculty members will be trained in on-line course construction and delivery. The number of these courses will be tracked.	Increase on-line courses by 6% each year.	TARGET NOT MET One fully-online course (CRJU 4331) delivered. Failing to meet the target of 6% because of limited faculty.	OVERALL: TARGET NOT MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: The program will encourage faculty hiring to increase online class offerings.
Academic Engagement and Achievement	Increase the number of graduates	Increase the advising of students, tracking graduation requirements	Blackboard Analytics	Increase the number of graduates by 5% each year	TARGET MET Graduates increased from 31 to 33 (6.5% increase). Target exceeded by 1.5%	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: The program will encourage faculty hiring to increase graduates through more course offerings and recruitment.