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.
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
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.
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SSU Strategic Plan Goal |
PSLO |
Semester |
Professor |
Courses |
Assessment Artifacts and Instruments |
Target Levels |
Results and Analysis of Results |
Actions in Response to Results |
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Academic Engagement and Achievement |
1. The student will be able to describe the functions and roles of each component of the criminal justice system. |
Fall 2014 |
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 19 of the students passed the assessments out of 34, for a percentage of 55.88 passing rate. |
OVERALL: TARGET PARTIALLY MET |
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CRJU 1101 (02) Intro to Criminal Justice |
At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=>70) |
TARGET 2 MET 22 of the students passed the assessments out of 25, for a percentage of 88.00 passing rate. |
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Spring 2015 |
W. Brooks |
CRJU 1101 (02) Intro to Criminal Justice |
Final Exam - Final Exam Score |
At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2) |
TARGET 3 MET 34 of the students passed the assessments out of 40, for a percentage of 85.00 passing rate. |
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Academic Engagement and Achievement |
3. The student will be able to identify the major criminological theories associated with crime causation. |
Fall 2014 |
W. Brooks |
CRJU 3610 Theories of Criminal Behavior |
Research Paper - Writing Rubric |
At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2) |
TARGET 1 NOT MET 17 of the students passed the assessments out of 25, for a percentage of 68 passing rate. |
OVERALL: TARGET PARTIALLY MET |
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Spring 2015 |
At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2) |
TARGET 2 MET 20 of the students passed the assessments out of 26, for a percentage of 76.92 passing rate. |
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Academic Engagement and Achievement |
4. The student will be able to evaluate, analyze and conduct research in the area of criminal justice. |
Fall 2014 |
W. Brooks |
CRJU 4901 Senior Seminar |
Research Paper - Writing Rubric |
At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=>70) |
TARGET 1 MET 13 of the students passed the assessments out of 16, for a percentage of 81.25 passing rate. |
OVERALL: TARGET MET |
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Spring 2015 |
W. Brooks |
CRJU 4901 Senior Seminar |
At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2) |
TARGET 2 MET 85.71% met the target |
|
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 – 335 majors |
TARGET MET 336 majors.
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OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2015-2016 academic year: The program will continue recruitment through open campus and encourage the hiring of faculty to aid in more course availabilities. |
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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 No fully-online courses 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 2015-2016 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 33 to 45 (36.4% increase) Target exceeded by 31.4%
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OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2015-2016 academic year: The program will encourage faculty hiring to increase graduates through more course offerings. |