Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Assessment Plan, 2015-2016

CLASS, Criminal Justice

Assessment Plan 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 report?
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, 2015-2016 – 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. Describe the functions and roles of each component of the criminal justice system.	Fall 2015	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 MET 23 of the students passed the assessments out of 32, for a percentage of 71.88 passing rate.	OVERALL: TARGET PARTIALLY MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2016-2017 academic year: Peer mentoring opportunities will be created between students who “exceed expectations” and paired with students who “falls below expectations.”
Academic Engagement and Achievement		Spring 2016	W. Brooks	CRJU 1101 (01) Intro to Criminal Justice	Final Exam - Final Exam Score	At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=>70)	TARGET 2 NOT MET 16 of the students passed the assessments out of 39, for a percentage of 41.00 passing rate.
Academic Engagement and Achievement	3. Identify the major criminological theories associated with crime causation.	Fall 2015	W. Brooks	CRJU 3610 Theories of Criminal Behavior	Research Paper - Writing Rubric	At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2)	TARGET 1 MET 24 of the students passed the assessments out of 30, for a percentage of 80 passing rate.	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2016-2017 academic year: Strategies will be continued for this PSLO; target met.
Academic Engagement and Achievement		Spring 2016	W. Brooks	CRJU 3610 Theories of Criminal Behavior	Research Paper - Writing Rubric	At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=>Level 2)	TARGET 2 MET 16 of the students passed the assessments out of 16, for a percentage of 100 passing rate.
Academic Engagement and Achievement	4. Evaluate, analyze and conduct research in the area of criminal justice.	Spring 2016	L. Stewart	CRJU 3131 Research Methods in Criminal Justice	Research Paper - Writing Rubric	At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2)	TARGET 1 NOT MET 12 of the students passed the assessments out of 31, for a percentage of 38.71 failing rate.	OVERALL: TARGET PARTIALLY MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2016-2017 academic year: More scaffolding will be included in the Research Methods course.
		Fall 2015	W. Brooks	CRJU 4901 Senior Seminar		At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2)	TARGET 2 MET 14 of the students passed the assessments out of 14, for a percentage of 100 passing rate.
		Spring 2016	W. Brooks	CRJU 4901 Senior Seminar		At least 70% of students will score Satisfactory (=> Level 2)	TARGET 3 MET 25 of the students passed the assessments out of 25, 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 – 340 majors	TARGET NOT MET Enrollment decreased to 301 students. Understaffing of faculty results in fewer course offerings across major Exceeded targets in graduation last year affected enrollments this year.	OVERALL: TARGET NOT MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2016-2017 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 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 2016-2017 academic year: The program will encourage faculty hiring to increase online class offerings. Perhaps reduce target until more hires happen.

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 – 340 majors

TARGET NOT MET

Enrollment decreased to 301 students.

Understaffing of faculty results in fewer course offerings across major

Exceeded targets in graduation last year affected enrollments this year.

OVERALL: TARGET NOT MET

Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2016-2017 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

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 2016-2017 academic year: The program will encourage faculty hiring to increase online class offerings. Perhaps reduce target until more hires happen.