Bachelor of Arts in History, General

Assessment Report, 2013-2014

CLASS, History

Assessment Identifiers

College / School
College of Liberals Arts and Sciences

Department
Social and Behavioral Sciences

Program / Major / Certificate
History Program, B.A.

Assessment Coordinator(s)
Pedro Rivera, Felicia Bell

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:
Pedro Rivera

Program Mission Statement

This History program at Savannah State University is designed to provide students with an opportunity to acquire a solid foundation of knowledge as it relates to the human past. This is done through a variety of classes taught by a highly qualified faculty whose areas of specialization include African, African-American, Asian, European, Latin American, and United States history. The program prepares graduates for careers in teaching, public service, graduate school and law school. History graduates are trained in critical thinking, analytical research and writing skills that apply to career endeavors.

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

Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLOs)

1. Students shall be able to demonstrate thinking skills by analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating historical information from multiple sources.

2. Students will develop an ability to convey verbally their historical knowledge.

3. Students will demonstrate their understanding of cause and effect along with their knowledge of the general chronology of human experience.

4. Students will apply course topics to experience when visiting institutions of public history.

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	4. Students will apply course topics to experience when visiting institutions of public history.	Fall 2013	Pedro Rivera	HIST 2111 (02) A Survey of History to Post Civil War	Museum Review – AACU Value Rubric (Integrative Learning)	At least 80% of students will score at the level #1 Benchmark	TARGET 1 MET                                            91% of students scored at the level #1 Benchmark. Although we exceeded our target, there seems to be some sort of misalignment between the assignment and the rubric.	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: TARGET 1: The program will use this rubric again on the same assignment for the next semester to test for this disconnection. TARGET 2: We may have a different faculty member use the rubric for their Museum Assignment to see if the disconnection sustains.
		Spring 2014	Pedro Rivera	HIST 2112 (03) A Survey of US History Post Civil War to Present	Museum Review – AACU Value Rubric (Integrative Learning)	At least 80% of students will score at the level #1 Benchmark	TARGET 2 MET                                                  95% of students scored at the level #1 Benchmark. Although we exceeded our target again, there still seems to be some sort of misalignment between the assignment and the rubric.

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	Maintain or increase enrollment in the major	Distribute flyers/pamphlets and promote the program in Open Campus Activities	Blackboard Analytics Data	71 majors in Fall 2012	TARGET MET                                              Enrollment= 83 Increase of 17%	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: Target met. No actions needed.
Academic Engagement and Achievement	Increase graduation rates	Mentoring, advising, independent studies	Blackboard Analytics Data	Graduate 10% ten percent of student enrollment	TARGET MET                                                       We graduated 13 Students in the 2013-2014 year, where enrollment was 83. Target exceeded by 6%	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: Target met. No actions needed.
Academic Engagement and Achievement	Increase faculty presentation/publication of scholarship	Publications and conference/paper presentations	Faculty reports of annual scholarship	Each faculty member is to present or publish a paper at least once a year	TARGET MET                                                        We exceeded this target.	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2014-2015 academic year: Target met. No actions needed.