Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies

Assessment Report, 2015-2016

CLASS, Interdisciplinary Studies

Assessment Identifiers

College / School
SSU--College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS)

Department
Interdisciplinary Studies

Program / Major / Certificate
BA/BS-- Interdisciplinary Studies

Assessment Coordinator(s)
Dr. Michael S. Lewis, Associate Professor of English and Coordinator for BIS

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

No

Person(s) responsible for writing and/or submitting this report:

Dr. Michael Lewis

Program Mission Statement

The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) degree program at Savannah State University offers learning in a broad range of subject areas across the colleges and majors in the university. Once general education and core courses are complete, students in the BIS major choose a General Concentration track, a Complementary Field and a General Elective area.

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

PSLOs

PSLOs are newly developed:

1. The student will be able to synthesize ideas across a diverse range of subject areas (Integrative Learning)

2. The student will be able to develop Strategies for which to seek out theoretical models of interdisciplinary research (Information Literacy and Critical Thinking)

3. The student will be able to understand the ethical and market value of interdisciplinary and integrative studies (Ethical Reasoning)

4. The student will be able to express oneself effectively in scholarly or technical writing (Written Communication)

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
Establish assessment plan and begin measuring in Spring 2017 - No PSLO Report for AY 2015-2016

Assessment Results (POs)

SSU Strategic Plan Goal	PO Goal	Enabling Strategies	Measures	Targets	Results and Analysis of Results	Actions in Response to Results
Academic Achievement and Engagement	Establish further Program Objectives and Program Student Learning Outcomes	Develop Team to create POs and PSLOs	Committee Roster and notes	Have Program Objectives finalized	TARGET MET Finalized POs and PSLOs.	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2016-2017 academic year: The new PSLOs will allow program to develop and offer specific courses and artifacts that measure student learning, and to promote and recruit majors.
Academic Achievement and Engagement	Edit and finalize Degree Grid	Develop Team to create grid	The Official Degree Grid	Have Finalized with Registrar�s Office	TARGET MET Degree grid completed	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2016-2017 academic year: The degree grid will aid in advising students and promoting the program.
Academic Achievement and Engagement	Begin promoting degree program	Open Campus events and developing web material	Promotional Materials	Promotional Materials created and updated	TARGET MET Promotional material created and updated on webpage	OVERALL: TARGET MET Description of the expected use of results that will be addressed in the 2016-2017 academic year: No further action needed. Target met.