Assessment Results
The specific quantitative and qualitative data collected
Quantitative and qualitative measures are used to assess departmental SLOs. Quantitative measures include multiple-choice tests and logic exercises. Qualitative measures include evaluation of written essays. SLOs are assessed on a rotating basis in the following classes:
| Courses | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departmental SLOs | 300 | 301 | 320 | 330 | 340 | 525 | 535 | 585 | 635 | 640 | 645 |
| 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| 7 | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| 8 | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| 9 | X | ||||||||||
| 10 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| 11 | X | ||||||||||
| 12 | X | ||||||||||
| 14 | X | X | X | ||||||||
The sample of students from whom data were collected
Because Philo 300, 301, 320, 330 and 340 are core classes required of every major and minor in the philosophy program, all majors and all minors have been assessed. Because the upper division course (5 and 6 hundred level courses) comprise those most frequently taken by our majors, all majors have been assessed in both lower and upper division courses by the time of their graduation.
Results (2011-2012)
In the 2011-2012 school year, five SLOs were assessed in seven classes. Mean scores were as follows:
SLO 7 (Convey understanding in written form). Average Score: .72
SLO 8 (Construct arguments in prose). Average Score: .64
SLO 9 (Validity and derivations). Average Score: .87 (semantic), .96 (syntactic)
SLO 11 (Knowledge of theories, Ancient). Average Score: 1
SLO 14 (Familiarity with meta-ethical theories). Average Score: .71