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["Student Learning Outcome 1"]
["Students show a proficiency of scientific writing and presentation skills "]
["Outcome 1: Assessment Measure 1"]
["Class:","NRE 502 Scientific Writing"]
["Course Mode:","Face-to-Face"]
["Assignment:","Introductory writing assignment in NRE 502 (3 out of the 4 questions)"]
["Evaluation Tool:","Rubric: Assessment evaluates  an understanding of the importance and need for publishing, ethical issues, and preliminary considerations associated manuscript preparation. Assessment includes four questions of equal value evaluated on 0-10 points scale."]
["Performance Target: ","At least 100% of all submitted assignments will answer 3 out of the 4 questions correctly (greater than 8/10 on each of the questions)."]
["Results:","100% of students obtained B or higher in the assignment."]
["Use of Results:","continued use of measure, no action."]
["Outcome 1: Assessment Measure 2"]
["Class:","Out of Class"]
["Course Mode:","Face-to-Face"]
["Assignment:","Present their independent research at one or more professional conference and or outreach meeting.  "]
["Evaluation Tool:","Majors advisors assessment and review of the abstract, that it meets the requirements of the conference that it will be submitted too.  (evaluation based on conference requirements)."]
["Performance Target: ","100% of abstracts submitted will be accepted for presentation at a conference "]
["Results:","100% of abstracts submitted were accepted for presentation at a conference.  "]
["Use of Results:","continued use of measure, no action."]
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["Student Learning Outcome 2"]
["Ability to design experiments and develop quantitative analytical skills."]
["Outcome 2: Assessment Measure 1"]
["Class:","NRE 529 Biostatistics "]
["Course Mode:","Face-to-Face"]
["Assignment:","Homework assignment "]
["Evaluation Tool:","Holistic rubric. Students must answer homework questions focusing on three areas: 1. Different biological data and approaches to describe them using graphs and summary statistics;  2. The relationship between statistics and parameters and needs for inference; 3. Probability theory and its impact on research design and statistical inference.  Each area is evaluated on a 0-10 points scale. "]
["Performance Target: ","100% of assignments will score 8 or above on the defined questions."]
["Results:","80% of the assignments scored B or above."]
["Use of Results:","For academic year 2018, the enrollment of students in this class was low (6), many of them were not well prepared for this course, and have relatively poor quantitative preparation.  We will try to include more mentoring and homework practices in the future. On the other side, we need to be more selective during our recruitment process. "]
["Outcome 2: Assessment Measure 2"]
["Class:","Out of Class"]
["Course Mode:","Face-to-Face"]
["Assignment:","Dissertation proposal"]
["Evaluation Tool:","Dissertation Oral proposal Criteria: (1) Effectively presented the objectives, techniques of the dissertation? \n(2) Shown adequate depth of knowledge of the study area and implications of the thesis/dissertation? \n(3) Shown adequate awareness of the professional setting to the thesis/dissertation defense?. Each criteria is pass/fail"]
["Performance Target: ","100% of presentation will be made in the first two years of entering the program, and 100% will earn a pass on all oral proposal criterion"]
["Results:","80% of oral proposal are done with in the first two years, with 100% passing. "]
["Use of Results:","Continued use of Assessment measure, stronger student semester reviews implemented.  THE DATA IS MISSING FOR THE RESULTS SECTION OF THIS ASSESSMENT MEASURE. THUS, THERE IS UNSUFFICIENT DATA TO  PROPERLY FORMULATE A PLAN OF ACTION. AFTER CONSULTING WITH OIPRE, THE PROGRAM WILL MODIFY ITS ASSESSMENT PLANS/REPORTS ACCORDINGLY."]
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["Student Learning Outcome 3"]
["Knowledge of environmental (plant, soil or water) analytical methods and application to real world."]
["Outcome 3: Assessment Measure 1"]
["Class:","NRE 570 Soil, Plant, and Water Analysis "]
["Course Mode:","Face-to-Face"]
["Assignment:","Final Exam, 5 written questions"]
["Evaluation Tool:","Exam scoring key. Exam Grading Rubric. Each question is worth 5 points"]
["Performance Target: ","100% of submiited exams will score at least 80% on the final exam"]
["Results:","No PhD student took this course "]
["Use of Results:","TARGET NOT MET. There has been discussion about making this a required course for PSS PhD students."]
["Outcome 3: Assessment Measure 2"]
["Class:","Outside of class"]
["Course Mode:","Off campus"]
["Assignment:","Dissertation Defense"]
["Evaluation Tool:","Thesis Oral Examination Criteria: (1) Effectively presented the objectives, techniques, and findings of the thesis/dissertation? \n(2) Shown adequate depth of knowledge of the results and implications of the thesis/dissertation? \n(3) Shown adequate depth of knowledge in the field of study in relationship to the degree to be conferred? \n(4) Shown adequate awareness of the professional setting to the thesis/dissertation defense?. Each criteria is pass/fail"]
["Performance Target: ","80% of presented oral defenses will earn a pass on each of the listed criteria with in 6 years of starting the program."]
["Results:","All oral defenses on effectively presented the objectives, techniques, and findings of the thesis/dissertation criterion of the defense. 100% of the presented oral examinations earned a pass on the ability to show adequate depth of knowledge of the results and implications of the thesis/dissertation criterion of the defense.  100% of the presented oral examinations earned a pass on the ability to show adequate depth of knowledge in the field of study in relationship to the degree to be conferred criterion of the defense. 100% of the presented oral examinations earned a pass on ability to show adequate awareness of the professional setting to the thesis/dissertation defense criterion of the defense."]
["Use of Results:","Continued use of Assessment measure, no action taken."]
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["Program Outcome 1"]
["To increase the research capacity of the program"]
["Assessment Measure:","Successfully hiring strong research faculty in research areas germane to the program."]
["Assessment Target:","We will hire on average at least one new faculty member from 2015-2020"]
["Assessment Results:","No faculty were employed during 2017/2018"]
["Use of Results:","TARGET NOT MET. "]
["Program Outcome 2"]
["Increase the number of graduating students "]
["Assessment Measure:","Number of students entering the program and attrition rate."]
["Assessment Target:"," Increase the number of students in the program by 10% per year with an attrition rate of <10%."]
["Assessment Results:","PhD student numbers decreased by one"]
["Use of Results:","Due to the time a PhD takes a increase in the three year mean is more represented of the program than over one year. "]

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["Online",null,"No"]
["Off campus"]