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["Student Learning Outcome 1"]
["Students will be able to 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% (2 out of 2) of assignments obtained 100% on the assignment.  2 out of 2 (100%) of the submitted writing assignments earned 8 points or higher on question # 2 of the  introductory writing assignment. 2 out of 2 (100%) of the submitted writing assignments earned 8 points or higher on question # 3 of the  introductory writing assignment. 2 out of 2 (100%) of the submitted writing assignments earned 8 points or higher on question # 4 of the  introductory writing assignment."]
["Use of Results:","Target met. The program plans to keep the same measure for next year's plans just to make sure that the program is able to maintain the same or higher minimum acceptable level.  "]
["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. "]
["Performance Target: ","100% of abstracts submitted will be accepted for presentation at a conference. "]
["Results:","100%  of abstracts submitted were accepted. "]
["Use of Results:","Target met, however, the measure is not clearly evaluated and will be changed in 19-20  due to the variation in requirements for different conferences.  However, we are unable able to revise it for the 2018-19 assessment report since the abstracts that were evaluated in 2018-19 had different guidelines from a number of conferences."]
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["Student Learning Outcome 2"]
["Students will be able 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:","For the area of Basic principles of hypothesis testing and their relationship with scientific method, the average score is 9.13, 6 of the 7 assignments assessed scored 8 or above: 83%.  For the area of The appropriate statistical tests for different research questions, data, and research design, the average score is 5.67, 3 of the 7 assignments assess had 8 or above (47%).  For the area of Statistical test assumptions, statistical errors and their impact for making inferences, the average score is 8.83, 7 of the 7 assignments assessed scored 8 or above (100%)."]
["Use of Results:","This measure is for the full class (Masters and PhD students), reporting will be made every semester so they can be defended. The target of 80% was not met for area 2 (47%).  Overall our students’ preparations (such as mathematic, writing, and analytical skills) for taking this class need be improved.  We may have to set higher standards for graduate student admission, particularly for the PhD program, to our research program, and will also try to put more class effort in the area in the future.  "]
["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 the submitted presentations will earn a pass on all oral proposal criterion"]
["Results:","100%  (2 out of 2) of students entering the program in the 2 years ago have presented their proposal. Students entering this program before 2017 have not meet the 2 year time frame.  2 out of 2 (100%) of the completed oral proposals scored pass on the Effectively presented the objectives, techniques, and findings of the thesis/dissertation criterion of the oral proposal.  2 out of 2 (100%) of the completed oral proposals scored pass on the Shown adequate depth of knowledge of the study area and implications of the thesis/dissertation criterion of the oral proposal. 2 out of 2 (100%) of the completed oral proposals scored pass on theShown adequate awareness of the professional setting to the thesis/dissertation defense criterion of the oral proposal."]
["Use of Results:","Redefine criteria to be measured for those entering the program two years pior to the assesment report.  THE PERFORMANCE TARGET  ENTERED WILL BE A GOOD PERFORMANCE TARGET FOR A PROGRAM OUTCOME \"100% of the presentations will be made in the first two years of entering the program\" AND THE RESULTS ENTERED WILL BE A GOOD RESULTS TO CONNECT TO THE PEFORMANCE TARGET FOR A PROGRAM OUTCOME \"100% of students entering the program in the last 2 years have presented their proposal\". "]
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["Student Learning Outcome 3"]
["Stuents will be able to demonstrate 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 submitted exams will score at least 80% on the final exam"]
["Results:","no students"]
["Use of Results:","Will consider other measures that will be relevant every year."]
["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 of the oral defense. "]
["Results:","75% (3 out of 4) students that entered the program 6 years ago have successfully defended. 3 out of 3 (100%) of the completed oral thesis examinations scored pass on the Effectively presented the objectives, techniques, and findings of the thesis/dissertation criterion of the oral thesis examination.  3 out of 3 (100%) of the completed oral thesis examinations scored pass on the Shown adequate depth of knowledge of the results and implications of the thesis/dissertation criterion of the oral thesis examination. 3 out of 3 (100%) of the completed oral thesis examinations scored pass on the Shown adequate depth of knowledge in the field of study in relationship to the degree to be conferred criterion of the oral thesis examination.  3 out of 3 (100%) of the completed oral thesis examinations scored pass on the Shown adequate awareness of the professional setting to the thesis/dissertation defense criterion of the oral thesis examination. The remaining student has yet to defended, thus not making the 6 year mark."]
["Use of Results:","This measure will take time to reflect the changes in the program expectations due to the 6 year time frame and will continued to be measured."]
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["Program Outcome 1"]
["To recruit new research faculty in order 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:","One new faculty member will come on in August 2019"]
["Use of Results:","Due to retirement and faculty taking other position there are currently three unfilled position in this program, realign measure to account for number of faculty in the program"]
["Program Outcome 2"]
["Increase the number of graduating students "]
["Assessment Measure:","Number of students in the program."]
["Assessment Target:"," Increase the number of students in the program by 10% per year over a 5 year period. In 14/15 there were 15 students in the program, target for 18/19 is 22."]
["Assessment Results:","In 18/19 there were 20 students in the PhD program (14/15 15; 15/16 14; 16/17 14; 17/18 17; 18/19 20)"]
["Use of Results:","Target not met, given the 5 year time frame it is expected that measure will continue to reflect changes in the program. "]

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