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Department/School: Degree/Academic Program:

Chair/Director: Dean/College: Date:

Section I: Alignment of Department/Program Mission to TWU Mission

Texas Woman's University Mission
Texas Woman’s University builds on its long tradition as a public institution primarily for women by educating a diverse community of students to lead personally and professionally fulfilling lives. TWU prepares women and men for leadership and service through high quality undergraduate, graduate and professional programs on campus and at a distance. A TWU education ignites potential, purpose and a pioneering spirit.
Department/Program Mission
[Insert Department/Program Mission below. You may also include a College and/or School Mission.] / Alignment of Department/Program Mission
to Institutional Mission
[Identify elements of the Institutional Mission that align with the Department/Program Mission below.]

Section II: Alignment of Program Student Learning Outcomes to Department/Program Mission

Department/Program Mission
[Insert Department/Program Mission here.]
Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs): By the end of the academic program, students will be able to: / Alignment of Program Student Learning Outcomes to Department/Program Mission
[Identify elements of the Department/Program Mission that align with the Program Student Learning Outcomes below.]
SLO 1
SLO 2
SLO 3

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Section III: Alignment of Program SLOs to the Curriculum [Use key provided below to identify the depth to which the program SLO is addressed and assessed within the course/experience.]

COURSES/EXPERIENCES [List in order of course prefix number from lowest to highest. Include abbreviated course title. If appropriate, include program experiences that are essential but are not tied to a specific course.] / SLO 1 [Briefly state here.] / SLO 2 [Briefly state here.] / SLO 3 [Briefly state here.]

Key: AD/P – SLO is addressed as a primary focus

AD/S – SLO is addressed as a secondary focus

AD/C – SLO is addressed as a cursory focus

FA – SLO is assessed (formative assessment of developing knowledge, skills, and/or dispositions)

SA – SLO is assessed (summative assessment of knowledge, skills, and/or dispositions)

CEPA – Course-embedded program assessment specific to the SLO

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Section IV: *Projected Program SLOs Assessment Cycle

Program SLO Description
By the end of the academic program, students will be able to: / When will the SLO be assessed?
List projected academic years.*
SLO 1 -
SLO 2 -
SLO 3 -

*Note: This should be a tentative projection of how program faculty will address/assess all program SLOs over a period of years. This may/will change dependent on results of student data and the types of changes (actions for improvement) that program faculty implement as a result. The general guideline is to continue working on the SLO until changes implemented reflect improvement in student learning over time – documentation of “closing the loop”. Program faculty will need to determine how long to continue to focus on a specific SLO before transitioning their attention to another SLO.

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Section V: Program SLO(s) to be Assessed

SLO 1: By the end of the academic program, students will be able to: [Insert SLO here.]
Years to be Assessed: [Insert academic years to be assessed here.]
Assessment Measure*
[Insert name of each assessment measure, and identify content/elements to be assessed below.] / Direct or Indirect Measure? / Assessment Method
[Indicate how the assessment measure will be scored. By whom? Will disaggregated (category/major component/domain) data be tabulated, in addition to an overall score? Etc.] / Criterion for Success
[List the minimally acceptable level of individual student performance on the selected assessment measure.] / Realistic Program Goal
[List a reasonable/realistic goal for the percentage of students that will attain the set criterion for success.] / Stretch Program Goal
[List a challenging/stretch goal that indicates the desired, yet potentially attainable percentage of students that could achieve the set criterion for success.]
AM 1:
AM 2:
SLO 2: By the end of the academic program, students will be able to: [Insert SLO here.]
Years to be Assessed: [Insert academic years to be assessed here.]
Assessment Measure*
[Insert name of each assessment measure, and identify content/elements to be assessed below.] / Direct or Indirect Measure? / Assessment Method
[Indicate how the assessment measure will be scored. By whom? Will disaggregated (category/major component/domain) data be tabulated, in addition to an overall score? Etc.] / Criterion for Success
[List the minimally acceptable level of individual student performance on the selected assessment measure.] / Realistic Program Goal
[List a reasonable/realistic goal for the percentage of students that will attain the set criterion for success.] / Stretch Program Goal
[List a challenging/stretch goal that indicates the desired, yet potentially attainable percentage of students that could achieve the set criterion for success.]
AM 1:
AM 2:

*Note: A minimum of one program SLO must be assessed per year. Two assessment measures are required per SLO assessed, one of which must be a direct measure of assessment.

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Section V: Program SLO(s) to be Assessed…

SLO 3: By the end of the academic program, students will be able to: [Insert SLO here.]
Years to be Assessed: [Insert academic years to be assessed here.]
Assessment Measure*
[Insert name of each assessment measure, and identify content/elements to be assessed below.] / Direct or Indirect Measure? / Assessment Method
[Indicate how the assessment measure will be scored. By whom? Will disaggregated (category/major component/domain) data be tabulated, in addition to an overall score? Etc.] / Criterion for Success
[List the minimally acceptable level of individual student performance on the selected assessment measure.] / Realistic Program Goal
[List a reasonable/realistic goal for the percentage of students that will attain the set criterion for success.] / Stretch Program Goal
[List a challenging/stretch goal that indicates the desired, yet potentially attainable percentage of students that could achieve the set criterion for success.]
AM 1:
AM 2:

*Note: A minimum of one program SLO must be assessed per year. Two assessment measures are required per SLO assessed, one of which must be a direct measure of assessment.

Section VI: Assessment Plan Implementation Coordination

Assessment Measure
[Insert name only of each assessment measure below.
AM 1 is Assessment Measure 1.] / Administration Period
(Academic Years) / Who will administer/collect assessment? / Who will input data, conduct initial data analysis, and when will it occur? / When will interpretation of the data and development of changes to improve student learning occur? What program faculty will be involved? / When will changes to improve student learning (actions for improvement) be implemented?
SLO 1 [Insert academic years to be assessed here.]
AM 1:
AM 2:
SLO 2 [Insert academic years to be assessed here.]
AM 1:
AM 2:

Section VI: Assessment Plan Implementation Coordination…

Assessment Measure
[Insert name only of each assessment measure below.
AM 1 is Assessment Measure 1.] / Administration Period
(Academic Years) / Who will administer/collect assessment? / Who will input data, conduct initial data analysis, and when will it occur? / When will interpretation of the data and development of changes to improve student learning occur? What program faculty will be involved? / When will changes to improve student learning (actions for improvement) be implemented?
SLO 3 [Insert academic years to be assessed here.]
AM 1:
AM 2:

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