West Virginia University Graduatecertificate Program Review

West Virginia University GraduateCertificate Program Review

Self StudyReport Form

Graduate programs must comply with the Board of Governors’ requirement to produce a self-study report and to have that self-study report examined by the Graduate Council every five years. These reports are designed to encourage programs to consider carefully what they do and how they do it.

Instructions. Complete the form below as well as all required supporting documents. Responses to the items below should be succinct but complete. The text boxes will expand as you type.

Please submit all materials electronically by December 15thof the review year. Upload all items/documents when finished with entire completion of the self-study. Please click here to go to the WVU Program Review Portal.

Please contact Tammy Smith at with questions or concerns during the review process.

Mission

• Discuss how the degree program is consistent with WVU’s mission (http://about.wvu.edu/wvu-facts) and strategic plan (http://strategicplan.wvu.edu/).
• Provide a brief description of this certificate program, its nature, unique characteristics, goals, etc. Identify the program’s relationship to other programs at WVU, especially in terms of mutual support, shared faculty, shared course requirements, and shared facilities.

Curriculum, Enrollment, and Students

• Certificate program requirements
• Provide a brief narrative description of certificate program requirements, and a web link to both the catalog description of the program and any other website that describes program requirements.

• Enrollment history and projection
• Report the number of students who wereadmitted to the certificate program, and also the number of students who have completed the certificate program in the past five academic years, upload anenrollment data form.
• List courses that meet certificate requirements that have been offered during the past five academic years.

• Describe possible reasons for enrollment changes in the past five academic years.

• Identify trends that may influence enrollment over the next five academic years.

• Student profile

• Describe admission requirements for students wishing to complete this certificate.

Faculty

• Upload a single file containing 2-page faculty information form located here.

Resources

• Provide a description of physical space, funding, and other resources available to support this program.

Assessment Information[KK1][TS2]

• Previous Reviews

• Report a summary of your previous BOG program review comments, including the committee’s recommendation. Indicate what corrective actions, if any, have been implemented since the last review.

• Attach any interim reports submitted to the Graduate Council in response to your previous BOG review.

Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes and Program Outcomes[KK3][TS4]

This section has two parts. In the first part, you are asked to list, describe, and assess your Student Learning Outcomes. Some programs use the terms “Key Student Performance Indicators” or “Student Competencies.” This guide uses “SLOs.” Whatever term your program uses, these are statements specifying what you expect your students to know and be able to demonstrate upon completion of their degree.

In the second part of this section, you are asked to list, describe, and assess your Program Outcomes. Program outcomes are goals or objectives that are at a level above any given Student Learning Outcome. That is, program outcomes are aggregate expectations about students’ experiences and achievements during the program and students’ achievements upon completion of the program. Program outcomes may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

• Graduates’ overall satisfaction with specific experiences during the program (e.g., capstone projects, internships, undergraduate research)
• Graduates’ placement (e.g., the percentage of graduates employed in positions related to the field of study or pursuing advanced degrees)
• Employer satisfaction with graduates’ job performance
• Please contact Dr. Bernadette Jungblut, University Assessment Officer, , if any assistance is needed with completing this section.

Student Learning Outcomes

• List and number all Student Learning Outcomes (use these numbers when addressing the items below). Indicate which of these SLOs were assessed during this program review cycle and during which academic year they were assessed.

• For each SLO assessed during this cycle, specify where or how students are provided the opportunity to demonstrate their achievement of that SLO and where or how assessment of your students’ achievement is conducted. This could be a culminating course or program experience (such as a capstone course or research project). This could take place across courses (e.g., comparing your students’ performance in a first or second year course to a course during the junior or senior year). This could be a required program activity such as an internship, practicum, clinical, etc.

• Describe how each SLO is measured. List the criteria by which you document that a student has:

• Not demonstrated achievement of that SLO;
• Demonstrated achievement of that SLO; and, if you choose,
• Exceeded your specified criteria for achievement of that SLO.

• Provide a summary statement about your students’ achievement of each SLO assessed during this program review cycle. To what extent are your students meeting the criteria and demonstrating their achievement of each SLO? Be candid about any SLOs where students are not fully meeting expectations and where there is room for improvement.

• For SLOs where there is room for improvement, describe the changes you will make during the upcoming program review cycle to increase the likelihood of your students achieving those SLOs. Also describe your plan for assessing the impact of these changes on students’ achievement of those SLOs.

• Include a timeline that specifies when these changes will be made and when the impact of these changes will be assessed.

• Describe your plan for assessing SLOs (including those not assessed during the current program review cycle) during the next 5 years.

Program Outcomes

• List and number all Program Outcomes (use these numbers when addressing the items below). Indicate which of these Program Outcomes were assessed during this program review cycle and during which academic year they were assessed.

• For each Program Outcome assessed this cycle, describe the method(s) by which that outcome is measured.

• Summarize your Program Outcomes during this program review cycle. To what extent is your program meeting its desired outcomes? Be candid about Program Outcomes with which you are not completely satisfied.

• For all Program Outcomes with which you are not completely satisfied, describe the changes you will make during the upcoming program review cycle to increase the likelihood of improved performance. Also describe your plan for assessing the impact of these changes on your program.

• Include a timeline that specifies when these changes will be made and when the impact of these changes will be assessed.

• Describe your plan for assessing Program Outcomes (including those not assessed during the current program review cycle) during the next 5 years.

Program Viability and Necessity

• Provide a statement of program viability and necessity based on enrollment trends, graduate placement, and other available data. Address the program’s past ability and future prospects to attract students and sustain a viable, cost-effective program.

• Additional comments (optional).

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[KK3]Tammy – you will need to change some formatting (get rid of the letters and numbers in the lists, for example). This information will need to go into the list of items and into the forms.

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