Program Assessment Experiences part of Building Strong Departments:Workshops:Assessing Geoscience Programs:Participant Essays
Dale Sawyer, Earth Science Department, Rice University Explicit learning objectives, assessment tools, and evaluation plans, became part of our world at Rice University about 3 years ago. The change was not ...

Student Outcomes Assessment at IUP part of Building Strong Departments:Workshops:Assessing Geoscience Programs:Participant Essays
Karen Rose Cercone, Geoscience Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Outcomes assessment has been an aspect of the IUP Geoscience Department's self reviews since the 1980's, but until 2005, it ...

How we Assess our Students, our Curriculum, and Ourselves part of Building Strong Departments:Workshops:Assessing Geoscience Programs:Participant Essays
Arlo Weil , Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College Pedagogical and Department Curriculum Assessment The geology faculty at Bryn Mawr spends a lot of time as individuals and as a group assessing the ways in which ...

Assessment of Geography/Geology at Illinois State University part of Building Strong Departments:Workshops:Assessing Geoscience Programs:Participant Essays
Eric Peterson, Department of Geography and Geology, Illinois State University I should begin by saying that I have limited experiences with the assessment of our undergraduate program, but I have served on the ...

History and Observations on Assessing Geoscience Programs at MSU part of Building Strong Departments:Workshops:Assessing Geoscience Programs:Participant Essays
George Kipphut, Department of Geosciences, Murray State University Approximately five years ago, Murray State University embarked on a program requiring departments to develop Assessment methods and instruments ...

Assessment in the Department of Geosciences, Boise State University part of Building Strong Departments:Workshops:Assessing Geoscience Programs:Participant Essays
Karen Viskupic, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University Since 2004, the Department of Geosciences at Boise State University has been assessing its undergraduate programs according to a formal plan that ...

An Attempt at Assessment and Evaluation Using Portfolios part of Building Strong Departments:Workshops:Assessing Geoscience Programs:Participant Essays
Dave Dempsey, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University Our First Attempt In 2002-03, the faculty of San Francisco State University's Department of Geosciences, led by Karen Grove (former ...

University of Texas at El Paso part of Building Strong Departments:Workshops:Strengthening Your Geoscience Program:Participant Essays
Strengths and Weaknesses of the UTEP Department of Geological Sciences by Diane Doser The Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is of moderate size (15 faculty) with ~30 ...

Assessment in the Geology Department at the University of Dayton part of Building Strong Departments:Workshops:Assessing Geoscience Programs:Participant Essays
Allen McGrew, Geology Department, University of Dayton Assessment practices in the Geology Department at the University of Dayton must be considered in light of the intersecting but distinctive missions of the ...

A Brief History of Assessing Geology at Wheaton College part of Building Strong Departments:Workshops:Assessing Geoscience Programs:Participant Essays
Stephen O. Moshier, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Wheaton College, Illinois About five years ago our College accreditation review resulted in a positive endorsement, but a warning that our ...