UG Assessment Plan/Process

The undergraduate programs primarily involve students going into the field of speech-language pathology, and most of the  instructors are from the SLP Division, so these programs are dealt with primarily through monthly SLP Division meetings and annual Retreat. Subgroups are formed to deal with specific topics as needed. The annual undergraduate assessment website and results were presented to all the faculty in the 2025 Department August Retreat.

Direct:

  1. Coursework grades: Percentage of students who earned final course grades of at least grades of C (73%) or B- (80%) in coursework for which the program objective receives focused instructional attention. The grade of C is the minimum required for the major while B- shows a more satisfactory level of competence. See Table 1 for learning objective emphasis by course.

  2. Capstone quiz: Percentage of students who earned ≥C (73%) or ≥B- (80%) on a short multiple choice low-stakes capstone quiz embedded in senior-level COMD 4200 (Clinical Methods) for campus and online students. The test questions tap basic but important big and small ideas that are answerable without immediately prior studying.

    Indirect:
IDEA student evaluations across UG COMD courses on two core objectives:
  • Obj#1 Gaining a basic understanding of the subject (e.g., factual knowledge, methods, principles, generalizations, theories).
  • Obj#4. Developing specific skills, competencies, and points of view needed by professionals in the field most closely related to this course.
  1. Alumni online survey administered one year after graduation. 
  2. Student, advisor, and instructor feedback from informal and formal sources.
  3. Graduate faculty evaluation of student performance in audiology, speech-language pathology, and deaf education graduate professional programs.