Academic Affairs - Program Review Year Four

Deliverable:

• Program Level Learning Outcomes Assessment  

• Course Student Learning Outcomes Review & Assessment

• Execute SMART Goals into Year 4 (from findings in Year 3)

• Review SMART Goals from all program review years

The Goal: To ensure that program [and discipline] curriculum provides appropriate conditions for student achievement of intended program [and discipline] learning outcomes (Palomba & Banta, 1999). 

There are several steps to complete year three of the Program Review. Please reference the year three instruction guide document (found below) for expanded definitions, guidance, and resources. The deliverables from year 3 will also roll into year 4.

Snapshot of Deliverables:

An abridged version of the Instruction Guide.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

Continuation from Year 3.

Course Student Learning Outcomes

Course SLOs are statements that define what students will know or be able to do as a result of a course learning experience. They are intentionally prepared and aligned with course content, measured, and assessed for successful attainment. This deliverable has several options for chairs/coordinators to choose from. By choosing the direction to further investigate course student learning outcomes, faculty can utilize work that best fits the department’s needs.

Instruction Guide:

This document offers a step by step guide “how to” steps to complete year four deliverables. The instruction guide is separated out by deliverable.

• Year 4 AA PLO Instructions
• Year 4 AA Course SLO Instructions

Resources:

For Program Learning Outcomes Deliverable 

View Resources from Year 3

• PLO Guidelines
• Grading vs Assessment of Learning

• Sources of Direct & Indirect Evidence

• Program Level Learning Outcomes Survey Template (Vetted by IRB)

• IRB Program Review Template (Vetted by IRB)

• Assignment Design Template

• PLO Assessment Plan Template

• PLO Outcome Plan Options

• CoPilot Agent Program Outcomes – Blooms Taxonomy

• CoPilot Agent Program Outcomes – ABCD Structure

• Blooms Rubric (same as for course measure)

• ABCD Rubric (same as for course measure)

For Course Student Learning Outcomes

• Video – Writing Student Learning Outcomes
• Writing & Evaluating Outcomes (Colorado College – Retrieved, 6/25/25)
• Course SLOs & Assessment Alignment Template
• Assignment Design Template

• CoPilot Agent Program Outcomes – Blooms Taxonomy

• CoPilot Agent Program Outcomes – ABCD Structure

• Blooms Rubric
• ABCD Rubric
• Syllabus Course SLO Analyzer

Templates:

"CLOSING THE LOOP" Deans/Coordinator Form

Program Review Annual Report (Forthcoming)

Sample Deliverables:

Forthcoming