{"id":17,"date":"2018-06-07T17:12:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T17:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/english\/undergraduate-programs-learning-outcomes-and-assessment-plan\/"},"modified":"2018-08-14T17:44:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T17:44:49","slug":"learning-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/english\/learning-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Learning Outcomes and Assessment Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<p><strong>I. BA IN ENGLISH AND BS IN ENGLISH (SECONDARY CERTIFICATION)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the successful completion of the program, students will be able to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrate familiarity with representative literary texts;<\/li>\n<li>Read, interpret, and analyze literary texts with in their proper historical, cultural as well as literary contexts;<\/li>\n<li>Conduct research into both primary and secondary sources on topics concerning authors, texts, and issues;<\/li>\n<li>Develop original positions\/theses on authors, texts, and issues using both primary and secondary sources;<\/li>\n<li>Pursue and present their original positions\/theses cogently in effective, polished prose with proper documentation using the MLA Style of citation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Assessment Instruments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eng 470 Senior Seminar\/Capstone<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Representative sampling of research papers.<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of two or three Learning Outcomes every year.<\/li>\n<li>Using department approved rubric and scoring sheet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Assessment Process <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All English Department faculty members will participate in assessment sessions.<\/li>\n<li>Each sampled research paper will be assessed by two faculty members.<\/li>\n<li>Assessment session will be held as part of the May department faculty meeting.<\/li>\n<li>Assessment results will be reported annually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>II. BA IN AMERICAN STUDIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the successful completion of the program, students will be able to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrate familiarity with a wide range of significant American texts;<\/li>\n<li>Read, interpret, and analyze American literary, historical, cultural, and critical texts with rigor and depth in their appropriate contexts;<\/li>\n<li>Conduct valid research into both primary and secondary sources on American topics related to authors, texts, and associated issues;<\/li>\n<li>Develop viable, original arguments about American authors, texts, and related issues via primary and secondary sources;<\/li>\n<li>Create and present viable, original arguments clearly and effectively in polished prose, using field-appropriate documentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Assessment Instruments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AS 217 The American Dream<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Representative sampling of final research papers (collected every other semester).<\/li>\n<li>Apply standards from program-approved rubric and scoring sheet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AS or HIS or ENG 400 Senior Seminar\/Capstone<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sampling of research papers from students whose AS 217 research papers were assessed (collected every other semester).<\/li>\n<li>Apply standards from program-approved rubric and scoring sheet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Assessment Process <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All faculty members who regularly teach American Studies courses will participate in assessment sessions.<\/li>\n<li>Each sampled research paper will be assessed by two faculty members.<\/li>\n<li>Assessment results will be reported annually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"style1\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. 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