Outcomes Assessment for Sociology
Outcomes
Sociology graduates will understand and demonstrate:
- Disciplinary contributions to understanding social reality
- Unique aspects of the Sociological perspective and its differences from common sense and other social sciences
- Breadth and depth of diversity of thought and investigative tools within the discipline
- Role of scientific evidence and use of qualitative and quantitative methodologies
- Differences in investigative approaches in building knowledge in the discipline
- Critical assessment skills in reviewing published research
- Institutional interconnections and relationships between individual
freedom and agency versus the determinism of external social structures
Assessment Measures
- Feedback from students via standardized course evaluations, including suggestions on how course could be improved
- Surveys of recent graduates, such as five year post-graduation survey
- Exit interviews with graduates
- Feedback from Academic Advisor
- Comments and evaluations from internship supervisors
- Feedback from employers of recent graduates
- Standardized test scores of students
- Proportion of students on Dean’s list, and other academic honors, such as honor societies, and awards
- Proportion of students admitted to graduate programs and other professional programs
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