OVERVIEW
Program Under Evaluation
State the name of the program, the CIP code for the program, and the approved degrees offered through the program.

Mission Statement
Present the departmental mission statement and the purpose of the program. Briefly summarize any major program changes during the preceding five years, and the assessment(s) that led to these changes.

CURRICULUM
Program Courses
List the course requirements for the program, including a minor (if applicable), and including any required courses taught outside the department or program. Identify any courses offered as a service to other programs, and any courses that are part of the University Core Curriculum.

Curriculum Evaluation
Has the program curriculum been evaluated for disciplinary standards, as well as present and future societal/market needs of the program within the past five years? If yes, provide documentation of this evaluation; if no, provide an action plan to complete this evaluation within six months from the filing of this report.

PROGRAM PROFILE
Semester Credit Hours
Using data provided by the Office of Institutional Research, summarize total semester credit hour production for the past five years.

Number of Majors/Minors
Using data provided by the Office of Institutional Research, summarize the trends in the number of majors and minors in the program for the past five years.

Degrees Granted
Using data provided by the Office of Institutional Research, summarize the trends in the number of degrees granted for majors and minors for the past five years.

Summary
Are any major trends apparent from the data on semester credit hours, number of majors/minors and degrees granted? If yes, summarize how the department plans to deal with these trends.

STUDENT PROFILE
Diversity
Using data provided by the Office of Institutional Research, summarize five-year trends for majors in the program by:
Race/Ethnicity;
Age;
Gender;
Part-time/Full-time.
If any of the diversity trends has had an impact on the program, please summarize this impact.

Academic
Using data provided by the Office of Institutional Research, summarize five year trends for majors in the program by:
Course completion rates;
Grade distribution and mean GPA for core (required) courses in the program;

STUDENT LEARNING (All information in this section should coincide with information contained in the SUPER database – available from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness)

Learning Outcomes
List the critical learning outcomes graduates of the program should demonstrate.

Assessment Methods
List the methods used to assess student mastery of these outcomes.

Program Enhancement
Summarize, for the past five years, how leaning outcomes assessment has been used to enhance student learning in the program.

FACULTY PROFILE
Individual Profiles
Provide the following information for all full-time and part-time personnel currently teaching in the program, and any others who have taught during the past two years:
Name;
Full-time, part-time, adjunct, graduate assistant-teaching;
Academic rank and year last promoted;
Tenure status and year achieving status;
Graduate faculty status;
Highest degree earned, year awarded, institution, major;
Courses taught in this time period.

Accreditation Credentialing
Do all full-time and part-time faculty members teaching credit courses leading toward the baccalaureate degree, other than physical activity courses, hold a doctoral or a master’s degree in the teaching discipline or a master’s degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline (minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline)? If no, please state approved exceptions.

If appropriate, do all faculty teaching graduate and post-baccalaureate course work hold the earned doctorate/terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline? If no, please state approved exceptions.

If appropriate, do all graduate teaching assistants hold the master’s in the teaching discipline or 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline, and have direct supervision by a faculty member experienced in the teaching discipline, regular in-service training, and planned and periodic evaluations? If no, please include action plan to correct any deficiencies.

Faculty Load
Using data provided by the Office of Institutional Research, summarize faculty loads, any over-loads, and how faculty loads affect the program.

Faculty Evaluation
How is instruction of full-time and part-time faculty members in the program evaluated? How are the results used to improve teaching effectiveness?

Anticipated Faculty Needs
In light of enrollment and SCH trends, goals of the program, and current composition of the faculty in the program, discuss the projected personnel needs for the next five years.

Grant Productivity
List, for the past five years, the following information on grants awarded to full-time faculty in the program:
Faculty member(s) receiving the grant;
Grant Source;
Total grant award;
Length of grant.

FISCAL RESOURCES
Resources by Source
Using data provided by Business Administration, develop a spreadsheet that shows the department’s fiscal resources (per year) for the past five years in the following areas:
Total Faculty salaries;
Total Non-faculty salaries;
Total Adjunct Faculty salaries;
Total salaries for Graduate Assistants Not Teaching;
Total salaries for Graduate Teaching Assistants;
Total wages;
Total travel;
Total supplies;
Total contracted services;
Total operation and maintenance;
Total HEAF;
Total non-state funds;
Yearly total of all funds.

Weighted Semester Credit Hour Production
Using data provided by the Office of Institutional Research, provide a spreadsheet of the department’s weighted semester hour production, by year, for the past five years.

PLANNING AND EVALUATION PROCESSES
Planning and Evaluation Results
Summarize the results of departmental planning and evaluation, as shown in the SUPER database, for the past five years (attach SUPER reports for each year).

Summarize how the evaluations of the departmental plans (for the past five years) have led to greater effectiveness.

Planning Process
Summarize how your planning process has allowed the department to envision developments in curriculum, students, student learning, instruction, faculty, fiscal resources, and mission/purpose of the program for the next five years.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REVIEW
Describe 3-5 internal strengths of the program that demonstrate its effectiveness.

Describe 3-5 internal weaknesses of the program that diminish its effectiveness.

Describe 3-5 external opportunities that may have an impact on the program in the next five years.

Describe 3-5 external threats (e.g. state funding, demographics) that may have a negative impact on the program in the next five years.

Provide recommendations for improvement of the program. Include the rationale for each recommendation.

ACTION PLAN
Develop an action plan (that may extend over several years) to address areas of concern and/or emerging new directions for the program identified through this program review. This plan should be written in the form of objectives to be achieved with timelines for their achievement, as well as responsible parties. The action plan should also be incorporated in the SUPER yearly planning documents as appropriate.

References: Procedure A11.09