Curriculum assessment in the Division of Sociology and Anthropology at West Virginia University

Program evaluation is essential for any organization to be successful. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the curriculum assessment in Division of Sociology and Anthropology and to make recommendations for next steps. Graduating senior surveys from 66 seniors during the Spring 2008 semester and transcripts from 504 students that graduated from the department between May 2004 through May 2008 were analyzed. Results suggest that department needs to improve upon advising, the coordination of internships, and the statistics requirement for their students. Through careful planning the department can improve upon these areas. To move forward with assessment in the future the department should consider using the capstone courses and possibly the use of subject tests as direct measures of student learning.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology and Anthropology

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Mitchell, Jennifer Luise

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jennifer Steele.
• Ronal Althouse
• Melissa Latimer

• Sociology
• Higher education
• Social sciences education

Identifier

https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/822

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:researchrepository.wvu.edu:etd-1825