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I. Learning Goals for Majors
Students graduating with a major in Women's Studies should be able:
1. To take into consideration gender, race, class, and sexual orientation
in all scholarly activity.
2. To demonstrate knowledge of the diversity of women's experiences across
cultures and history
3. To be able to voice and provide substantive evidence for their own
opinions and bring others into a respectful dialogue.
4. To demonstrate their own capacity as creators of knowledge through
original scholarship, research and/or creative activity.
5. To demonstrate a capacity to place personal and local experiences into
the relevant broader structural contexts.
This plan is available on our web page for students, faculty and the
general public to review.
| Measures |
Goal 1: To take into consideration gender,
race, class, and sexual orientation in all scholarly activity. |
Goal 2: To demonstrate knowledge of the diversity
of women's experiences across cultures and history |
Goal 3: To be able to voice and provide substantive
evidence for their own opinions and bring others into a respectful
dialogue. |
Goal 4: To demonstrate their own capacity as creators
of knowledge through original scholarship, research and/or creative
activity. |
Goal 5: To demonstrate a capacity to place personal
and local experiences into the relevant broader structural contexts.
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Use of the information |
| Portfolio composed of student work from WOST required
core courses (W100, W301, W299, W360, W480, and senior seminar) |
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Data are reported to the department annually by the
assessment subcommittee and the instructors of the core courses. The
department supports instructors in making course-based changes, takes
appropriate program-level actions, and reports outcomes to the Assessment
Committee and to the Dean in our annual report.
All data are reviewed as part of the program's seven year review. |
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Exit Interview with each graduating senior to discuss
their perceptions of the quality of their learning and their suggestions
for improvement.
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Annually, the members of the WOST governing board
meet with graduating seniors as a group to have a conversation about
their experience in the program. Students will be asked to discuss
how well they believe they have met the program's goals. They will
also be asked for recommendations for what the program could do differently
in order to enhance student learning.
The department takes action as above. |
In upcoming reports we will provide information about Examples of Changes
Based on Assessment and Recommendations for Improving Assessment Processes.
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