The department participates fully in all assessment activities. These include:

• Program-level assessment. This involves the development of Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs, listed below), and an ongoing assessment of the extent to which we are meeting our PLOs. This activity is driven by WASC and the forthcoming accreditation.

• Every year, the faculty choose one PLO to focus on. At various times, the faculty meet to discuss the ability of our majors to meet our expectations as expressed in one of our PLOs. If we are satisfied in students' abilities, we make no changes to the curriculum. If we feel that students are struggling in a particular area, we discuss ways in which we can improve student understanding and learning. Options may include: offering classes later in the curriculum (so that students are better prepared); moving some parts of the curriculum into a different class; modifying our teaching methods.

• Assessment in individual classes. This activity is conducted on an ongoing basis by each faculty member in "their" classes. For example, Professor Chiao is responsible for assesment in his undergraduate Dynamics classes (METR 121A, B). Individual faculty members develop Learning Outcomes (LOs) for each class, and these are shown on the greensheets.

• General Education Assessment. We offer four General Education (GE) classes: two core GE classes (METR 10 & 12; both "area B"), and two SJSU Studies classes (METR 112 & 113; both "area R"). In addition, we offer METR 100W ("area Z") every year. Assessment of these classes falls under the aegis of GE Assessment. The campus GE program has LOs associated with each area, and they are posted on the Undergraduate Studies website. We conduct assessment in each of our GE classes at least once per year, discuss the results at faculty meetings, and report our findings to Undergraduate Studies.

Below are links to recent assessment reports.

Reports - due, written & posted every year - are directly below, with newest reports @ top.

All the important stuff - our actual Program Learning Outcomes etc. - is at the bottom.

DATE	ITEM
Fall 2018	GE assessment reports: area B1, MET 10 & 12 combined, SLO-2
4/2018	2017-18 "Closing the loop" report for BS Meteorology program 2017-18 "Closing the loop" report for BS Meteorology, concentration Climate Science program 2017-18 "Closing the loop" report for MS Meteorology program
3/2017	2016-17 "Closing the loop" report for BS Meteorology program 2016-17 "Closing the loop" report for BS Meteorology, concentration Climate Science program 2016-17 "Closing the loop" report for MS Meteorology program
Fall 2016	GE assessment reports: area B1, MET 10, SLO-3 area B1, MET 12, SLO-3 area R, MET 112, SLO-3 area R, MET 113, SLO-3 (class not offered, data not gathered) area Z, MET 100W, SLO-2 & SLO-3
6/2016	2015-16 "Closing the loop" report for BS Meteorology program 2015-16 "Closing the loop" report for BS Meteorology, concentration Climate Science program 2015-16 "Closing the loop" report for MS Meteorology program
10/2015	GE assessment reports: area B1, MET 10, SLO-2 area B1, MET 12, SLO-2 area R, MET 112, SLO-2 area R, MET 113, SLO-2 area Z, MET 100W, SLO-2 is included in next year's cycle
6/2015	2015 "Closing the loop" report for both BS programs 2015 "Closing the loop" report for MS program
9/2014	GE assessment reports: area B1, MET 10, SLO-1 area B1, MET 12, SLO-1 area R, MET 112, SLO-1 area R, MET 113, SLO-1 area Z, MET 1OOW, SLO-1
5/2014	2014 "Closing the loop" report for all programs (new form, new format)
10/2013	Tying University Learning Goals to Program Learning Outcomes. University Learning Goals (ULGs) are posted online (search "SJSU ULG"). On the mapping, these are referred to as ULGs.   ULG-PLO mapping for BS-Meteorology ULG-PLO mapping for BS-Meteorology, concentration Climate Science ULG-PLO mapping for MS-Meteorology
8/2013	"Closing the loop" report on Program Learning Outcome #2 (Meteorology BS program) "Closing the loop" report on Program Learning Outcome #2 (Climate Science concentration BS) "Closing the loop" report on Program Learning Outcome #3 (Meteorology MS program)
8/2013	GE assessment reports: area B1, MET 10, SLO-3 area B1, MET 12, SLO-3 area R, MET 112, SLO-3 area R, MET 113, SLO-3 area Z, MET 1OOW, SLO-3
10/2012	"Closing the loop" report on Program Learning Outcome #7.
10/2012	GE assessment reports: area B1, MET 10, SLO-1 area B1, MET 10, SLO-2 area B1, MET 12, SLO-1 area B1, MET 12, SLO-2 area R, MET 112, SLO-1 area R, MET 112, SLO-2 area R, MET 113, SLO-1 area R, MET 113, SLO-2 area Z, MET 1OOW, SLO-2
2/2012	WASC rubrics BS Meteorology BS Meteorology concentration Climate Science MS Meteorology
10/2013	WASC rubrics: 2013 updates BS Meteorology BS Meteorology concentration Climate Science MS Meteorology
10/2014	WASC rubrics: 2014 updates BS Meteorology BS Meteorology concentration Climate Science MS Meteorology

 

 

Below, we list our Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) for each of our programs (BS Meteorology; BS Meteorology concentration in Climate Science; MS Meteorology). We also show how these PLOs "map" into our curriculum, and finally we show the timeframe in which we plan to conduct assessment activities.

• BS Meteorology Program Learning Outcomes (updated Spring 2011, reordered Spring 2016)
• BS Meteorology, concentration in Climate Science Program Learning Outcomes (updated Spring 2011)
• MS Meteorology Program Learning Outcomes (updated Spring 2011)

• BS Meteorology PLO Mapping (edited 2/16)
• BS Meteorology, concentration in Climate Science PLO Mapping (edited 2/16)
• MS Meteorology PLO Mapping (edited 2/16)

• BS Meteorology
• BS Meteorology, concentration in Climate Science
• MS Meteorology

 

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