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Learning Goals and Objectives for the Sociology Major 2014 1) How is sociology distinctive as a discipline? Students should be able to: a) Recognize and apply sociological perspectives. 2) What do sociologists know? Students should be able to: a) Identify significant historical contributions to the discipline. b) Demonstrate an understanding of the key knowledge areas in the discipline (e.g., structure, interaction, inequality, and diversity) 3) How is sociological knowledge produced? Students should be able to: a) Apply theoretical concepts to an issue. b) Use sociological methods to collect data. c) Analyze data statistically using appropriate software. d) Use discipline-specific conventions to convey sociological information in writing. Assessment Plan for the Sociology Major The Sociology Department assesses learning goals on a rotating basis over a cycle of six years. Goals 1 and 2 are each assessed over one academic year, and Goal 3 is assessed over four years. Goals 1 and 2 are knowledge based, whereas the objectives covered in Goal 3 are skills based. In addition, each of the four objectives in Goal 3 is broader in scope and application. In the fall, we discuss assessment findings from the previous academic year during a department meeting. Formal Assessment Techniques. Assessments are course-specific, and determined by individual instructors as each goal and objective “comes due.” Planned assessment techniques, subject to change, are included in the chart below. In many courses we use multiple choice and true/false exam questions to assess knowledge-based goals and objectives. A select number of questions are embedded in regularly scheduled exams and quizzes and the proportion of the class correctly identifying the appropriate answer is determined. For Goals 1 and 2, the knowledge-based goals, in some courses a pre-/post-test defining features matrix is used. This assessment technique asks students to correctly identify a sociological argument among multiple types of arguments, for example. Early semester and late semester scores are then compared to determine whether progress has been made over time. A number of writing assignments are also used for direct assessment purposes (including: essays, term papers, data collection and presentation, short essay quizzes, final essay exams). The form that these assessments take varies by course, instructor, and assignment purpose. Informal Assessment Techniques. We use a senior survey for annual goal assessment, implemented Spring 2011. The survey focuses on student perceptions of goal attainment and is distributed online, with a link sent spring semester to each senior student who has declared the sociology major. Like the formal assessment, the informal assessment focuses on the specific goal and objective receiving attention for the year. Informal assessment of goals in separate courses is performed, as appropriate, by instructor discretion. Assessment Strategies for Sociology, Undergraduate Major – AY 2014 to 2020 AY 2014 – 2015 Goal 1) How is sociology distinctive as a discipline? Objective a) Recognize and apply sociological perspectives. Course 110 Method Direct Measure Multiple choice exam Essay Term paper Multiple choice exam Multiple choice exam Pre/Post-test True/false quiz 115 301 335 Direct Direct Direct 354 Direct 355 450 Direct Direct Course 110 Method Direct Measure Multiple choice exam 253 Direct 301 450 115 Direct Direct Direct Multiple choice exam Short essay True/false quiz Multiple choice exam 306 335 354 Direct Direct Direct 361 Direct 407 431 Direct Direct 436 Direct AY 2015 – 2016 Goal 2) What do sociologists know? Objective a) Identify significant historical contributions to the discipline. b) Demonstrate an understanding of key knowledge areas in the discipline. AY 2016 – 2017 Written essays Short essay Multiple choice exam Multiple choice exam Final essay exam Multiple choice exam Final essay exam Goal 3) How is sociological knowledge produced? Objective a) Apply theoretical concepts to an issue. Course 301 Method Direct 306 Direct 331 Direct 361 Direct --- Indirect Measure Exam questions Essay Series of student essays Application project with final report Multiple choice exam Senior survey Course 301 Method Direct Measure Exam questions 323 475 --- Direct Direct Indirect Group project Final paper Senior survey Course 326 Method Direct 340 475 --- Indirect Direct Direct Indirect Measure SPSS application assignments Student survey SPSS assignment Final paper Senior survey Course 331 Method Direct Measure 431 Direct 436 475 --- Direct Direct Indirect SPSS analysis assignment Final paper Final paper Senior survey AY 2017 – 2018 Goal 3) How is sociological knowledge produced? Objective b) Use sociological methods to collect data. AY 2018 – 2019 Goal 3) How is sociological knowledge produced? Objective c) Analyze data statistically using appropriate software. AY 2019 – 2020 Goal 3) How is sociological knowledge produced? Objective d) Use discipline-specific conventions to convey sociological information in writing. Sociology Major Required Courses 1a 2a Soc 110: Intro to Soc * X X Soc 301: Theory X X 2b 3a X Soc 326: Statistics * Soc 475: Capstone * 3c X Soc 323: Methods Soc 361: Social Psych * 3b X X X X 3d 1a 2a 2b 3a X X 3b 3c 3d Core Electives Soc 306: Social Change Soc 335: Family X X X Soc 431: Org & Behavior X X Soc 436: Social Inequality X X Soc 437: Population X Soc 450: Deviant Behavior X X General Electives Soc 115: Soc Problems * X X Soc 250: Diversity * X X Soc 252: Criminology Soc 253: Delinquency * X X X Soc 309: Special Topics Soc 331: Rural Soc X Soc 340: Soc of Gender * X Soc 351: Corrections X Soc 352: Aging X Soc 354: Medical Soc X Soc 355: Drugs & Society X X X Soc 397: Coop Ed Soc 407: Political Soc Soc 492: Practicum Soc 494: Ind Readings X X Essential Studies Courses Social Sciences SS Soc 110: Intro to Soc X Soc 115: Soc Problems X Soc 250: Diversity X Soc 253: Delinquency X MST U G Q Capstone X X Soc 306: Social Change X Soc 326: Statistics X Soc 340: Soc of Gender X Soc 361: Soc Psych X Soc 475: Capstone A X X 2012 Learning Goals and Objectives for the Sociology Major 1) How is sociology distinctive as a discipline? Students should be able to: a) Identify an argument that is sociologically informed. b) Apply the sociological imagination. 2) What do sociologists know? Students should be able to: a) Identify significant historical contributions to the discipline. b) Demonstrate an understanding of the key knowledge areas in the discipline (e.g., structure, interaction, inequality, and diversity) 3) How is sociological knowledge produced? Students should be able to: a) Apply theoretical concepts to an issue. b) Use sociological methods to collect data. c) Analyze data statistically using appropriate software. d) Use discipline-specific conventions to convey sociological information in writing. Assessment Plan for the Sociology Major The Sociology Department assesses learning goals on a rotating basis over a cycle of six years. Goals 1 and 2 are each assessed over one academic year, and Goal 3 is assessed over four years. Goals 1 and 2 are knowledge based, whereas the objectives covered in Goal 3 are skills based. In addition, each of the four objectives in Goal 3 is broader in scope and application. In the fall, we discuss assessment findings from the previous academic year during a department meeting. Beginning in AY 2010 – 11, informal assessment of students’ perceived learning will supplement formal assessment measures. Past years have included both formal and informal assessment techniques, but with the revision of departmental goals and objectives, efforts have been focused in the recent past on reformulating formal assessment techniques before moving forward with informal means. Formal Assessment Techniques. Assessments are course-specific, and determined by individual instructors as each goal and objective “comes due.” As these become known, the assessment techniques are included in the chart below. In many courses we use multiple choice and true/false exam questions to assess knowledge-based goals and objectives. A select number of questions are embedded in regularly scheduled exams and quizzes and the proportion of the class correctly identifying the appropriate answer is determined. For Goals 1 and 2, the knowledge-based goals, in some courses a pre-/post-test defining features matrix is used. This assessment technique asks students to correctly identify a sociological argument among multiple types of arguments, for example. Early semester and late semester scores are then compared to determine whether progress has been made over time. The memory matrix is another version of the defining features matrix; students are asked to determine a correct choice among competing perspectives or solutions. When a single memory matrix is used, scores are not compared across time in order to determine improvement. Rather, adequate progress is assessed at a single point in the semester after the learning objective has been the focus of course meetings and material. A number of writing assignments are also used for direct assessment purposes (including: annotated bibliography, essay, field paper, data collection and presentation, short essay quiz, final essay exam). The form that these assessments take varies by course, instructor, and assignment purpose. For example, a rubric is used with the field paper in Soc 301 and the annotated bibliography assignment in Soc 335. Short essays are examined in some cases more for content than degree of progress. Informal Assessment Techniques. We are currently using a senior survey for annual goal assessment, implemented spring 2011. The survey focuses on student perceptions of goal attainment and is distributed online, with a link sent spring semester to each senior student who has declared the sociology major. Like the formal assessment, the informal assessment focuses on the specific goal and objective receiving attention for the year. Once we have completed a round of formal assessment of each goal in our specific courses, the first six year cycle, we will attempt to include informal assessment of goals in separate courses, as appropriate. Assessment Strategies for Sociology, Undergraduate Major – AY 2008 to 2014 AY 2008 – 2009 Goal 1) How is sociology distinctive as a discipline? Objective a) Identify an argument that is sociologically informed. b) Apply the sociological imagination. Course 110 Method Direct Measure Multiple choice exam Annotated bibliography True/false quiz Essay 335 Direct 450 115 Direct Direct 301 354 Direct Direct 355 Direct Course 110 Method Direct Measure Multiple choice exam 253 Direct 301 450 115 Direct Direct Direct Multiple choice exam Short essay quiz True/false quiz Multiple choice exam 306 335 354 Direct Direct Direct 361 Direct 407 431 Direct Direct 436 Direct Field paper Data collection & presentation (written) Pre/Post-test AY 2009 – 2010 Goal 2) What do sociologists know? Objective a) Identify significant historical contributions to the discipline. b) Demonstrate an understanding of key knowledge areas in the discipline. Written essays Memory matrix Multiple choice exam Multiple choice exam Final essay exam Multiple choice exam Final essay exam AY 2010 – 2011 Goal 3) How is sociological knowledge produced? Objective a) Apply theoretical concepts to an issue. Course 301 Method Direct Measure Exam questions Application essay Series of student essays Application project with final report Incomplete Senior survey 306 Direct 331 Direct 361 --- --Indirect Course 301 Method Measure incomplete 323 Direct 475 Direct --- Indirect Multiple choice exams In-class application activity Film analysis Application assignments Application project with final paper and presentation Senior survey Course 326 Method Direct 340 475 --- Direct Direct Indirect Course 331 Method Direct 335 Direct AY 2011 – 2012 Goal 3) How is sociological knowledge produced? Objective b) Use sociological methods to collect data. AY 2012 – 2013 Goal 3) How is sociological knowledge produced? Objective c) Analyze data statistically using appropriate software. Measure Senior survey AY 2013 – 2014 Goal 3) How is sociological knowledge produced? Objective d) Use discipline-specific conventions to convey sociological information in writing. Measure 431 475 --- Direct Direct Indirect Senior survey Sociology Major Required Courses 1a 1b Soc 110: Intro to Soc 2a 2b 3a 3b 3c 3d X Soc 301: Theory X X X Soc 323: Methods X Soc 326: Statistics X Soc 475: Capstone X X Electives Soc 115: Social Problems Soc 250: Diversity X X X X Soc 252: Criminology Soc 253: Delinquency X X X Soc 306: Social Change X Soc 331: Rural Sociology Soc 335: Family X X X X X X Soc 340: Soc of Gender X Soc 352: Aging X Soc 354: Medical Sociology X Soc 355: Drugs & Society X X X Soc 361: Social Psychology X Soc 407: Political Sociology X Soc 431: Org & Behavior X Soc 436: Social Inequality X Soc 437: Population X Soc 450: Deviant Behavior X X X X X Essential Studies Courses Social Sciences SS Soc 110: Intro to Sociology X Soc 115: Social Problems X Soc 250: Diversity X Soc 253: Delinquency X MST U G Q Capstone X X Soc 306: Social Change X Soc 326: Statistics X Soc 340: Soc of Gender X Soc 361: Social Psychology X Soc 475: Capstone A X X
