Faculty and staff develop and maintain assessment plans for their respective undergraduate degree programs, graduate degree programs, credit-bearing certificates, and undergraduate co-curricular programs. The Liberal Education Subcommittee oversees the campus's undergraduate Liberal Education Program assessment plan. As shown in the menu, undergraduate assessment plans are displayed by college and for co-curricular programs; graduate assessment plans are listed under UMD Graduate School; and campus-wide assessment plans for the Liberal Education Program and Writing Studies are shown separately.
Program assessment plans
- College & Advanced Writing Program
- CAHSS Assessment Plans
- CEHSP Assessment Plans
- LSBE Assessment Plans
- SCSE Assessment Plans
- UMD Graduate School Assessment Plans
Program assessment plans include:
- Program learning outcome statements (PLOs)
- Alignment of PLOs to campus undergraduate SLOs or graduate learning goal categories and reporting year
- Brief descriptions of assessment measures/methods and performance indicator(s)
- A summary of faculty/staff and other stakeholder involvement
- Alignment of educational experiences to PLOs
Program assessment plans are used for:
- Communicating PLOs to current and potential students
- Ensuring PLOs are assessed and reported based on the schedule stated on the plan
- Demonstrating how credit-bearing courses and other degree requirements contribute to student learning in curricular programs
- Demonstrating how co-curricular programs contribute to student learning and development