2020-2021 Assessment Data
Student Learning Outcome Assessment Data
2020-2021 Learning Outcomes Assessment Results – Department of Horticulture, Undergraduate Courses (HRT)
Note: This entire academic year was taught entirely online (either synchronous or asynchronous) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore the Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee evaluated these results against our past results in evaluating the program's effectiveness.
Learning Outcome
|
Class Evaluated | Assessment Results* |
1. Apply concepts of horticulture science to select, manage, and improve plants and their products
|
HRT 203 |
56% |
2. Demonstrate competence with laboratory and/or field-based technologies used in modern horticulture
|
HRT 203 |
74% |
3. Anticipate and recognize problems, identify causes of these problems, quantify potential impacts, analyze options, identify viable solutions, and evaluate actions and consequences of treatments and interventions
|
HRT 203 |
71% |
4. Describe social, spiritual, and cultural importance of plants to historical and contemporary communities of people
|
HRT 203 |
79% |
5. Use multiple sources, including current and older literature, to find, evaluate, organize, and manage information related to horticultural systems
|
HRT 203 |
91% |
6. Identifies and applies, as appropriate, quantitative methods for defining and responding to horticultural problems.
|
HRT 203 |
53% |
7. Understand how global issues including climate change, energy use, water availability, and/or food safety impact sustainability of horticultural systems locally, nationally, and globally
|
HRT 203 |
79% |
8. Apply principles of accounting, business law, labor, marketing, and personnel management to a horticultural business and contribute to developing various components of a business plan
|
HRT 404 |
93% |
9. Demonstrate professionalism and proficiency in skills that relate to horticulture through leadership and the ability to collaborate and work in teams
|
HRT 404 |
93% |
10. Develop thoughtful, clear, and consistent perspectives on ethical and moral issues related to horticulture
|
HRT 404 |
48% |
11. Communicate effectively with various audiences using oral, written, and visual presentation skills, and contemporary networking/social media technologies
|
HRT 203 |
91% |
12. Quantify economic importance of plants in managed ecosystems and the impact of horticultural crops in food systems
|
HRT 404 |
55% |
*Percent value indicates the percentage of students who received 75% or better on a given assessment. Our goal is that 80% of our students will receive a grade of 75% or better
2020 Employer Evaluation of Student Interns
The summer 2020 employer evaluation of our student interns was not conducted this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and only three students able to participate in an formal internship.
May 2021 Graduating Seniors Survey: Self-Reported Results
The annual student survey data was administered in April and May 2021. Results of the student self-reported assessment results are shown below, where the goal is for 80% of our students to report 4+ on a scale of 1 (strong disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). This question was only asked to those students who indicated they were graduating in Spring or Summer 2021 (n=11).
Rate your agreement to the following statement*
My horticulture degree educated/trained me to....
|
Average Score* |
1. Apply concepts of horticulture science to select, manage, and improve plants and their products
|
4.5 |
2. Demonstrate competence with laboratory and/or field-based technologies used in modern horticulture
|
4.2 |
3. Anticipate and recognize problems, identify causes of these problems, quantify potential impacts, analyze options, identify viable solutions, and evaluate actions and consequences of treatments and interventions
|
4.4 |
4. Describe social, spiritual, and cultural importance of plants to historical and contemporary communities of people
|
4.0 |
5. Use multiple sources, including current and older literature, to find, evaluate, organize, and manage information related to horticultural systems
|
4.5 |
6. Identifies and applies, as appropriate, quantitative methods for defining and responding to horticultural problems.
|
4.5 |
7. Understand how global issues including climate change, energy use, water availability, and/or food safety impact sustainability of horticultural systems locally, nationally, and globally
|
4.2 |
8. Apply principles of accounting, business law, labor, marketing, and personnel management to a horticultural business and contribute to developing various components of a business plan
|
4.0 |
9. Demonstrate professionalism and proficiency in skills that relate to horticulture through leadership and the ability to collaborate and work in teams
|
4.5 |
10. Develop thoughtful, clear, and consistent perspectives on ethical and moral issues related to horticulture
|
4.4 |
11. Communicate effectively with various audiences using oral, written, and visual presentation skills, and contemporary networking/social media technologies
|
4.5 |
12. Quantify economic importance of plants in managed ecosystems and the impact of horticultural crops in food systems
|
4.3 |
*Scale 1 to 5, 5=strongly agree.