Assessment of Department Objectives - Communication Arts

Subject area: Degree to which departmental objectives or ends sought are met across the Communication Arts curriculum.

Format: Survey given to each department's faculty.

Implemented: Department objectives reviewed in 2005.

Data summary:

What evidence does our department have that our department objectives are being met?

• Guest speakers being used more frequently
• Hiring an additional full-time faculty member
• High quality research papers
• More assignments using internet research
• More classroom discussion groups
• Addition of new course, Intermediate Grammar and Usage
• Expanding of literature offerings
• Development of Stephen Lawhead courses and C.S. Lewis courses

What changes and improvements have occurred since 1997?

• Addition of two English majors, a literature track and a writing track
• Added faculty
• Increased use of technology
• More course offerings, more sections of courses
• More cultural diversity
• Wider variety of assessment tools in the classroom
• Adding a global focus to communicatio major
• Increased u se of consultants and speakers
• Increased global opportunities
• More interdisciplinary classes

What were the causes or what was the impetus for making these changes?

• Student demand and interest
• Changing society
• Commitment to diversity
• Professors' desires
• Advisory board