Assessment

Programmatic assessment of student learning demonstrates that students have appropriate knowledge, skills, and competencies in their chosen discipline. Assessment begins with a plan that clearly states learning outcomes for the program along with how and when these outcomes will be assessed on a continuous cycle.

A curriculum map aligns these learning outcomes with required courses in the program that introduce, reinforce, and show mastery of the outcomes as a student progresses towards graduation. Taken together, all of this information provides a basis for assessment of student achievement and continuous improvement.

Programmatic Student Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate ability to communicate clearly using the vocabulary and concepts of physics.
Demonstrate ability to solve conceptual and quantitative problems in physics at an undergraduate level.
Demonstrate understanding of laboratory skills used in physics laboratory exercises.
Demonstrate ability to write algorithms in a computational language using common software.
Demonstrate an understanding of keeping an accurate and legible laboratory notebook.
Demonstrate ability to analyze and evaluate experimental data.
Demonstrate mastery of the subject matter in Classical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, and Quantum Mechanics.
Demonstrate adequate technical report writing skills.
Demonstrate adequate oral presentation skills.