2002 AQIP Initiative Summary

College of Arts and Sciences

ART

• Improve recruiting methods to increase majors
• Increase retention of Art majors

CHEMISTRY

• Improving student success in freshmen Chemistry
• Mentoring of freshmen Chemistry majors by upper-division majors

COMMUNICATION STUDIES

• Teacher education curriculum
• Assessment portfolios for prospective speech/theatre teachers
• Graduate curriculum resequencing
• Updating graduate curriculum to include more statistical skills
• Improve coordination of academic offerings with market needs
• Improve available resources
• Develop pre- and post-tests for students in COMM 548 (Public Relations)
• Survey high school teachers about their electronic journalism programs and needs

ENGLISH

• Promote an atmosphere supporting faculty research/creative activities
• Establish a Writing Center
• Improve university-wide efforts to attract high-quality students

GEOSCIENCES

• Student directory of majors
• Directory of past graduates in geography

HISTORY

• Review of requirements for major in History
• Revision and implementation of the new assessment procedures
• Initial interest study and course development for Women's Studies Program
• Public relations and recruitment
• Review program requirements and operation of a M. A. program
• Revision and implementation of the new assessment procedures

INFORMATION NETWORKING & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Review Media Studies curriculum
• Support faculty scholarly efforts

JUSTICE STUDIES

• Comprehensive curricular review process
• Planning and implementation of a practitioner training component
• Planning and implementation of a center focusing on public and private security as a loose affiliate of the Docking Institute

MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Improve university-wide advising regarding the use of placement exam for College Algebra
• Improve course selection options
• Increase delivery options of graduate coursework

MODERN LANGUAGES

• Promoting greater use of the Language Learning Laboratory
• Increasing recruiting efforts

MUSIC (GENERAL)

• Improve Music Technology Lab
• Resources to combine music and business
• Replace/repair department instrument survey
• Revise sophomore review system
• Replace/repair department instrument inventory
• Accompanist funding

PHILOSOPHY

• Improve quality of Virtual College courses and instruction
• Monitor implementation of new departmental programs

PHYSICS

• Update PHYS 520 (Mathematics for the Physical Sciences)
• Develop presentation skills of Physics graduates
• Improve students' ability to present physical science content to peers
• Correlate the curriculum in PHYS 506 (Teaching Practicum) with the state standards

POLITICAL SCIENCE

• Revision of requirements for majors
• Expand internship opportunities

PSYCHOLOGY

• Revise undergraduate program
• Redistribute advising load
• Develop emphasis areas
• Changes in clinical licensure offerings

SOCIOLOGY/SOCIAL WORK

• Provide students with information regarding certificate programs at the time of pre-enrollment
• Collect and disseminate information regarding career placement of Sociology graduates who graduated in the last ten years
• Assist faculty who are teaching Virtual College classes by sharing teaching strategies and encouraging the use of available technologies
• Provide students with information regarding potential internship experiences
• Determine level of value change on the part of students (pre-post)
• Improve teaching strategies/techniques of faculty, openly addressing weaknesses cited in TEVAL evaluations
• Assist students enrolled in practicum with the required research component

College of Business and Leadership

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

• Improvement of Web Information System
• Expansion of the Accounting Internship Program

COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• Curriculum development initiative
• Assessment of CIS 101 (Introduction to Computer Information Systems)
• Develop certificate programs

ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

• Creating new internship opportunities
• Student recruitment process upgrade
• Develop feedback loop for student orientation/advising/registration
• Advisory board development
• Revise web site

LEADERSHIP STUDIES

• Curricular review
• Improve internship and community service project options

College of Education & Technology

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND COUNSELING

• Develop a system that documents faculty reflections of their course effectiveness and modifications
• Update course syllabi to reflect changes in professional and NCATE standards, as well as the College of Education revised conceptual framework

SPECIAL EDUCATION

• Align coursework with departmental framework and state standards
• Develop a more substantive course evaluation process

TEACHER EDUCATION

• Individual faculty reflective assessment of teaching
• Course improvement notebooks

TECHNOLOGY STUDIES

• Faculty develop a personal assessment folio of teaching
• Use folios as a method of focusing on department objectives and expectations
• Develop workforce baccalaureate degree