2003 AQIP Initiative Summary

College of Arts & Sciences

ART

• New advanced student computer lab
• Art museum/gallery expanded space to supplement learning

CHEMISTRY

• Improving student success in freshman chemistry
• Mentoring of freshman chemistry majors by upper-class chemistry majors

COMMUNICATION STUDIES

• Assessment portfolios for prospective speech/theatre teachers
• Teacher education curriculum revision

ENGLISH

• Faculty research/creative activities
• Recruitment of high quality students

GEOSCIENCES

• Initiate a beginning and concluding of the school year geosciences social event
• Initiate a more formal planning process into the departmental student-faculty social events

HISTORY

• Implement an internal exam for all graduates
• Implement a major marketing campaign in support of recruitment

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

• Design MLS comprehensive examination procedure and prototype
• Redesign and deploy BGS web site

INFORMATION NETWORKING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Review telecommunications/networking bachelors curriculum
• Examine assessment measures of the INT core curriculum

JUSTICE STUDIES

• Build relationship with American Jail Association
• Develop Center for Criminal Justice Education and Training

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Improve university-wide advising regarding the use of placement exams for College Algebra
• Improve course selections for students that teach at the middle school level

MODERN LANGUAGES

• Focus on summer programs and international internships
• Teaching internship at the elementary level

MUSIC (GENERAL)

• Repair/replace musical instruments
• Renovate Palmer Hall

PHILOSOPHY

• Create Virtual College best-practices and troubleshooting guides
• Solve two problems that hinder implementation of our new program

PHYSICS

• Computational Physics course review
• Curriculum review

POLITICAL SCIENCE

• American politics/political management position
• Virtual College course offerings
• Elaborate on departmental missions and goals
• Review areas of emphasis

PSYCHOLOGY

• Assessment test revision
• Graduate recruitment
• Elaborate on departmental missions and goals
• Review areas of emphasis

SOCIOLOGY/SOCIAL WORK

• Provide information about certificate programs
• Assist Virtual College faculty with technology and strategies used in online class delivery
• Establish a practicum in forensic social work
• Conduct annual forum with state legislators regarding general welfare concerns in Kansas

College of Business and Leadership

ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• Revise curriculum requirements for all major programs
• Increase recruitment and promotional efforts for all majors in the department
• Develop course for the Virtual College and MLS degree program

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

• Increase the number of internships available to and taken by accounting, management and marketing students
• Improve the web site for the Department

ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

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

LEADERSHIP STUDIES

• Improve student recruitment for the organizational leadership major
• Develop and implement the Center for Civic Leadership

College of Education and Technology

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND COUNSELING

• Update faculty evaluation system
• Enhance recruitment by revising brochures, data baseline and Web page revision

SPECIAL EDUCATION

• Develop a more substantive course evaluation process

TEACHER EDUCATION

• Faculty evaluation system update
• Teacher education graduate program revision

TECHNOLOGY STUDIES

• Promotion and implementation of Bachelor of Technology Leadership
• Enhance student recruitment

College of Health & Life Sciences

AGRICULTURE

• Curriculum revision initiative
• Enhanced student recruiting initiative

ALLIED HEALTH

• Improve the consistency of teaching between the nine clinical affiliation
• Develop a dedicated ultrasound program

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

• DNA Lab
• Grasslands of South Central Kansas

HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE

• Receive accreditation for the Athletic Training Education Program
• Review the graduate curriculum in Health and Human Performance

NURSING

• BSN - New curriculum implementation; expand utilization of mediated instruction in course offerings and distance course offerings via online delivery; evaluate new testing development processes
• MSN - Curriculum review
• Review of admission policies
• Utilize online resources
• Encourage students to participate in evaluation of quality of courses and faculty
• Establish benchmarks