Planning Programs and Assessment in Postsecondary Education

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Develop knowledge, research, and scholarship that focus on program planning, assessment and evaluation in postsecondary education;
• Demonstrate skill in the planning, design, and development of educational programs for postsecondary education contexts;
• Exhibit critical awareness and understanding of the social and political dimensions of educational program planning, particularly issues of power as they relate to teaching and learning in these settings;
• Understand basic concepts and terminology in structured inquiry, interviewing, observation, measurement, and statistics.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Program Assessment/Evaluation Team Design Project & Presentation	35 points
Program Planning Team Design Project & Presentation	20 points
Class Participation/Attendance	10 points
Infographic Design Project & Presentation	15 points
Critical Engagement Exercises Reaction Assignments & Reflection	20 points
Total	100 points

Attendance/Participation:

Not specified.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
• Henning, G. W., & Roberts, D. (2016). Student affairs assessment: Theory to practice. Stylus Publishing, LLC.
• Aiken-Wisniewski, S. A., Taub, D. J., & Whitney, R. (2020). The missing competency: An integrated model for program development for student affairs. Stylus Publishing, LLC.