Program SLO Activity Details

Certificate of Accomplishment (credit: usually under 18 units) Computer Skills for Scientists
Stage 5

Assessment Methods	Quizzes, exams, or homework items linked to specific learning outcomes Banner data
Assessment Description	Data was collected on the number of certificates awarded.
Learning Outcomes	ALL
Number of Courses	6
Number of Students	~180

Assessment Term	Fall 2013
Assessment Activities	Assessment (measurement) of outcomes Analysis and discussion of assessment data and next steps
Assessment Details	Department will review courses that are required for the certificate. Updates are anticipated following the review.

I.A. Use reason and creativity...	A. Think critically and apply the scientific method B. Write Unix commands including redirection and pipes, to manipulate files, directories, their contents and their permissions. C. Create regular expressions to perform pattern matching. D. Analyze common text processing tasks and interpret technical specifications to create and program algorithmic solutions, including the use of control structures, subroutines, lists and hashes. E. Write multiple table database queries in SQL.
I.B. Apply diverse viewpoints...	No answer
I.C. Locate, retrieve, and evaluate information...	B. Write Unix commands including redirection and pipes, to manipulate files, directories, their contents and their permissions. C. Create regular expressions to perform pattern matching. D. Analyze common text processing tasks and interpret technical specifications to create and program algorithmic solutions, including the use of control structures, subroutines, lists and hashes. E. Write multiple table database queries in SQL.
Fall 2013 ILO Assessment Plans	We don't currently plan to be conducting any program-level SLO assessments in Fall (as indicated earlier)