Annual Assessment Summary 2009-2010 For Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Program Outcomes Survey by Graduating Students
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- Table 3: Attainment Relevance of Program Educational Outcomes - 2009
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Program Outcomes Survey by Graduating Students The Program Outcomes Survey is completed by students in the semester in which they expect to graduate. The student is asked to rate each of the program outcomes in respect of two criteria, attainment and relevance. Attainment: This program outcome has been met for me personally 5: I agree strongly 2: I disagree somewhat 4: I agree moderately 1: I disagree moderately 3: I agree somewhat 0: I disagree strongly Relevance: How meaningful do you consider this outcome to be for you personally? 5: Extremely meaningful 2: Somewhat meaningless 4: Moderately meaningful 1: Moderately meaningless 3: Somewhat meaningful 0:Extremely meaningless The combined responses for Spring, Summer and Fall, 2009 are shown in Appendix D. The response rate to this survey, 13, is improved over 2008, but still should be higher. This situation therefore still merits attention.
Table 3: Attainment & Relevance of Program Educational Outcomes - 2009 Educational Program outcomes relating to Computer Science curriculum (a: CS foundation areas b: CS core areas c: problem solving d: programming languages) The outcomes in this group are perceived by students as having very high relevance, with scores in the range 86.20% to 95.40%. Students rate their attainment in these outcome areas between high, 81.60%, and very high 87.60%. Both relevance and attainment are rated well in excess of the minimum acceptable level of 75%. Educational Program outcomes relating to work environment skills (e: social & ethical, f: ability to work cooperatively, g: effective communication skills) The outcomes in this group are perceived by students as having very high relevance, scoring in the range 84.60% to 93.80%. Students rate their attainment in these outcome areas between high, 81.60%, and very high, 87.60%. Both relevance and attainment are rated well in excess of the minimum acceptable level of 75%. It may be instructive to note that the relevance of communication and cooperative skills are rated by students at higher levels than the CS curricular outcomes. Program outcomes relating to non-computer science curriculum (h: understanding the scientific method, i: familiarity with the arts & humanities) Students perceive the relevance of their understanding of the scientific method at a high level, 80.00%. Their attainment of this outcome is rated at an identical high level. Student perception of the relevance, and their attainment, in the outcome relating to the arts and humanities are rated below the acceptability level of 75.00%. This lower rating contrasts markedly with the other curricular outcomes, and seems consistent from year to year, with the exception of 2008 (see the following table).
Table 4: Historical Student Ratings of Outcome i Outcome j: Experience state-of-the-art computing facilities The disparity between perceived relevance of this outcome, 92.40%, and its attainment, 77.00%, has been consistent from year to year. This has been addressed by faculty action during 2009, but the adopted change in the wording of outcome j is not yet reflected in the surveys. It will be important to pay close attention to the responses to the modified outcome during the next 2 assessment cycles. Outcome k: Success in applying for CS-related entry-level positions The relevance of this outcome k is rated at 80%, a high level. The data from the survey on attainment of this outcome are highly encouraging, but inconclusive. Of 13 students completing this survey, 10 had applied for employment at the time of the survey. Of these 10 applicants, 4 reported having received at least 2 “good” offers, while 1 applicant reports a single “suitable” offer. The remaining 5 applicants were still awaiting job offers, and none had been totally rejected. It would be helpful to discover their success, or failure, one month after graduation. We repeat our opinion from the reports of the two preceding years, “This evidence suggests that our students are employable when just out of school, but the timing of the exit survey is probably too early to allow a complete assessment.” It is essential to put in place a system of tracking a statistically meaningful proportion of our recent graduates. Outcome l: Success in admission to graduate school The relevance of this outcome has an extremely high rating of 96.00%, but the available data are insufficient to allow any meaningful inference about attainment of the outcome. Of the 2 respondents who applied for admission to graduate programs, one had been accepted at a primary choice school, while the other’s applications were still pending. Overall Student Satisfaction Table 3 (above) includes the averages of response ratings for outcomes a through j. Our graduating students continue to perceive our program outcomes to have very high relevance, 87.54%, and rate their attainment of these outcomes at a high level, 81.52%. When the relevance of the outcomes relating to CS-curricular areas, outcomes a .. e, are rated separately, those outcomes score very high at 4.45 or 89.0%. The relevance of the outcomes relating to non-CS curricular areas, outcomes f .. i, are rated at the high level of 4.13 or 82.6%. Survey_by_Alumni'>D. Program Objectives Survey by Alumni The Program Objectives of the School’s BS in Computer Science program are:
The Alumni survey of the school’s program objectives was initiated in 2004, and has been available on a continuing basis. Alumni responding to the survey are asked to rate the contribution of their broad educational experience at FIU to their personal growth, capacity for life-long learning, communication skills, social and ethical awareness, career preparation, and preparation for graduate study. They rate their preparation, on graduation, in the major areas of the BS-CS curriculum, and rate the Computer Science faculty on each of four criteria. Alumni rate the School’s environment in terms of the diversity of the student population, its agency in the student’s personal growth and social awareness, and promotion of tolerance and a healthy learning environment. The respondents also provide “overall” ratings of each of these criteria, their FIU educational experience, the CS faculty, the student’s preparation at graduation, and the school’s diversity and learning environment. Finally the alumni responding to the survey provide an overall rating of their attainment of the School’s program Objectives. Responses to the survey questions are on a the following scale 4: excellent, 3: good, 2: satisfactory, 1: poor and 0: unsatisfactory Current SCIS policy sets an acceptability threshold of a 75% level of attainment on all program outcomes and objectives. For the Alumni Survey of Program Objectives, this translates to a minimum acceptable average rating of 3.00 from a possible 4.00 on all surveyed items. The table below summarizes the responses to the Alumni Survey in each of 3 survey periods, 1) the inception period 02/11/04 to 03/18/04, 2) the second period 03/19/04 to 02/28/07, and 3) the current period from 05/26/07 to the present. The data are shown separately for each period and accumulated from inception to the end of the period.
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