Degree: CIP Code:

ALL ACTIVE CERTIFICATES WHO ARE OPEN TO

DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS MUST HAVE A PLAN &
ALL SECTIONS MUST BE FILLED IN (even if you had no
students during the 2010-2011 year)
Program Mission Statement:

Outcome 1 YOU NEED AT A MINIMUM ONE OUTCOME

Outcome
Learning outcomes are specific statements focusing on what students will be able
to do or accomplish after a particular course, block of learning, or curriculum.
Focus on mastery level assessment.
*Specific: Graduates of this certificate will be able to demonstrate the following

Methods of Assessment Specified methods of evaluation (i.e., exam responses, portfolio section,
performance) and the tool (i.e. rubric) used to evaluate progress toward meeting
the student learning outcome

*If you use a written assignment, portfolio etc. make some statement about
reliability, add “multiple reviewers will be used. “ Include the number and
method, e.g. two reviewers will score the portfolios. And how consistent it is, add
“The department assessment coordinator will work with the Office of Institutional
Effectiveness and Assessment to monitor inter-rater reliability.”

*If you use test items, include a complete discussion of these items to include the
kind of items (are they multiple choice or some other type), number of items per
outcome, and some effort to evaluate the reliability and validity of the items (or
state that this will be done in conjunction with our office.)

Measures/Levels of
Expectation
What is your criteria for success
Assessment Results *If your certificate students are all master’s degree students in that major, add
“since the students are part of the master’s degree program they are assessed
there.”
* If you have 30 or fewer students complete, add “Due to the small student
population completing the certificate, aggregation of data is ongoing and will be
reported once statistically viable sample sizes are gathered.”
Use of Results for
Program Improvement
How your results can lead to change; once a viable sample is obtained, results
will be used to inform certificate content.
Outcome 2
Outcome

Methods of Assessment

Measures/Levels of
Expectation
Assessment Results

Use of Results for

Program Improvement

Outcome 3
Outcome

Methods of Assessment

Measures/Levels of
Expectation

Assessment Results
Use of Results for
Program Improvement

Use of Results for

Program Improvement

Outcome 4
Outcome

Methods of Assessment

Measures/Levels of
Expectation

Assessment Results
Use of Results for
Program Improvement

Use of Results for

Program Improvement

Outcome 5
Outcome

Methods of Assessment

Measures/Levels of
Expectation

Assessment Results
Use of Results for
Program Improvement

Use of Results for

Program Improvement