Annual Reports:
       OA Report 2002
       OA Report 2003 - Including External Review Summary
       OA Report 2005
      OA Report 2006
      OA Report 2007
      OA Report 2008
 

Departmental Initiatives:

The Psychology Department restructured Psychology 100 (Introduction to Psychology) to permit assessment of a pilot section with limited enrollment (n=49). Two sections of this course will be co-taught by teams of 3 faculty members. The impact of the smaller class size will be assessed by comparing student evaluations from the 2 sections after the fall semester. 

Two new full-time, tenure-track faculty members were hired, in order to enhance responsiveness to the needs of students interested in the developmental area of psychology. One colleague’s expertise involves young children, while the other colleague’s specialty is adolescence. (2002) 

The impact of the smaller class size was assessed by comparing student evaluations from the 3 small sections after the spring semester.  The comparisons conducted thus far have revealed few statistically significant differences between the smaller and larger sections.  However, informal reports from faculty members suggest that rates of classroom participation are higher with the smaller sections.  This piloting will be continued when a sufficient number of faculty permit the teaching of smaller (n = 49) sections of Psychology 100.  Due to sabbaticals and other faculty leaves, in 2003 - 04, larger sections of Psychology 100 will be conducted.  This will provide useful data for additional comparisons of student evaluations of the smaller (2002-03) and larger (2003-04) sections. (2003)
 

Learning Outcome Statements:

            1.  Psychology majors will demonstrate effective writing skills in     
                  the discipline.

2.  Psychology majors will demonstrate effective research
                 and information  retrieval skills.

            3.  Psychology majors will demonstrate professional presentation
                 skills.

4.  Psychology majors will demonstrate competence in conducting
                 empirical research.

5.  Psychology majors will demonstrate effective public speaking
     skills.

            6.  Psychology majors will demonstrate effective computer
                 literacy.
                                                                                                     (Revised May 2002)