Mathematics Department
Assessment Plan  
Approved 3-14-02

1. Math majors will be required to take the ETS Major Field Test in Mathematics their senior year.  This will provide a direct and objective measure of knowledge acquired in the major. (outcomes: 1, 2, 5, 6).
   

2. Math majors must take at least one capstone course selected from Math 361, 435, 450, 476 or  416.  Since the mathematics major contains four choices of emphases, the capstone courses listed  above are appropriate to each emphasis and each emphasis requires at least one of these courses.

• For example, a student in the actuarial emphasis must complete Math 435 and either Math 450 or Math 361.   Math 435 is a calculus-based probability and mathematical statistics course which builds on ideas from calculus and the 300-level probability and statistics sequence.  Hence, its capstone nature.  Successful completion of this course, then, measures not only mastery of its self-contained material, but that of the preceding prerequisite courses as well.  Similar situations pertain to the other courses and emphases.  Accordingly, to evaluate the success of this process instructors of capstone courses will complete a learning outcome rating sheet for each student, based on direct observations and measurements of the goals being evaluated.

• All capstone courses, in some measure, involve outcomes (1) and (3).

3. The department will collect data concerning the pass rate on the actuarial examination when that examination is taken subsequent to students completing the actuarial exam review course (Math 421).  (Outcomes 1, 5) 
   

 Mathematics Department:  Learning-Outcomes Rating Sheets for Capstone Courses

Course Title:  ____________________________________________________________________

Semester and Year:  _______________________________________________________________

Student’s Name:  _________________________________________________________________

Instructor’s Name: ________________________________________________________________

Rate each student's work in terms of the learning outcomes listed below, using the following scale:

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