Commitment to Curricular Planning and Assessment as Reflected in Department Websites

2013 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference and Track Summaries

“…A second theme was whether political science learning outcomes are transparent to students, parents, and other interested parties. Unfortunately, research findings revealed that few departments systematically identify student learning outcomes for the major and how they are related to their curricular structure (Young and Kohler 2013). Discussions emerged on how we need greater information sharing on assessment plans, student learning outcomes, and curricular models at the discipline level.…”