Three-Year Interim Assessment of New Academic Programs

The review for new programs should adhere to the following outline:

1. Overview
   Provide a one-paragraph overview of the program, including all degrees offered.
   
   
2. Progress of program development
1. Describe the status of any new faculty and/or staff hires associated with this program.
2. Describe the implementation of the program curriculum, including specifics on new courses that have been offered or are under development.
3. Describe the availability of resources anticipated in the original proposal. Indicate whether any additional resources have been requested.
4. Outline the plan for continued development (if any) planned for this program.
   
   
3. Recruitment of Students
1. Provide an assessment of the current status of the program’s success in recruiting students. Be specific about the current number of majors and minors, and compare this to the goals outlined in the original proposal.
2. Describe any plans the program has to continue attracting new students.
   
   
4. Institutional and System Fit
1. Describe the connection of this program to any previously existing programs at the institution or in the MUS system (Information from original Level II proposal).
2. Describe any impact this program has brought to other programs or the institution as a whole.
   
   
5. Assessment
   Give a summary of the program’s assessment methods described in the original proposal and then give an assessment of the program’s success so far.

Procedure:

· This applies to new programs including free standing minors/certificates (Level II proposals)

o If the program is in a department that is scheduled for review within three years of approval, interim assessment is not necessary.

· Academic Affairs will request the documentation and submit to ECOS (parallel time-line to current program review process)

· ECOS will review the documentation and determine whether to follow-up with program representatives and/or involve ASCRC or Graduate Council.

· Feedback will be provided to the program and Academic Affairs as necessary.

· The Faculty Senate Chair will report the results of the assessment to the Faculty Senate

Programs and free-standing minors identified for assessment:

Senate Approval Date	Program	Assessment	Program Review	Comments
	Asian Studies Minor	2009-2010
	Russian Studies Minor	2009-2010
1998	Women and Gender Studies Minor	2009-2010
11/8/01	African American Studies Minor	2009-2010
12/9/04	Military Studies Minor	2009-2010
11/18/04-2/10/05	MA Public Health	2010-2011
4/14/05	Minor Central and Southwest Asian Studies		Anthropology 2010-2011	Assessment not necessary
11/10/05	BA Media Arts		2010-2011	Assessment not necessary
12/7/06	Communicative Science and Disorders	2010-2011	2012-2013
2/7/06	Irish Studies		English 2009-2010	Assessment not necessary