COSAM News Articles 2022 November COSAM receives high marks in 2021-22 Quality of Assessment Report

COSAM receives high marks in 2021-22 Quality of Assessment Report

Published: 11/08/2022

The Auburn University Office of Academic Insight recently released its 2021-22 Quality of Assessment Report that summarized the quality of all 29 undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, or COSAM.

In 2016, the overall quality of assessment score across the university was 2.4, which is between “Developing” and “Mature” on the Quality of Assessment Rubric. After five years, the overall quality of assessment scores improved to 3.33 in 2019-2020, which is between “Mature” and “Exemplary” on the rubric.

Of note, the 2021-22 overall quality of assessment score for COSAM across all 29 programs was 3.45, an increase of 0.25 from 2020-2021, demonstrating college-wide assessment improvement.

Five COSAM programs received the highest score possible (4.0/4.0) in the report:

Biological Sciences, MST
Biological Sciences, PhD
Chemistry & Biochemistry, MS
Chemistry & Biochemistry, PhD
Laboratory Science, BS

“Congratulations, COSAM faculty and staff, for your work in evaluating and improving our college’s programs,” said Bob Boyd, COSAM Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. “Special thanks to the writers of these reports, as well as COSAM’s department chairs for encouraging and leading our assessment efforts.”