Assessment Details
Academic Year: 2020-2021 Level: Undergraduate
Campus Department: Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences [UG and Grad]
Program Type: Core [UG]
Program Name: Economics Core
Description of Data Collection:
(a) Instructors teaching the economics social science Core course (ECON1101) each semester will use a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 being highest) to evaluate how well the students in their classes achieved the outcomes listed above.
(b) Reports will be maintained in the Economics Department files of annual faculty meetings held to assess strengths and weaknesses of students taking the economics social science Core course (ECON1101) and whether the curriculum needs modification.
(c) In addition, the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) in Economics will form and chair a faculty committee every third year to review the curriculum of the economics social science Core course (ECON1101) and make recommendations to be discussed at the annual faculty meeting. A written report will be maintained in department files.
Note: ECON1101 will only be taught by full-time (i.e. Professors of the Practice) faculty moving forward.
Review Process:
The DUS will have primary responsibility for designing and implementing modifications to the Economics Core courses. The DUS reports to and is advised by the Economics Department faculty at an annual meeting to discuss undergraduate issues, curriculum and program modifications.
Resulting Program Changes:
During the ’19-‘20 academic year, the Department replaced its two-semester sequence, Micro Economic Principles (ECON1131) and Macroeconomic Principles (ECON1132),
with a four-credit, one-semester course (ECON1101, Principles of Economics). These changes were made to better respond to the large number of incoming BC students that
have taken Economics/AP exams in high school (and not as a result of the evaluation data collected by the Department). Condensing the Principles course into one semester enables the majors and minors an opportunity to take more electives so they have broader and deeper education that better showcases the discipline. The electives are a mix of theoretical and applied.
Date of Most Recent Program Review:
During the ’19-‘20 academic year, the Department replaced its two-semester sequence, Micro Economic Principles (ECON1131) and Macroeconomic Principles (ECON1132),
with a four-credit, one-semester course (ECON1101, Principles of Economics). These changes were made to better respond to the large number of incoming BC students that
have taken Economics/AP exams in high school (and not as a result of the evaluation data collected by the Department). Condensing the Principles course into one semester enables the majors and minors an opportunity to take more electives so they have broader and deeper education that better showcases the discipline. The electives are a mix of theoretical and applied.
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