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The Society of Actuaries provides a scoring that mimics our rubric.  \nComputer Science – a substantive analysis and treatment from a Junior/Senior level course will be assessed against the rubric.  \nE-­‐commerce -­‐ a substantive analysis and treatment from a Junior/Senior level course will be assessed against the rubric.  \nMathematics – a substantive analysis and treatment from a Junior/Senior level course will be assessed against the rubric.  \nManagement Information Systems -­‐ a substantive analysis and treatment from a Junior/Senior level course will be assessed against the rubric.  \nWeb Development – the product(s) of CSci 431 Web Portfolio will be assessed against the rubric.  \nReview of 2013-­‐2014 Recommendations and Assessment Procedures for the 2014-­‐ 2015 Assessment:  \nRecommendations from the 2013-­‐2014 report:  \n1) We recommend that students complete all 100-­‐level requirements by the end of their Sophomore year. Since Actuarial Studies is an interdisciplinary major there are numerous 100-­‐level courses that form the foundation for understanding and solving actuarial problems. All of these skills should be developed prior to taking substantial numbers of upper level courses.  \n2) Offering a “once every two year” Actuarial Exam Preparation course does not make sense. We recommend abandoning the listed course and replacing it with targeted directed/independent study classes with the Actuarial Studies professor.  \n3) Determine a “non-­‐SOA” mechanism to assess the effectiveness of our FM (Financial Mathematics)  \ncomponent of our Actuarial Studies program.  \nAction Plan from the 2013-­‐2014 report:  \n1) With the new college-­‐wide integrative requirement there is room for additional major classes in the Freshman year schedule. It is now possible to advise students so that they can take care of most of their  \n100 level courses within the first year and a half. We are actively advising entering Actuarial Studies students to add more major courses to their Freshman year.  \n2) We are not scheduling the Actuarial Exam Preparation course and Dr. Wu is engaged in modifying the curriculum to address this change. He will be handling test preparation with students through individualized instruction.  \nThe department continues to follow through on its 2014 recommendations and action plan:  \nAction \\#1 is currently being implemented. We will need to assess its success in 2016 when we should have the ability to determine if 2014 entering Freshmen in Actuarial Studies have completed their 100 level requirements by the end of Fall 2015 . This action will carry over to 2015-­‐2016.  \nAction \\#2 has been implemented. The Actuarial Exam Preparation course is no longer offered. Student preparation for actuarial exams is now provided through individualized instruction and faculty led independent study.  \nRecommendations \\#1 and 2 are carried out by the Action \\#1 and \\#2 .  \nRecommendation \\#3 carries over. We did not take any action on creating a mechanism to assess the effectiveness of the Financial Mathematics component of our Actuarial Studies program. While we will continue to consider this problem, addressing t","cbCaioMlUrjJYcIU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioMlUrjJYcIU","pdf",182107,13,"English","# Learning outcome goals\n## Assessment procedures review (2013-2014)\n## Recommendations and assessment procedures (2014-2015)\n## Modifications to 2013-2014 assessment procedures","[{\"question\":\"What learning outcome goals does the Mathematics and Computer Science department emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"The goals focus on algorithmic problem-solving skills, translating real-world problems into abstractions solvable by major-specific techniques, and applying those skills to produce meaningful solutions and analyses.\"},{\"question\":\"How were assessment procedures conducted during 2013-2014 for major programs?\",\"answer\":\"Actuarial Studies used an external SOA Exam P assessment with scoring aligned to the department rubric, while Computer Science, E-commerce, Mathematics, Management Information Systems, and Web Development used rubric-based analyses from Junior/Senior level course work or defined products.\"},{\"question\":\"What changed in the 2014-2015 assessment approach compared with 2013-2014?\",\"answer\":\"The department adopted evaluation of each student piece against the rubric by two tenure-track faculty and addressed sampling deficiencies from 2013-2014 by assessing all major programs. 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