The Department of Communication Sciences (CMSI) is committed to excellence in education as outlined by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). We have selected 3 major learning goals for our undergraduate students to ensure they understand basic grammatical features, broad transcription and the structure, function, and location, of major components of the central and peripheral nervous system as fundamental to education in Communication Sciences. To this end, three undergraduate classes, CMSI 90 Phonetics, CMSI 164 Structure of the English Language and CMSI 281 Cognitive Neuroscience, have been identified as courses with a targeted assessment of these goals that students are required to pass with a minimum score of 80%. Those who do not achieve this criterion will need to retake the assessment or an alternate exam and meet this minimum competency.
We have also selected 3 major learning goals for our graduate students. These include the ability to demonstrate effective oral and written communication concerning scientific topics related to communication and its disorders, to develop plans for furthering their learning based on self-assessments during coursework and clinical practicum experiences each semester and to increase knowledge of communication disorders and their management, as well as increasing skills in the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and management of communication disorders. These goals will be assessed through satisfactory performance on a thesis or thesis alternative, a portfolio comprehensive examination equivalent and ongoing assessments of clinical practica performance.
Attached are the specific assessment plans that have been designed for our undergraduate and graduate students in Communication Sciences.
Communication Sciences NEASC Undergraduate Assessment Plan (pdf download - 2 pages)
Communication Sciences NEASC Graduate Assessment Plan (pdf download - 2 pages)
View CMSI Course Descriptions and Course Plans
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