SACS Reaffirmation
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Assessment : 2006 - 2007 : Educational Programs :
Family and Consumer Sciences BS (Interior Design)
4 Goals 8 Objectives 9 Indicators 9 Criteria 9 Findings 9 Actions
GOAL: Employer Satisfaction
| Objective | Employer Satisfaction With IND Intern | |
| The employers of Interior Design interns will be willing to hire the intern for an entry-level employment position within their company. Associated Goals: Employer Satisfaction |
| Indicator | Employer Satisfaction  The business supervisor evaluation form contains a question regarding the interior design intern's potential as an employee that will be extracted and reported as a percentage. |
| Criteria | Employer Satisfaction At least 70% of business supervisors of IND interns will indicate that they would hire the intern if there was an employment position available in their company. |
| Finding | Employer Satisfaction 88% of business supervisors on IND interns indicated that they would hire the intern if they had an employment position available. |
| Indicator | Employer Satisfaction Rating Of IND Intern The business supervisor evaluation form for IND interns includes a supervisor's rating of the intern that will be extracted and averaged. |
| Criteria | Employer Staisfaction Rating of IND Interns At least 80% of business supervisors of IND interns would rate the intern''s work performance a 3.5 or higher on a 5.0 scale. |
| Finding | Employer Satisfaction Rating with IND Interns 88% of business supervisors rated the IND intern 3.5 or higher. The average score given by business supervisors was 4.5/5.0. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | Employer Satifaction Rating of IND Interns Enhance the rigor of the current program with information on employer expectation, the most current resource information, and new software for drafting and illustrating. |
| Action | Employer Satisfaction Maintain graduating IND students that meet employer expectations for entry-level position in the field of interior design. |
GOAL: Interior Design Program Accreditation
| Objective | Progress Toward IND Accreditation | |
| The program will make progress toward IND accreditation. Associated Goals: Interior Design Program Accreditation |
| Indicator | Progress Toward IND Accreditation Curriculum changes will be made in keeping with program needs for accreditation. |
| Criteria | Progression toward IND Accreditation 100% of needed interior design curriculum changes will be proposed and approved. |
| Finding | Progress toward IND Accreditation 100% of curriculum changes for the IND program have been sumitted to the college level curriculum commitee. Approval is pending. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | Progress toward IND Accreditation Curriculum changes have been submitted and are waiting approval. Junior level studio courses have been developed and offered through an upper level independent study course number. |
GOAL: Student Knowledge And Skills
| Objective | Knowledge And Skills | |
| The interior design student who graduates will demostrate the knowledge and skills necessary for entry-level positions in the interior design profession. Associated Goals: Student Knowledge And Skills |
| Indicator | Knowledge And Skills The program Exit Survey for interior design majors includes a section that test the retention of course material. It is evaluated as a high pass, pass and low pass. |
| Criteria | Interior Design Knowledge and Skills At least 80% of interior Design students who complete the program Exit Survey will score a Pass or High pass. |
| Finding | Interior Design Knowledge and Skills 71% of interior design students who completed the program''s Exit Survey scored a Pass or High Pass. The average score was 72%. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | Interior Design Knowledge and Skills Review students with information about the importance of applying serious considerations to taking the survey and the how the survey was designed. Additionally, continue to provide students with learning opportunities that lead to high retention of the course materials. |
GOAL: Student Knowledge And Skills
| Objective | Program Content For IND Majors | |
| The interior design program will provide the student a program of curriculum which will be viewed as satisfactory. Associated Goals: Student Knowledge And Skills |
| Indicator | Program Content For IND Majors The program Exit Survey data that includes rating of this dimension will be extracted and averaged. |
| Criteria | Program Content for IND Majors At least 80% of graduating interior design students will rate the interior design program content as satisfactory with an average score of 3.0/4.0. |
| Finding | Program Content for IND Majors 100% of graduating interior design students rated the interior design program as satisfactory or above at 3.0/4.0. The average score of 3.5/4.0. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | Program Content for IND Majors Continue to provide rigorous, relevant and current content for interior design. Continue to enhance the interior design curriculum with new technology and software. |
GOAL: Student Satisfaction
| Objective | Building/Facilities | |
| The AB2 building and facilities used by the interior design student will be regarded as satisfactory. Associated Goals: Student Satisfaction |
| Indicator | Building/Facility The Exit Survey data that includes rating of this dimension will be extracted and averaged. |
| Criteria | Building/Facility At least 80% of graduating interior design students will rate this dimension of the department with an average score of 3.0/4.0. |
| Finding | Building/Facility 80% of graduating interior design students indicated their satisfaction with the building and facilities in AB2 at a 3.0/4.0 or higher. The average score of 2.8/4.0 was indicated by the interior design students. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | Building/Facilities Enhance the interior design studio space (Room 315) with computer/drafting tables to increase quality of facilities to meet student expectation. Continue to maintain other parts of the building and facilities that meet the expectation of the students. |
GOAL: Student Satisfaction
| Objective | Faculty | |
| The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences will employ faculty who are viewed as satifactory by interior design students. Associated Goals: Student Satisfaction |
| Indicator | Faculty The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences will employ faculty who are viewed as satisfactory by interior design students. |
| Criteria | Faculty At least 80% of graduation interior design students will rate this dimension of the department with an average score of 3.0/4.0. |
| Finding | Faculty 100% of interior design graduating students rated the faculty 3.0/4.0. The average score of all interior design students was 4.0/4.0. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | Faculty Continue to provide professional, high-quality instructional service for interior design students. |
GOAL: Student Satisfaction
| Objective | Networking Opportunties | |
| The interior design program will provide students networking opportunitues with interior desgin professional that will be regarded as satifactory. Associated Goals: Student Satisfaction |
| Indicator | Networking Opportunitues The program Exit Survey data that includes ratings of this dimension will be extracted and averaged. |
| Criteria | Networking Opportunties At lease 80% of graduating interior design students will rate this dimension of the department with an average score of 3.0/4.0. |
| Finding | Networking Opportunities 100% of graduating interior design students rated they were satisfied with their networking opportunities with a score of 3.0/4.0 or higher. The average score was a 3.0/4.0. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | Networking Opportunities Continue to provide a broad range of networking opportunities for students. |
GOAL: Student Satisfaction
| Objective | Professional Organzations | |
| The interior design program will provide the student professional organizations, ASID and KON, that will be viewed as satisfactory for professional growth. Associated Goals: Student Satisfaction |
| Indicator | Professional Organizations The program Exit Survey data that includes rating of this dimension will be extracted and averaged. |
| Criteria | Professional Organizations At least 80% of graduating interior design students will indicate a satisfaction with the program''''''''s professional organization with a score of 3.0/4.0. |
| Finding | Professional Organizations 100% of graduation interior design students indicated they were satisfied with a rating of 3.0/4.0 for the program''s professional organization. The average score was 3.0/4.0. |
Actions for Objective:
| Action | Professional Organizations Continue to provide students with appropriate opportunities for partipation in professional organizations. |