What are Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)?
Program learning outcomes (PLOs) are clear, concise statements that describe how students can demonstrate their mastery of program expectations. These statements identify the knowledge, skills, or attitudes that students will be able to demonstrate, represent or produce upon successful completion of the program.
Program level assessment is the process by which faculty in programs formulate clear outcomes for their overall program of study, collect student data from courses across the program in order to assess how well students are meeting the program outcomes, and make improvements in program curriculum to help students better achieve competency with the different outcomes.
The purpose of program level assessment is to:
Help students improve their performance in program outcomes.
Help instructors across programs to better present and facilitate those outcomes.