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Academic Assessment Committee: Action Plan Example

Action Plan Example

Details of Action Plans for This Cycle (by Established cycle, then alpha)

Increase conference participation

Increase student participation (presentations) at local and regional psychology conventions by 10% per year.

Established in Cycle: 2007-2008

Implementation Status: In-Progress

Priority: High

Implementation Description:  May, 2009

Responsible Person/Group: Psychology faculty

Conference participation

Continue to encourage students to attend/present at the following conferences during the 2017/2018 AY: Nebraska Psychological Society-York College, November, 2017 Great Plains-Washburn University, March, 2018 Rocky Mountain Psychological Association convention-Denver, April, 2018

Established in Cycle: 2016-2017

Implementation Status: Planned

Priority: Medium

Relationships (Measure | Program Outcome):

       Measure: Conference attendance/participation | Program Outcome: Knowledge/application of       

        psychological knowledge

Projected CompletionDate: 06/2018

Responsible Person/Group: Psychology Area

Additional Resources: Monetary support for registration fees Budget Amount Requested:$500.00 (recurring)

Conference attendance/participation

Continue to encourage and support student attendance/presentations at local and regional undergraduate psychology conference, as well as regional professional conferences.

Established in Cycle: 2017-2018

Implementation Status: Planned Priority: High

Implementation Description: Use Wilson Foundation funds to support student research and travel during the AY 2018-2019

ProjectedCompletionDate:05/2019

Responsible Person/Group: Psychology Area

Ethics plan

Develop a series of exercises for PY 353/PY 354 to insure that all students include an ethics statement in their research proposals and empirical manuscripts as required by the American Psychological Association.

Established in Cycle:2017-2018

Implementation Status: Planned

Priority: High

Implementation Description: Require all students to submit drafts of their proposals/empirical manuscripts to be checked for compliance with the APA ethics statement

Projected Completion Date:05/2019

Responsible Person/Group: Roxanne Sullivan; Jerome Lewis

Psychological Literacy assessment

Continue development of a measure of psychological literacy that can be used in a variety of settings. Established in Cycle: 2017-2018

Implementation Status: Planned

Priority: High

Implementation Description: Create a test of psychological literacy, as well as investigate revising PY 101 to include additional information regarding psychological myths.

Projected Completion Date: 05/2019

Responsible Person/Group: Psychology Area

APA Ethical Guidelines Statement

All students in PY 353 will:

a. Complete ethics training on the BU Institutional Review Board site

b. Include a statement regarding the use of APA ethical guidelines in their proposals

c. Obtain IRB approval for their proposed research prior to beginning PY 354- Experimental Psychology

Established in Cycle: 2018-2019

Implementation Status: Planned

Priority: High

Implementation Description: Use of BU IRB website materials and training during PY 353.

Projected Completion Date: 06/2020

Responsible Person/Group: Roxanne Sullivan Jerome Lewis

Conference attendance/presentations

We will continue to encourage students to attend and present their research at a wide variety of student and professional psychology conferences during the 2019-2020 assessment period.

Established in Cycle: 2018-2019

Implementation Status: Planned

Priority: High Projected Completion Date: 06/2020

Responsible Person/Group: Psychology Area Faculty