College of Education. Bachelor of Science Psychology Major and Comprehensive Psychology Program

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1 College of Education Bachelor of Science Psychology Major and Comprehensive Psychology Program

2 Psychology Major and Psychology Program Overview Recent Improvements Expected Outcomes and Results Plans for Further Improvement

3 Psychology Major and Psychology Overview Psychology is the science concerned with the understanding of behavior and mental processes. A major in psychology provides students with (1) a useful foundation for further study at the graduate level, leading to various careers in psychology, or to study in the health professions and social work; (2) skills related to employment at the baccalaureate level for the pursuit of careers in mental health services, industry, human services or areas where the knowledge of behavior would be deemed beneficial; and (3) a sound preparation for describing, understanding, predicting, and controlling the events in their own lives. Students who obtain an advanced degree have a growing range of new opportunities for employment in medical settings, sports, business, the military, as well as private practice, university teaching, and research.

4 Psychology Major and Comprehensive Program Overview The University offers a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at 10 primary locations. The University also offers psychology courses at all Troy University locations or via ecampus to support the general studies program.

5 Enrollment by Location and Year Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Total Location Albany Augusta Covington Dothan ecampus Montgomery Phenix City Troy Total

6 Full/Part Time Enrollment by Location and Year Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Total Full-Time Albany Augusta Covington Dothan ecampus Montgomery Phenix City Troy Total Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Total Part-Time Albany Augusta Covington Dothan ecampus Montgomery Phenix City Troy Total

7 Gender by Location Fall 2009 Female Male Total Location Albany Augusta Covington Dothan ecampus Montgomery Phenix City Troy Total

8 Ethnicity by Location Fall 2009 African American Asian Caucasian Hispanic Indian Non- Resident Alien Unknown Albany Augusta Covington Dothan ecampus Montgomery Phenix City Troy Total Total

9 GPA for Full and Part Time Students Fall 2009 Mean Number Standard Deviation Full-Time Part-Time Total

10 Student Classification by Location Fall 2009 Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Total Albany Augusta Covington Dothan ecampus Montgomery Phenix City Troy Total

11 Psychology Major and Recent Improvements Based on prior assessment activities over the past three years, the Psychology Major and Comprehensive programs have implemented several improvements which include: Continuation and growth of an annual state and regional Psychology Conference to highlight student and faculty research Development of a common statistics exam to assess student learning in this area Faculty and student involvement in federal and state grants Redesigned the Psychology Major to be more representative of the field. Rather than have students take courses from one long list, students are now required to take courses from each of three major areas of the field: Natural Science Social Science Applied Psychology This strengthens the students overall learning of the discipline.

12 Psychology Major and Expected Outcomes (including student learning outcomes) Our undergraduate psychology major and comprehensive program currently have two assessments that make up a total of five* Expected Outcomes (EOs). We use a capstone exam selected by faculty members in psychology as well as a standardized statistics exam. The following graphs and charts display frequency information about the number of TROY students who have taken the national proficiency exam in 2007, 2008, and After basic headcount information is presented, an analysis will be shown for overall performance on this exam as well as performance on individual subscores. * A research Student Learning Outcome was added Spring 2010.

13 Total Number of Students Who Have Taken the National Exam between By Location Total Albany Augusta Covington Dothan ecampus Montgomery Troy Total

14 Distribution of Students Who Have Taken the National Exam between 2007 and By Location-

15 Total Number of TROY Students Who Have Taken the National Proficiency Exam By Year

16 Psychology Major and Expected Outcomes (including student learning outcomes) EO 1: Students will demonstrate knowledge of sensation & perception, the physiological bases of behavior, cognitive psychology, and other areas related to the natural science aspect of psychology. Assessment Measures: Students will be assessed using a capstone exam selected by faculty members that covers these areas of Psychology and will obtain a sub-score equivalent to the 50th percentile of the national average. EO 1 Courses (Students select 3) Measurement Natural Science PSY 3310 Sensation & Perception PSY 3340 Psychology of Learning PSY 3351 Theories of Learning PSY 3370 Comparative Psychology PSY 3385 Evolutionary Psychology PSY 4431 Physiological Psychology PSY 4460 Cognitive Psychology Capstone Exam

17 Psychology Major and Expected Outcomes (including student learning outcomes) The 50th percentile of the national average for this sub-score is The table summarizes performance of students on this goal obtained by year, by location for each of the TROY teaching locations. (EO 1 continued) National Percentile for National Science Score, By Location By Year Albany Augusta Covington Dothan ecampus Montgom ery Troy Total Exceeds Expectations Total Does Not Meet Expectations Total

18 Psychology Major and Expected Outcomes (including student learning outcomes) EO 2: The student will demonstrate knowledge of social psychology, abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, and other areas related to the social science aspects of psychology. Assessment Measures: Students will be assessed using the Social Science subtest of a capstone exam selected by faculty and will obtain a score equivalent to the 50th percentile of the national average. EO 2 Courses (Students select 3) Measurement Social Science PSY 2210 Developmental Psy PSY 3304 Abnormal Psy PSY 3312 Psychology of Women PSY 3320 Child Psy PSY 3322 Abnormal Child Psy PSY 3325 Adolescent Psy PSY 3380 Social Psy PSY 4402 Principles of Counseling PSY 4420 Physiological Dynamics of Alcohol PSY 4430 Introduction to Substance Abuse PSY 4435 Drug Education, Prevention and Intervention PSY 4435 Treatment of Addictive Family Disease PSY 4436 Treatment Theories PSY 4450 Theories of Personality PSY 4456 Gerontology PSY 4470 Advanced Theories of Developmental Psy Capstone Exam

19 Psychology Major and Expected Outcomes (including student learning outcomes) The 50th percentile of the national average for this sub-score is The table summarizes performance of students on this goal obtained by year, by location for each of the TROY teaching location. (EO 2 continued) National Percentile for Social Science Score, By Location By Year Albany Augusta Covington Dothan ecampus Montgom ery Troy Total Exceeds Expectations Total Does Not Meet Expectations Total

20 Psychology Major and Expected Outcomes (including student learning outcomes) EO 3: The student will demonstrate knowledge of a variety of topics related to the application of psychology in education, mental health counseling, and business. Assessment Measures: Students will be assessed using the Applied Psychology subtest of a capstone exam selected by faculty and will obtain a score equivalent to the 50th percentile of the national average. EO 3 Courses (Students Select 3) Measurement Applied Psychology PSY 2205 Psy of Adjustment PSY 2230 Orientation to PSY PSY 3303 Educational PSY PSY 3330 Health Psychology PSY 3332 Family Violence PSY 3360 Forensic Psychology PSY 3365 Human Factors PSY 4400 Advanced General Psy PSY 4401 Psy Test & Measures PSY 4405 Experimental Psy PSY 4410 Business & Industry Psy PSY 4451 History & Systems PSY 4459 Applied Behavior Analysis PSY 4475 Theories of Training and Evaluation Capstone Exam

21 Psychology Major and Expected Outcomes (including student learning outcomes) The 50th percentile of the national average for this sub-score is 56. The table summarizes performance of students on this goal obtained by year, by location for each of the TROY teaching locations. Exceeds Expectations National Percentile for Applied Science Score, By Location By Year Montgome Albany Augusta Covington Dothan ecampus ry Troy Total Total Does Not Meet Expectations Total

22 Psychology Major and Expected Outcomes (including student learning outcomes) EO 4: The student will demonstrate knowledge of basic statistics. Assessment Measures: Students will be assessed using the common statistics exam in PSY 3301 and will obtain a score of 70% or higher. One strength is that our students are exceeding our University goal of performing 70% or higher on the common statistics exam. For the past three years, students have averaged 85.3 and and 81.31, respectively, on this exam. Therefore, we have exceeded this goal every year that we have used this common statistics exam in this course. EO 4 Course Measurement Basic Statistics PSY 3301 Final Exam

23 Psychology Major and Expected Outcomes (including student learning outcomes) EO 5: Upon completion of the B.S. in the Psychology major or, the student will be able to review the literature, develop a problem statement, and select a research design that develops an effective plan for the investigation of an unanswered question. Assessment Measures: Students will be assessed using the approved proposal rubric selected by faculty and will obtain a 70% of 80 points assigned to the proposal. EO 5 Course Measurement Research Objective PSY % or better on the research proposal

24 Psychology Major and Expected Outcomes (including student learning outcomes) Location/N % Scored Above Student Performance (80% +) % Scored At Student Performance Standard (70-79%) % Scored below Student Performance Standard (<70%) Extent to which program Standard (80-85% of students) Achieved or Exceeded Student Performance Standard Albany/0 Augusta/0 Covington/0 Marianna/16 14(88%) 2(12%) (16/16) 100% Exceeded Sumter/0 ecampus/80 45(56%) 15(19%) 20(25%) (60/80) 75% Did Not Meet Phenix City/20 19(95%) 1(5%) (20/20) 100% Exceeded Montgomery/12 3(25%) 6(50%) 3(35%) (9/12) 75% Did Not Meet Dothan/18 17(78%) 3(17%) 1(5%) (17/18) 94% Exceeded Troy/24 10(42%) 3(13%) 11(45%) (13/24) 54% Did Not Meet Overall = (62%) 30(17%) 35(21%) (135/170) 79% Did Not Meet

25 Psychology Major Plans for Further Improvement Plans based on curriculum faculty observations Ensure students are correctly matched with their campus for reporting purposes. Further analyze our data and create our own University norms for the capstone exam. Plans based on student learning outcome data Ensure students take statistics and research methods before senior seminar which would allow for greater comprehension of material covered in this course (EO 1, 2 & 3).