Psychology, Organizational Leadership Specialization
| Institution: | University of the Rockies |
| Program: | Psychology, Organizational Leadership Specialization |
| Degree or Certificate: | MA - Master of Arts in Psychology, Organizational Leadership Specialization |
| Department: | School of Organizational Leadership |
| Program website: | Click to visit program site |
| Program specializations: | Other specializations to choose from in the School of Organizational Leadership:
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| Program mission statement: | Within the mission of University of the Rockies, the School of Organizational Leadership provides high quality, accessible degree programs that develop the expertise and competence required for individuals to lead contemporary organizations. |
| Professional accreditation: | N/A |
| Test(s) Required for Program Admission: | N/A |
| Face-to-Face Requirements: | N/A |
| Program Credits/Units to Graduation: | 39 semester credits |
| Program learning outcomes: What Will I Learn?: |
Students in the Master of Arts in Psychology, Organizational
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| Evidence of Student Learning - Internal: How will the program measure what I have learned?: |
At University of the Rockies, we have multiple methods for assessing student learning. Primarily we (1) assess assignments within courses above and beyond the assignment grading, (2) assess specific program level skills using holistic rubrics and (3) assess student achievement toward multiple program level learning outcomes at specific points within the program. This is a growing online program of study at UoR. When we assess specific assignments in courses, we see that our students early in our programs perform best at the Lifelong Learning and Emotional Intelligence program level learning outcomes. They underperform with Communication skills so we have a Writing Center to support students developing this important skill set.
The Master of Arts in Psychology program in the School of Organizational Leadership is relatively new but growing steadily. When we measure communication skills in the first course of the program as baseline, we could see that student needed support with their writing which is provided by the Rockies Writing Center. Combined ORG/PP MA Core (N=67) Analytic Measures of Specific Assignments (Online) (Number of data points vary by PLO) Category --- @Standard/Above --- Mean Diversity --- NA --- NA Ethics --- 88.2% --- 3.94 Emotional Intelligence --- 100% --- 4.06 Lifelong Learning --- 100% --- 4.06 Communications --- 66.5% --- 4.23 Critical Thinking --- 94.3% --- 4.11 1=Min Acceptable (C), 2=Well below standard (C+), 3=Below standard (B-), 4=At standard (B), 5=Above standard (B+), 6=Well above standard (A-), 7=Outstanding (A) SoOL-MA Core (N=1777) Analytic Measures of Specific Assignments (Online) (Number of data points vary by PLO) Category --- @Standard/Above --- Mean Diversity --- 94.7% --- 5.81 Ethics --- 96.0% --- 5.74 Emotional Intelligence --- 94.1% --- 5.75 Lifelong Learning --- 50.0% --- 4.00 Communications --- 100% --- 5.29 Critical Thinking --- 92.8% --- 5.66 1=Min Acceptable (C), 2=Well below standard (C+), 3=Below standard (B-), 4=At standard (B), 5=Above standard (B+), 6=Well above standard (A-), 7=Outstanding (A)
We measured targeted assignments against a Writing Communication Rubric and we can seek that students increase their skill levels as they progress through the program. SoOL MA (N=200) Baseline Measure of Communication Skills Holistic Measures (Online) --- @Standard/Above --- Mean Communications --- 38.8% --- 3.81 SoOL MA (N=120) End of Core Measure of Communication Skills Holistic Measures (Online) --- @Standard/Above --- Mean Communications --- 53.3% --- 3.78 SoOL Comps (N=30) Comprehensive Exams (Overall 70% students have passed Comps on their first attempt.) Holistic Measures (Online) --- @Standard/Above --- Mean Communications --- 69.1% --- 4.52<!--[if gte mso 9]--> |
| Results of External Exams/Assessments: What third-party assessments will measure what I have learned?: | N/A |
