Upcoming Timeline

  • Thursday, Nov. 30 Assessment Discussion & Faculty Workshop
    • Time & Location: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m., 1010 Commonwealth Ave, Room 420 (Zoom option available)
    • Faculty are encouraged to share their department’s successful assessment practices.
  • Monday, Dec. 11 Assessment Symposium hosted by Assistant Provost for Academic Assessment, Russell Stone
  • Thursday, Dec. 14 Assessment Discussion & Faculty Workshop
    • Time & Location: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m., 1010 Commonwealth Ave, Room 420 (Zoom option available)
    • Faculty are encouraged to share their department’s successful assessment practices.
  • Wednesday, Dec. 20 SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Changes this year

  1. Certificates no longer have to be assessed
  2. Concentrations no longer have to be assessed, please address them in the degree assessment
  3. For programs that report to additional accrediting agencies:
    1. Submit your current year accreditation report rather than engaging in additional assessment activities. If you did not submit a report in the current year, you may tailor your data toward a future submission to the accrediting agency and submit those details.

How to Access & Use the Planning Dashboard

If you will be submitting a report in Planning for the first time, please send me your name at kimrich@bu.edu so that an account may be created. Individuals who have used Planning in the past still have an active account and may access the system anytime.

Brief Overview of Assessment

The Program Assessment Annual Report summarizes the learning outcomes assessed over the last year, the way they were evaluated, and any changes that resulted from the assessment. Faculty should review samples of direct measures of learning such as, but not limited to, theses, exams, final papers, graded projects, and/or locally developed pre- and post-tests.

Data from indirect measures can also be incorporated in your summary reports, such as student feedback or student outcomes as reported by students. The data doesn’t need to be included in the report, but rather the next steps, as in how this informed program changes through program review, other smaller curriculum or pedagogical changes, or changes to the approach to assessment.

Please keep in mind that not all learning outcomes need to be assessed every year, but rather it is expected that each program concentrates on a few learning outcomes to measure and assess every year as outlined in the three-year rotation plans that were completed in 2019.

Additional Resources

MET Assessment Inventory of Practice by Department

Department of Applied Social Sciences

  • Rubric
  • ePortfolios

Department of Administrative Sciences

2023 Assessment Assignments

Assessment Required
Department Type Program of Study Faculty Users Accreditor
Art Administration BLS Art History Doug DeNatale,
dpd@bu.edu
English BLS English & American Literature Hunt Howell,
whhowell@bu.edu
History BLS History Andrew David,
andavid@bu.edu
Interdisciplinary BLS Interdisciplinary Studies (and UDCP) Regina Hansen,
rhansen@bu.edu
Interdisciplinary BS Interdisciplinary Studies Regina Hansen,
rhansen@bu.edu
Philosophy BLS Philosophy Walter Hopp,
hopp@bu.edu
Administrative Sciences BS Management Studies (and ADCP) Irena Vodenska,
vodenska@bu.edu
Criminal Justice BS Criminal Justice Shea Cronin,
swcronin@bu.edu
Department of Applied Social Science BS Psychology Shea Cronin,
swcronin@bu.edu
Department of Applied Social Science BS Sociology Shea Cronin,
swcronin@bu.edu
Department of Applied Social Science BS Urban Affairs Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz,
yesims@bu.edu
Biology BS Biology Fred Wasserman,
few@bu.edu
Biology BS Biomedical Laboratory & Clinical Sciences Lou Chitkushev,
ltc@bu.edu
Computer Science BS Computer Science  (and ADCP) Anatoly Temkin
Economics BS Economics Todd Idson,
tidson@bu.edu;
Vikram Chowdary,
vikramc@bu.edu
Mathematics BS Mathematics Matt Szczesny,
szczesny@bu.edu
Actuarial Science MS Actuarial Science Hal Tepfer hal@bu.edu
Administrative Sciences MS Insurance Management Irena Vodenska,
vodenska@bu.edu
Administrative Sciences MSAS Administrative Studies: Innovation and Technology Kathleen Park,
kmparque@bu.edu
Advertising MS Advertising Edward Downes edownes@bu.edu,
Lou Chitkushev ltc@bu.edu
Art Administration MS Arts Administration Doug DeNatale,
dpd@bu.edu
Computer Science MS Software Development Eugene Pinsky,
epinsky@bu.edu
Computer Science MS Applied Data Analytics Suresh Kalathur,
kalathur@bu.edu
Computer Science MS Computer Information Systems Eric Braude,
ebraude@bu.edu
Computer Science MS Computer Science Yuting Zhang,
danazh@bu.edu
Department of Applied Social Science MLA Gastronomy Megan Elias mjelias@bu.edu;
Karen Metheny kmetheny@bu.edu
Department of Applied Social Science MSCJ Criminal Justice Shea Cronin,
swcronin@bu.edu
Department of Applied Social Science MCP City Planning Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz yesims@bu.edu
Department of Applied Social Science MUA Urban Affairs Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz,
yesims@bu.edu
Health Communication MS Health Communication Justin Joseph,
justinj@bu.edu
Department of Applied Social Science MS Applied Business Analytics Vladimir Zlatev,
zlatev@bu.edu		 AACSB
Department of Applied Social Science MS Enterprise Risk Management John Maleyeff,
maleyeff@bu.edu		 AACSB
Department of Applied Social Science MS Financial Management Irena Vodenska,
vodenska@bu.edu		 AACSB
Department of Applied Social Science MS Global Marketing Management Marcus Goncalves,
marcusg@bu.edu,
Jennifer Lee,
leejen@bu.edu		 AACSB
Department of Applied Social Science MS Project Management Vijay Kanabar,
kanabar@bu.edu		 AACSB, GAC
Computer Science MS Health Informatics Guanglan Zhang,
guanglan@bu.edu
(missing, Kim is working on getting it added)		 CAHIIM
Department of Applied Social Science MS Supply Chain Management Canan Gunes Corlu,
canan@bu.edu		 AACSB