Weber State University   

Economics

Results of Assessment

2004-2005 (submitted 12/04/07)

The economics department has identified the following learning outcomes, which have been assessed during the 2004-2005 school year. 

1. Economics majors will be numerically literate, and possess strong written and oral communication skills.
2. All Economics majors should be able to use statistical methods for problem solving (e.g., hypothesis testing, regression analysis).
3. All Economics majors should be able to use the concepts of supply and demand to analyze current economic issues.
4. All Economics majors should be able to use the aggregate demand/aggregate supply framework.
5. All Economics majors should be able to identify the benefits and costs of a global economy.

Most assessment is conducted through in-class assignments including oral presentations, written papers, and examinations.  The following classes were offered during the 2004-2005 school year and assessment was conducted in each class.

Outcome

1010

1740

2010

2020

4010

4020

3110

3120

1

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

2

3

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

4

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

5

x

x

x

x

x

Outcome

3200

4170

3400

4550

4560

4980

Q2400

Q2600

Q3160

1

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

2

x

x

x

x

x

3

x

x

x

x

4

x

x

x

x

5

x

x

The department of Economics graduated over 20 students during the 2004-2005 school year.  This is the second year in a row we have graduated over 20 students. 

This is the first year we have offered our  Research Methods class (Econ 4980) which is where much of our program assessment will take place in the future.  Because this was a new requirement during the 2004-2005 school year only 8 students took the class. Each student made an oral presentation (Objective 1) and 7 of the eight students used some type of statistical analysis (Objective 2).  All students had a section on economic theory (Objective 3). We gathered each paper.  These papers will be combined with the expected 12-15 papers that will be gathered in the 2005-2005 year.  We will use these papers as the initial assessment of our standards.

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