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Hospitality and Tourism Management, BS

Student Outcomes

Assessment of Student Outcomes

Outcome A Leadership

Students will demonstrate principles of leadership in their employment and community involvements.
Objective 1 Students rate their leadership skills at 4.0 or greater (on a 5 point scale) on 9 discrete survey questions.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students consistently meet threshold

2017 Status
Achieved
88% of the students achieved a score of 80% or higher

2017 Status
Achieved
The combined mean scores for the assessment of leadership skills was 82% which exceeded the target of 80%.

Measure 2

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

Objective 2 Employers rate their student employee's leadership skills at 4.0 or greater on a 5 point scale.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2017 Status
Achieved
We exceeded 80% over 80%

2017 Status
Achieved
The score of 84% exceeded the target of 80%.

2017 Status
Achieved
88% of the students achieved a score at or greater than 80%

Outcome B Business Principles

Students will demonstrate business principles to the unique characteristics and demands of the hospitality and tourism industry.
Objective 3 Student ratings on a scale of 1-5 (5 as highest) on nine discrete questions related to technical business skills

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2017 Status
Achieved
Mean scores for this assessment was 82%, which exceeded the target of 80%.

Objective 4 Employer ratings on a scale of 1-5 (5 as highest) on four questions related to student's business skills.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2017 Status
Achieved
Average scores on individual questions ranged from 92% to 98%, with a group average of 95%.

Objective 6 Student ratings on a scale of 1-5 (5 as highest) on 6 discrete questions related to a set of HR skills.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2017 Status
Achieved
48 students self reported on a discrete set of 6 HR questions with a common average of 76%; median score of 82% and standard deviation of 7.4

Outcome C Professionalism

Students will demonstrate a high degree of professionalism in work habits and communication skills
Objective 7 Students will demonstrate professionalism in work habits and communication skills via responses to 10 discrete survey questions.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2017 Status
Not Yet Achieved
The average common score of the 10 questions is 77%; Median score of 82% and standard deviation of 9.9.

Objective 8 Students demonstrate professionalism and work skills as measured by their external supervisors.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2017 Status
Achieved
The common average for the discrete questions was 86% with all questions at or above 80%.

Outcome D Service Quality

Students will demonstrate a high level of service quality in diverse settings / populations
Objective 10 Students demonstrate service quality skills as measured by employer's evaluations.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2017 Status
Achieved
he common average for these questions is 92%; with none of the questions scoring below 80%.

Objective 9 Students demonstrate understanding of service quality with diverse settings and populations via 12 discrete final exam questions.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2019 Status
Achieved
This is an important SLO that we seem to be teaching successfully and empirically measuring the result. We'd like to see the findings value increase as we just met the minimum target. There are two different instructors teaching this course and we will work on ensuring that we are aligned with the measure and grading rubric.

Outcome E Problem Solving

Analyze and solve problems using qualitative and quantitative tools.
Objective 11 Students will demonstrate qualitative and quantitative research skills via a research project.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2019 Status
Achieved
89% of students earned an 80% or better on their research paper in one section.. In a different section (taught by a different instructor) In the Winter 2019, HTM 375 course, 86% of students passed the research project with and without the presentation portion of the research study included. Of the two who did not pass in both sections, one student stopped attending mid March (we did reconnect at the end but she will have to redo the course), and the other missed many classes, but met with me and tried to pull it all together at the end. This student passed with a C- in class overall.

Objective 12 Students will demonstrate qualitative and quantitative research skills via a marketing plan project.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2019 Status
Achieved
Students successfully conducted marketing plans with multiple area agency partners

2019 Status
Achieved
In HTM 452 during the Winter 2019, students accomplished 80% overall when I included the presentation portion of the marketing plan. Without this element, 73% of students passed with 80% or better overall. In both instances, those students NOT passing did so because they did NOT complete at least one of the 11 assignments within the plan. Of those students who attempted every assignment, 100% passed with an 80% or better.

2017 Status
Achieved
82% of students (n=96) in HTM 452 Hospitality and Tourism Marketing achieved a final marketing plan grade of 80% or higher.

Outcome K Human Resources

Students will demonstrate mastery of selected human resource management skills via portfolio and presentation.
Objective 5 Students will demonstrate mastery of selected human resource management skills via portfolio and presentation.

Measure 1

2021 Status
Achieved
Students continue to meet the threshold

2019 Status
Achieved
During the Fall 70% students achieved the goal. During Winter of 2019 95% achieved the goal.

2017 Status
Achieved
88% of the 54 students enrolled in two sample sections of HTM 343 "Human Resource Management" scored above 80%.