Spring 2015 Program Assessment Review
Department: Language and Literature
Program: Spanish
Date of Report: March 21, 2016
Members of Reporting Committee: Lídice Alemán, Alan Bruflat, Adolfo Cacheiro, Catherine Rudin
Department/Program Curriculum Map has been completed and submitted.
YES
NO
(Does it need updated or revised?)
Please provide a brief description of how assessment activities have been used to improve your
program and student learning. (Please respond in 250 words or less).
The program has used the results of the Wisconsin Placement Test, given to intermediate students, to
update the curriculum in the intermediate Spanish sequence to provide for increased coverage of grammar
topics. We have also used the data from oral presentations and compositions to modify our advanced
classes to provide for more opportunities for written and oral expression. This past semester we organized
a conference where students presented papers in Spanish on literary and cultural topics. We hope to make
this a regular event and incorporate it into our assessment.
As a part of the assessment reporting process this year, we are seeking information from
departments about current recruitment and retention practices. Please provide detailed
feedback as this information will be shared with the Assessment Oversight Committee and the
Office of Admissions to better inform the institution of current enrollment strategies at Wayne
State College.
1. List any departmental recruitment activities in which your faculty/staff participate.
(high school visits, regional outreach, campus events, marketing/advertising, letters to prospective students,
etc.)
1. Letters were sent to high school teachers in the area encouraging them to participate as graduate students
in the Costa Rica Study Abroad Program. One teacher did participate in 2015.
2. In April 2016 the Costa Rica Night will be used to recruit students for the 2017 trip.
3. The Spanish program posts flyers advertising many of its general education and major/minor courses.
4. The Spanish program flyer and major/minor sheet are distributed at Just Juniors Day, to prospective
students, and to interested students on request.
2. List any departmental retention activities in which your faculty/staff participate.
(list activities outside of routine advising/registration appointments; such as, group/cohort advising,
departmental socials, clubs/student activities, student travel, events, etc.)
1. Faculty serve as advisors to Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honor Society) and the Spanish Club.
2. Sigma Delta Pi sponsors a variety of events including Game Night and Study Night. Spanish Club also hosts a
variety of events (e.g. Food Night, Holiday Caroling, Day of the Dead).
3. The Spanish program would like to increase collaboration with Latinos Uniting for campus events.
4. Students, accompanied by faculty, presented papers at the Spanish Undergraduate Research Conference in
2013 (USD) and 2014 (Briar Cliff).
3. Does your department use data to monitor recruitment and retention? If so, what type of data do
you use?
Data from the WSC website and from the Information Office.
4. What additional data could WSC provide your department to enhance recruitment and retention
efforts?
Updated lists of majors and minors every semester.