Online Social Work Bachelor's Degree Program (BSW) Program Outcomes

COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION - FORM AS 4(B)

URSULINE COLLEGE BACCALAUREATE SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 2022-23

This form is used to assist the Council on Social Work Education’s Commission on Accreditation (COA) in the evaluation of the program’s compliance with the accreditation standard below.

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The program uses Form AS 4(B) and/or Form AS 4(M) to report its most recent assessment outcomes for each program option to constituents and the public on its website and routinely up-dates (minimally every 2 years) its findings.

All programs accredited by the Council on Social Work Education’s Commission on Accreditation (COA) are required to measure and report student learning outcomes.

All students are assessed using a minimum of two measures on their mastery of the nine competencies that comprise the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) and any additional competencies programs may choose to add. These holistic competencies reflect the dimensions (knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive & affective processes) of social work practice that all social workers are expected to master during their professional training.

Assessment Measure #1: Final Practicum Evaluation

• Dimension(s) assessed: Knowledge, Values, Skills, & Cognitive-Affective Processes

• When/where students are assessed: Second Semester Practicum Placement Final Practicum Evaluation

• Who assessed student competence: Agency Practicum Instructors

• Outcome Measure Benchmark (minimum score indicative of achievement) for Competencies 1-9: Rating of 3 on Competency Scale

• Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to have achieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-9: 85% of students

Assessment Measure #2: Capstone Case Study

• Dimension(s) assessed: Knowledge, Values, Skills, & Cognitive-Affective Processes

• When/where students are assessed: Spring Semester, Final Year, Practicum Placement Integrative Seminar

• Who assessed student competence: Faculty teaching Practicum Placement Integrative Seminar

• Outcome Measure Benchmark (minimum score indicative of achievement) for Competencies 1-9: Rating of 3 on Competency Scale

• Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to haveachieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-0: 85% of students

Assessment Data Collected using two measurements during the Academic Year (2023-24). Review assessment data chart here.