Examples of strengths identified for undergraduate programs
- Students excelled in being able to identify particular themes (black urban realism, primitivism, racial uplift, etc.) as they emerged within and animated specific literary texts. By the end of the course, virtually all of the students were able to provide coherent, conceptually relevant interpretations of poems and literary texts.
- Most students were able to demonstrate at least a basic understanding of criminological theories and its critiques; some went much further whilst only a small minority struggled to grasp the key points. Overall, students were substantially better at describing primary concepts and research conclusions compared with understanding the weaknesses of theories, particularly regarding questions of methodology and over generalizability.
- Students did particularly well in demonstrating their understanding of the unique aspects of working within public organizations, and differentiating government organizations/workplaces from private sector workplaces. This understanding was demonstrated through writing assignments associated with a core course in the curriculum, PA 303 (Managing the Internal Environment of Government).
- Students did particularly well at developing and graphically communicating a critical analysis of existing city streets.
- All students (in the class in which they attained their peak performance) wrote fairly clearly and persuasively.
- The students did a great job with the literature search, i.e. they were able to find all the current high quality articles for their topic area.