Student Learning Outcomes

List of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

1. Create written communications appropriate to the construction discipline.
2. Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline.
3. Create a construction project safety plan.
4. Create construction project cost estimates.
5. Create construction project schedules.
6. Analyze professional decisions based on ethical principles.
7. Analyze construction documents for planning and management of construction processes.
8. Analyze methods, materials, and equipment used to construct projects.
9. Apply construction management skills as a member of a multi- disciplinary
10. Apply electronic-based technology to manage the construction process.
11. Apply basic surveying techniques for construction layout and control.
12. Understand different methods of project delivery and the roles and responsibilities of all constituencies involved in the design and construction process.
13. Understand construction risk management.
14. Understand construction accounting and cost control.
15. Understand construction quality assurance and control.
16. Understand construction project control processes.
17. Understand the legal implications of contract, common, and regulatory law to manage a construction project.
18. Understand the basic principles of sustainable construction.
19. Understand the basic principles of structural behavior.
20. Understand the basic principles of mechanical, electrical and piping systems.

Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs):

The Student Learning Outcomes are assessed using one direct measure and one indirect measure.  The direct measure is based on student achievements on specific assignments in specific courses.  The indirect measure is based on surveys containing questions that are directly mapped to the learning outcomes.  Participants are asked to give a score of 1 (Poor), 2 (Adequate), 3 (Good) and 4 (Very Good) to each question they feel confident about answering or leave it blank.

The table below summarizes the program Student Learning Outcomes, their assessment metrics, their assessment frequency, and their data collection procedure.

The Performance Criteria used to measure the achievement of Student Learning Outcomes are listed below.

1. For the direct assessment of Student Learning Outcomes, the faculty in each course set the performance criteria for the direct assessment of the achievement of SLOs. The measure is the number of students meeting the criterion divided by the total number of students in the class.  The construction faculty have agreed to use the criterion that if 70% or more of the students score 70% (score of 3) or better on the work that is used as an assessment instrument, then the learning outcome is achieved.  Moreover, if a learning outcome is assessed in more than one course, then it is considered achieved if its requirements are met in at least one of the courses where it is being assessed.
2. For the indirect assessment of the Student Learning Outcomes, a learning outcome is considered achieved if 70% or more of the respondents score 3 or better for the outcome. The weighted average of the scores of all the respondents reaches the threshold of 3.0/4.0

SLO Direct Assessments

The ACCE SLOs are integrated in every course in the curriculum as part of the course learning outcomes.  The table below lists the courses and shows where the ACCE SLOs are supported and assessed.

SLO Assessment and CNST Course Matrix

The table below shows the specific assessment measures used to evaluate each SLO.