| Course ID: | ECHD 4410E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Intentional Program Development and Assessment |
Course
Description: | Provides a theoretical and practical knowledge of intentional program development and assessment, including the fundamentals and purpose of intentional program interventions and the assessment of the initiatives. Content includes intentional programming and assessment and the essential competencies necessary for leading a student affairs organization. |
| Oasis Title: | Intentional Prog Devel Assess |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECHD 4410 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | ECHD 4400 or ECHD 4400E |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | As a result of taking this course, students will:
1. Understand the components of intentional program development
2. Be able to deliver the purpose and types of programming initiatives
3. Develop a program utilizing learned concepts
4. Understand both the theoretical and practical components of program development
5. Understand the basic concepts and importance of assessing programming initiatives
6. Create intended objectives for a program
7. Be able to state multiple methods for assessing programs |
| Topical Outline: | During the course, student will cover the topics listed below:
Foundation of Programming
•Purpose
•Constructs
Purpose of Programming
•Impact
•Interventions
•Learning
Programming Impact
Partnerships in Programming
Competencies
Programming in the Trenches
•Panel Discussion from Student Affairs Programmers (multiple functional areas)
•Review Fundamentals of Programming
Model for Assessment
Assessment in Context of Higher Education
•Creating Outcomes
•Measurement Strategies: Quantitative
•Measurement Strategies: Qualitative
•Existing Data |