Assessment of Graduate Programs

Math Department Mission Statement

The mission of the Mathematics Department at San Jose State University is to offer undergraduate degrees and graduate degrees in Mathematics that prepare students to pursue continuing graduate study, to work in industry, and to teach in secondary schools or community colleges. We strive to teach our students to communicate mathematical ideas effectively and to use basic computational skills, mathematical models and technology to solve practical problems. The Mathematics Department offers a variety of courses that serve students in other departments, notably engineering, science, and business, to help them use mathematics and quantitative analysis effectively in their chosen field. The Mathematics Department strives to teach well, maintain high standards for student performance, and keep its curriculum up to date. The Department also takes pride in a faculty that is active in scholarship and research, which includes the encouragement and supervision of student research in Center for Applied Mathematics, Computation and Statistics (CAMCOS) projects and graduate student theses.

Program Learning Objectives

MA/MS Math Program Learning Objectives

MS Statistics Program Learning Objectives

The MS Statistics is a newly created program which was just started in Fall 2011. The Assessment Plan for this program is still under development.  

Important skills that we want students to learn include:

Assessment for this program will start during our next round of program planning starting after 2013/2014. 

MAMS MathStat Assessment/Program Planning Schedule 

MA/MS MATH

Goal Last Assessment Next Assessment
Goal #1 Thesis Defense, Spring 2011 Thesis Defense, 
Fall 2014
Goal #2 Specialist Qual, Spring 2011 Specialist Qual,
Fall 2015
Goal #3 N/A N/A
Self-Review Fall 2008 Spring 2013
External Review Spring 2009 Fall 2013

MS Statistics

Goal Last Assessment Next Assessment
Goal #1 N/A Thesis Defense,
Fall 2014
Goal #2 N/A Math 267,
Fall 2015
Goal #3 N/A Math 269, 
Fall 2016
Self-Review Fall 2008 Spring 2013
External Review Spring 2009 Fall 2013

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