For the past 15 years, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has mandated assessment of undergraduate student learning outcomes as the basis for approving food science (FS) programs. No longer is a check-off course system sufficient to be an IFT-approved program. The 4 steps to gaining IFT approval include developing learning outcomes for all required FS courses, developing outcomes for the program as a whole, assessing student learning through a comprehensive series of assessment tools, and developing and reporting a plan to use the assessment data collected for continuous program improvement. This article reviews these steps in some detail, providing guidance on possible approaches that may be used. In the end, the aim of the IFT requirements is to improve student learning in FS to advance the field.

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高等教育审查委员会（HERB）的报告：食品科学本科生学习成果的评估

在过去的15年中，食品技术人员学会（IFT）要求对大学生的学习成果进行评估，以此作为批准食品科学（FS）计划的基础。结帐课程系统不再足以成为IFT批准的计划。获得IFT批准的4个步骤包括：为所有必修的FS课程制定学习成果，为整个计划制定成果，通过一系列全面的评估工具评估学生的学习情况以及制定和报告计划，以使用为以下目的收集的评估数据持续的程序改进。本文对这些步骤进行了详细的回顾，为可能使用的方法提供了指导。最后，IFT要求的目的是改善学生在FS中的学习，以推动该领域的发展。