Over the past several decades, there has been increasing interest in program- and university-level assessment and aligning learning outcomes to program content. Curriculum mapping is a tool that creates a visual map of all courses in the curriculum and how they relate to curriculum learning outcomes. Assessment tools/activities are often included in the curriculum map. The School of Food Science, a joint program between the Washington State Univ. and the Univ. of Idaho, recently completed a curriculum mapping and assessment exercise. The goal of this exercise was to determine the alignment of the undergraduate curriculum with program learning outcomes and the degree of student mastery of these outcomes. Curriculum learning outcomes were revised from existing learning outcomes to better align with university learning outcomes and the IFT Core Competencies. All undergraduate courses were mapped to the IFT Core Competencies, and several competencies were assessed to determine student mastery. The mapping and assessment activities revealed potential gaps and redundancies in course content, as well as student ability to meet standards for competency. The results of the mapping and assessment exercises will be used to refine the content delivered to undergraduate students in the School of Food Science, with the overall goal of increasing the quality of the education provided to these students and helping them to be more prepared for a successful career in food science.

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课程映射：评估和完善本科学位课程的方法

在过去的几十年中，人们对课程和大学水平的评估以及使学习成果与课程内容保持一致的兴趣日益浓厚。课程映射是一种工具，可为课程中的所有课程及其与课程学习成果的关系创建可视化地图。评估工具/活动通常包含在课程表中。食品科学学院是华盛顿州立大学之间的一项联合计划。和大学。爱达荷州的分校最近完成了课程规划和评估工作。这项练习的目的是确定本科课程与计划学习成果的一致性以及学生对这些成果的掌握程度。课程学习成果从现有的学习成果中进行了修订，以更好地与大学学习成果和IFT核心能力保持一致。所有本科课程均与IFT核心能力相对应，并评估了一些能力以确定学生的掌握程度。测绘和评估活动揭示了课程内容中可能存在的差距和冗余，以及学生达到能力标准的能力。测绘和评估练习的结果将用于完善提供给食品科学学院本科生的内容，其总体目标是提高向这些学生提供的教育质量，并帮助他们为接受医学教育做更多准备。食品科学领域的成功事业。并评估了几种能力来确定学生的精通程度。测绘和评估活动揭示了课程内容中可能存在的差距和冗余，以及学生满足能力标准的能力。测绘和评估练习的结果将用于完善提供给食品科学学院本科生的内容，其总体目标是提高向这些学生提供的教育质量，并帮助他们为接受医学教育做更多准备。食品科学领域的成功事业。并评估了几种能力来确定学生的精通程度。测绘和评估活动揭示了课程内容中可能存在的差距和冗余，以及学生满足能力标准的能力。测绘和评估练习的结果将用于完善提供给食品科学学院本科生的内容，其总体目标是提高向这些学生提供的教育质量，并帮助他们为接受医学教育做更多准备。食品科学领域的成功事业。