This is a summary of activities planned by the department to assess this undergraduate degree program. The department's assessment contact can provide additional information. The mission of the Department of Geology at the University of Montana is to develop new knowledge regarding geology, geochemistry and geophysics at the regional and environmental scales and distribute that knowledge to BA, MS, Ph.D. students, the geoscience professions at large, and the public. The objectives of our degrees are to train students, whether at the BA, MS or Ph.D. level, to recognize and solve significant problems in the geosciences. We expect our students to develop technical skills and critical thinking applicable to a wide range of geoscience problems and to learn how to design experiments to solve such problems.
Most faculty regularly provide students the opportunity to submit course evaluation forms.
All faculty welcome direct interaction and input from students. The chair e-mails students before finals week and points out that they can talk to the cair or the dean if they feel evaluations are ineffective in small classes. We regularly solicit and respond to coments from graduates. We ask interviewers and employers about their interests and concern with our curriculum and the performance of our students. Evaluation of Teaching Most faculty regularly provide students the opportunity to submit course evaluation forms.