Assessment of Academic Programs - Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills

Each graduate program emphasizes program content knowledge, communication skills, and transferable skills. Transferable skills are skills and abilities students can use for a variety of jobs and industries.

Teaching/Training
Mentoring
Argument Deconstruction (using the Elements of Thought)
Diversity Awareness
Ethics – Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning
Leadership – Management
Awareness of Public Policy – Regulatory Affairs (legal aspects of content area)
Entrepreneurship (e.g. patenting, licensing, intellectual property, marketing, sales)
Intellectual Traits
Wellness (e.g. work-life balance, financial preparedness, stress management, time management)
Career Preparedness (e.g. networking, career explorations, interviewing, writing cover letters and resumes, myIDP)

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Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Teaching/ Training	Diversity Awareness	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Leadership-Management	Intellectual Traits	Career Preparedness
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (M.S.)	X	X
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (Ph.D.)
Agricultural Education (M.S.)	X		X
Animal Science (M.S.)					X
Animal Science (Ph.D.)	X	X		X	X	X	X
Architecture (M.Arch.)
Athletic Training (M.S.)		X		X	X			X

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Teaching/ Training	Mentoring	Diversity Awareness	Entrepreneurship	Intellectual Traits	Career Preparedness
Biochemistry (Ph.D.)	X	X		X	X	X
Biological Sciences (M.S.)	X	X						X
Biological Sciences (M.S.) - Biology Specialization								X
Biological Sciences (M.S.) - Dairy Science Specialization								X
Biological Sciences (M.S.) - Food Science Specialization								X
Biological Sciences (M.S.) - Microbiology Specialization	X	X					X
Biological Sciences (M.S.) - Natural Resource Management Specialization	X	X	X
Biological Sciences (M.S.) - Veterinary Medicine Specialization
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.)	X	X						X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Specialization	X	X						X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Biology Specialization	X	X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Dairy Science Specialization								X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Food Science Specialization								X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Microbiology Specialization	X	X					X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Molecular Biology Specialization	X	X					X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Natural Resource Management Specialization	X	X	X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Plant Molecular Biology Specialization								X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Plant Science Specialization								X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Veterinary Microbiology Specialization								X
Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) - Veterinary Pathobiology Specialization								X

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Teaching/ Training	Mentoring	Diversity Awareness	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Entrepreneurship	Wellness	Career Preparedness
Chemistry (M.S.)	X	X		X	X		X
Chemistry (M.S.) - Chemical Education Specialization	X		X
Chemistry (Ph.D.)	X	X		X	X		X
Civil Engineering (M.S.)	X	X				X
Civil Engineering (Ph.D.)		X				X
Communication and Media Studies (M.A.)	X	X							X
Computational Science and Statistics (Ph.D.) - Data Science Specialization						X
Computational Science and Statistics (Ph.D.) - Mathematics Specialization						X
Computational Science and Statistics (Ph.D.) - Statistics Specialization						X
Computer Science (M.S.)		X				X
Computer Science (Ph.D.)
Counseling and Human Resource Development (M.Ed.) - Administration of Student Affairs Specialization	X				X	X		X	X
Counseling and Human Resource Development (M.S.) - Clinical Mental Health Counseling Specialization	X				X	X		X
Counseling and Human Resource Development (M.S.) - College Counseling Specialization					X	X		X
Counseling and Human Resource Development (M.S.) - Marriage and Family Counseling Specialization					X	X
Counseling and Human Resource Development (M.S.) - Rehabilitation Counseling Specialization					X	X
Counseling and Human Resource Development (M.S.) - School Counseling Specialization					X	X
Curriculum and Instruction (M.Ed.) - Early Childhood Education Specialization	X		X
Curriculum and Instruction (M.Ed.) - Elementary Education Specialization			X
Curriculum and Instruction (M.Ed.) - Secondary Education Specialization			X

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Teaching/ Training	Mentoring	Argument Deconstruction	Diversity Awareness	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Leadership-Management	Awareness of Public Policy-Regulatory Affairs	Entrepreneurship	Intellectual Traits	Wellness	Career Preparedness
Data Science (M.S.)		X					X
Dietetics (M.S.)	X	X									X		X

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Teaching/ Training	Diversity Awareness	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Leadership-Management
Economics (M.S.)					X
Educational Administration (M.Ed.)	X		X
Electrical Engineering (M.S.)	X	X
Electrical Engineering (Ph.D.)	X	X			X
Engineering (M.Eng.)						X
English (M.A.)			X	X

Program	Communication Skills	Career Preparedness
Geography (M.S.)
Geography (M.S.) - Geographic Information Sciences Specialization	X
Geospatial Science and Engineering (Ph.D.) - Geography Specialization	X	X
Geospatial Science and Engineering (Ph.D.) - Remote Sensing Specialization		X

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Argument Deconstruction	Diversity Awareness	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Leadership-Management	Intellectual Traits	Career Preparedness
Human Biology (M.S.)
Human Sciences (M.S.) - Developmental Sciences Specialization	X	X		X			X	X
Human Sciences (M.S.) - Family and Community Services Specialization	X					X
Human Sciences (M.S.) - Family and Consumer Sciences Education Specialization								X
Human Sciences (M.S.) - Family Financial Planning Specialization					X
Human Sciences (M.S.) - Merchandising Specialization			X			X

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Teaching/ Training	Mentoring	Argument Deconstruction	Diversity Awareness	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Leadership-Management	Awareness of Public Policy-Regulatory Affairs	Entrepreneurship	Intellectual Traits	Wellness	Career Preparedness
Interdisciplinary Studies (M.S.)

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Diversity Awareness	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Leadership-Management	Career Preparedness
Mass Communication (M.M.C.)		X	X	X
Mathematics (M.S.)				X
Mathematics (M.S.) - Statistics Specialization				X
Mechanical Engineering (M.S.)	X	X			X	X
Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D.)

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Teaching/ Training	Diversity Awareness	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Leadership-Management	Awareness of Public Policy-Regulatory Affairs	Intellectual Traits	Career Preparedness
Nursing (D.N.P.)	X	X		X	X	X
Nursing (D.N.P.) - Family Nurse Practitioner Specialization	X	X		X	X	X
Nursing (D.N.P.) - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Specialization	X			X	X	X	X	X
Nursing (M.S.) - Clinical Nurse Leader Specialization	X	X		X		X	X
Nursing (M.S.) - Family Nurse Practitioner Specialization	X	X		X		X	X
Nursing (M.S.) - Nurse Administrator Specialization	X	X		X		X	X
Nursing (M.S.) - Nurse Educator Specialization	X	X		X		X	X
Nursing (M.S.) - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Specialization	X			X		X	X	X
Nursing (Ph.D.)		X	X	X		X	X
Nutrition and Dietetics (M.S.)
Nutrition and Exercise Sciences (M.S.) - Exercise Science Specialization	X								X
Nutrition and Exercise Sciences (M.S.) - Nutritional Sciences Specialization									X
Nutrition and Exercise Sciences (Ph.D.)			X						X

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Teaching/ Training	Mentoring	Argument Deconstruction	Diversity Awareness	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Leadership-Management	Awareness of Public Policy-Regulatory Affairs	Entrepreneurship	Intellectual Traits	Wellness	Career Preparedness
Operations Management (M.S.)		X						X

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Awareness of Public Policy-Regulatory Affairs
Pharmaceutical Sciences (M.S.)
Pharmaceutical Sciences (Ph.D.)	X	X	X
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
Plant Science (M.S.)
Plant Science (Ph.D.)			X
Professional Science (M.S.)
Public Health (M.P.H.)				X

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills	Diversity Awareness	Ethics-Moral Decision Making/ Moral Reasoning	Leadership-Management	Career Preparedness
Sociology (M.S.) - Community Development Specialization	X	X	X			X
Sport and Recreation Administration (M.S.)		X	X		X
Statistics (M.S.)				X

Program	Program Content	Communication Skills
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (M.S.) - Fisheries Sciences Specialization	X	X
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (M.S.) - Wildlife Sciences Specialization	X	X
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (Ph.D.)	X	X