Outcomes
Expected Learning Outcomes
These learning outcomes levels are achieved following the BIU Distance Learning System, academic assignment instructions and through the presentation of the required evaluation units:
- Reports (20-35 pages)
- Project (over 50 pages)
- Thesis (over 70 pages).
- LEVEL 1. Knowledge and comprehension.
Comprehensive reading and preparation of index (Table of Contents).
Through reading of the assigned textbooks for the program the student will identify and sort the program's key ideas. The selected concepts will have to be classified and rearranged in order to prepare a coherent index or table of contents. This index will become the skeleton to develop the work required. Thus this index will demonstrate the student's ability to grasp the interrelationships, hierarchy and overall meaning of the program's key elements.
- LEVEL 2. Analysis, synthesis and development
Material analysis, textbook content selection and first draft writing.
The student will examine the assigned textbook and integrate selected extracts of the text contents according to the previously defined index (table of contents). The selected text extracts will need to meet the format requirements. Consequently, the student will have to search throughout the textbook several times in order to expand the information when needed, or in other cases will have to summarize the information found because it will be too lengthy. This recurrent adjustment of the text contents will lead the student to categorize the information read in order to produce a suitable first draft of the work required. In other words, the read material must be rearranged and fit into a new written format. This may involve transformation of the information: graphic and numeric data into verbal and vice versa; its interpreting, explaining and summarizing.
- LEVEL 3. Production, style and self-assessment / Final assignment.
Reports (20-35 pages), Project (over 50 pages), Thesis (over 70 pages).
Once the first draft of the academic work required is completed, the student will need to reread the work thoroughly in order to detect possible mistakes. The material should be developed in such way that its style, content and structure would be logical and revealing the knowledge of the subject. The student's ability to combine the parts of the text and to form a new coherent and harmonic whole will determine the final grading of the work submitted. Diagrams, charts and examples may be added to illustrate the contents.
- LEVEL 4. Knowledge application and critical thinking.
Case study analysis, problem solving, conclusions and applicability to professional experience.
The university expects the student to contrast the learned material with his/her own knowledge and experience to express his/her opinion on the subject, to consider practical application of the theoretical concepts and to show the conclusions along the written assignment. All the personal judgments should be based on sound criteria and must be clearly argued
BIU Grading system will reflect the learning outcome level achieved by the student through the assigned work.
- 1.5 - No learning outcome achieved.
- 2.0 - Level 1 & 2 partially achieved.
- 2.5 - Level 1 & 2 outcomes achieved.
- 3.0 - Level 1, 2 & 3 outcomes achieved.
- 3.5 - Level 1, 2, 3 & 4 (partially) achieved.
- 4.0 - Level 1, 2, 3 & 4 outcomes achieved.