Accreditation and Planning
Assessment Examples
Unit Assessment Documents for Planning and Improvement
Planning and assessment are integral parts of efforts at Mississippi State to continuously improve our academic and administrative departments. Planning and assessment are also important elements in our SACS reaccreditation. As part of the planning and assessment process, all departments must submit to the Office of Institutional Research a document outlining learning objectives (goals), assessments, and examples of how assessment findings have been used to make improvements. In the coming months, consultants will be working with departments to strengthen their assessment plans. The plans presented on this site are examples of effective planning and assessment efforts that may help other departments improve their plans.
Listed below are example assessment documents:
- Broadcasting (PDF)
- EE Undergraduate (PDF)
- EE Masters Program (PDF)
- EE PhD Program (PDF)
- Marketing (PDF)
- Public Relations (PDF)
SACS Accreditation
Mississippi State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; telephone (404) 679-4501) to award baccalaureate, master's, specialist and doctoral degrees.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
In addition, specific programs are accredited by the following:
- Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology
- Accreditation Council for Cooperative Education
- American Animal Hospital Association
- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (formerly American Home Economics Association)
- American Association of Laboratory Animal Care
- American Chemical Society
- American Dietetic Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Society of Landscape Architects
- American Veterinary Medical Association
- Associated Landscape Contractors of America
- Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
- Council on Rehabilitation Education
- Council on Social Work Education
- Foundation for Interior Design Education Research
- Institute of Food Technologist
- Masters in Psychology Accreditation Council
- National Association of Schools of Music
- National Architectural Accreditation Board
- National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
- National Association of Schools of Art and Design
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- Society of American Foresters
- Society of Wood Science and Technology
- The Wildlife Society
