Consistent with its mission and guiding principles, Florida Gulf Coast University is committed to academic excellence and continuous quality improvement, as supported by a sound teaching-learning process. Within this process, students and instructors share responsibility for learning that is a movement from the simple to the complex, the concrete to the abstract, and the dependent to the independent. The Academic Learning Compact (ALC) initiative supports the teaching-learning process by clearly identifying expected core student learning outcomes in the areas of content/discipline knowledge and skills, communication skills, and critical thinking skills; aligning curricula with expectations; and using assessment to guide continuous improvement.

Graduates will be able to:

1. Demonstrate content knowledge in the field of PGA Golf Management.
2. Research and analyze information in the field of PGA Golf Management.
3. Translate theory into practical applications in professional golf management.
4. Demonstrate satisfactory oral and written presentation skills.
5. Demonstrate industry competency and skills during internships.
6. Evaluate information in order to understand the dynamics of changing work environments, problem solve, make decisions, and provide leadership skills necessary to succeed in the golf industry, hospitality and business organizations.
7. Analyze, synthesize and evaluate real-world work experiences as contrasted with textbook theory.
8. Demonstrate ability to develop comprehensive recreation program plan for a PGA Golf Management program.
9. Use accounting and financial skills necessary to demonstrate competence in dealing with changing economic conditions in the golf and hospitality industry.

 

Content/discipline knowledge and skills are assessed at the college and program levels through the following mechanisms:

1. Students successfully complete three portfolio kits during their tenure with the program. For this project, faculty evaluate content knowledge in the field of PGA Golf Management, the ability to research and analyze information, the ability to translate theory into practical applications, and oral and written presentation skills.
2. Students will successfully complete a minimum of 16 months of golf industry approved internship. Students are externally evaluated several times on their industry competency and skills as part of the division approved 16 months of internship. An internship competency assessment tool is part of the internship and agreement between the golf business and FGCU.
3. Students successfully complete class simulation exercises and other assignments that demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize and evaluate their real-world required work experience as contrasted with textbook theory in the following RHM core courses: HFT Introduction to Resort Development; HFT Law; HFT Accounting; HFT Budget & Finance; HFT Human Resources; and HFT Technology, HFT Marketing and HFT Resort & Recreation Planning, Programming and Design.
4. Students must complete checkpoint levels 1, 2, and 3. Students demonstrate a conceptual understanding of industry knowledge through the development of an industry specific research project, presentation case study analysis of ethics in the workplace and exemplary leadership characteristics.
5. Each graduating senior will have passed the PGA Player Ability Test.
6. Prior to graduation a student self- assessment survey of PGA Golf Management content/discipline knowledge and skills is administered during an exit survey.

 

Graduates will be able to:

1. Employ the conventions of standard written English.
2. Select a topic, and develop it for a specific audience and purpose, with respect for diverse perspectives.
3. Select, organize, and relate ideas and information with coherence, clarity, and unity.

Communication skills are assessed as part of the General Education Program through papers, exams, and projects completed in ENC 1101 Composition I, ENC 1102 Composition II, and HUM 2510 Understanding the Visual and Performing Arts. Communication skills are also assessed in the capstone course.

Graduates will be able to:

1. Select and organize information.
2. Identify assumptions and underlying relationships.
3. Synthesize information, and draw reasoned inferences.
4. Formulate an appropriate problem solving strategy.
5. Evaluate the feasibility of the strategy.

 

Critical thinking skills are assessed as part of the General Education Program through papers, exams, and projects completed ENC 1101 Composition I, ENC 1102 Composition II, and HUM 2510 Understanding the Visual and Performing Arts. Critical thinking skills are also assessed in the capstone course