School & College Assessment

Schools and Colleges participate in the assessment process through holistic review of their academic programs and administrative services. Assessment at this level generally relates to the ability of the School or College to achieve its mission and overarching goals.

School and College Assessment

Schools and Colleges participate in the assessment process through an annual, high-level, reflective report on how their departments and academic programs accomplish their stated mission, vision, and values. As a part of this process, Schools and Colleges provide an overview of the relevant processes for developing and refining learning outcomes and assessment strategies. Using the academic program assessment reports from their unit, Schools and Colleges also provide a summary of themes and key action items from assessment results, and any specific changes or improvements made in response to those results. Specifically, Schools and Colleges are encouraged to comment on the changes made to budgetary and/or resource allocations as a result of the assessment process.

School/College Assessment Report Template

School and College Mission Statements

Each School or College has a unique mission statement that defines its role within the institution and describes how its departments, degree programs, faculty, staff and students contribute to achieving and advancing Stony Brook University's mission. Click below for the current list of mission statements for each School or College.

As part of a great research university, the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University incubates creative work and scholarship in fundamental disciplines, connecting with medicine, technology, public policy, culture, education, the arts, business and environment. As the liberal arts college for the campus, we help students and faculty explore diverse possibilities that exceed their initial expectations and prepare for a lifetime of learning and discovery.
The mission of the Stony Brook University College of Business is to:
- Prepare students for leadership roles and create and disseminate business knowledge
- Emphasize research and practice, experiential learning for problem-solving, and opportunities to collaborate.
And, as a source of distinctiveness,
- Leverage the strengths of Stony Brook University as a leading research university that drives discovery, economic development, and healthcare on Long Island and beyond.
- Serving diverse students and being a part of a growing and dynamic university.
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) is driven by four pursuits that support the missions of Stony Brook University and the State University of New York system:
- PROVIDE comprehensive undergraduate, graduate, and professional education of the highest quality to produce technically competent, creative, empathetic, and globally conscious engineers and applied scientists who pioneer solutions to global challenges.
- CONDUCT cutting-edge research of the highest quality that advances knowledge, drives technological innovation, and improves the human condition.
- PROVIDE leadership in economic development by advancing technology for the good of society, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, and engaging in community outreach.
- SERVE the community and society at large by promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, and ensuring that faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to succeed professionally and academically.
Three critical mission goals of the Renaissance School of Medicine:
1. Train the next generation of committed, curious and highly capable physicians
2. Advance our understanding of the origins of human health and disease
3. Deliver world-class, compassionate healthcare
The School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University integrates innovative approaches to research, teaching, and public service in the fields of communication and journalism with an emphasis on efforts that collaboratively address and respond to pressing societal needs.
The mission of the School of Health Professions is to provide the highest quality education in an inter-professional learning environment that fosters educational and translational research, scholarly activity, critical thinking, evidence-based practice, leadership, and professionalism, while affirming the importance of ethical behavior, human diversity, equity and inclusion, cutting-edge technology, and a team approach to health care.

To achieve this, the School endeavors to:
- Promote patient health and well-being by teaching the knowledge, behavior, and skills needed to ensure excellence in practice;
- Expand knowledge through research, scholarship and creative activity;
- Facilitate innovative and responsible methods of managing and delivering high quality, cost-effective, accessible health care;
- Respond to current and emerging public health challenges both locally and globally;
- Cultivate partnerships among faculty, staff, students, and community;
To advance knowledge and solve critical global and regional problems through the study of human and natural systems.
- Goal 1: Double the SoMAS research enterprise and pursue excellence through disciplinary and interdisciplinary research.
- Goal 2: Develop the next generation of leaders to address interwoven environmental, technical, social, economic, political and ethical challenges.
- Goal 3: Lead efforts to understand, mitigate and adapt to climate change and other environmental problems at regional and global scales.
The mission of the Stony Brook University School of Nursing is to create a diverse and inclusive workforce of nurses at all entries of practice who are experts in socially-just care, leadership, education, and research to advance the health of the people of New York, the wider geographic regions and the global community. This is accomplished through innovative, high quality and accessible educational programs, clinical practice, research and public service.
- To provide high quality, research-based graduate programs at the master's and post-master's level that foster the application of "theory to practice" and provide students with a deeper understanding of current issues in their disciplines.
- To continuously experiment in developing new programs, new delivery formats including asynchronous, synchronous and hybrid education, and new instructional models that enhance educational quality for all students at the University, in the tri-state area and internationally.
- To serve as a source of expertise for the campus and community concerning K-12 education, distance education and professional development.
- To revitalize the area’s workforce through education that helps stimulate business growth and strengthen its economic well-being.
- To enable all members of the University community to increase their academic and professional knowledge as a way of constantly improving the University and its activities.

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