All graduating seniors must fulfill assessment requirements as determined by their major field department.

All other full-time students must fulfill assessment requirements as determined by the campus, consistent with the Board of Curator’s guidelines, before registering for further course work.

Assessment is a process intended to help students and faculty improve student learning and learning experiences. Assessment results help students align their educational goals, learning experiences and outcomes with the courses and services offered by the University. All academic advisors and department chairs have access to the assessment data. Students are encouraged to communicate with their academic advisors and faculty to identify, and enroll in, appropriate courses and seek support services to fulfill their educational goals. Assessment also helps the faculty to improve instruction, pedagogy, course content and technology to better meet the needs of the students.

Compliance is important to Missouri S&T students, programs, and the entire institution. Specifically, students must cooperate in the following manner, which is subject to change.

All students who have attained the junior class level, in each semester, are automatically scheduled to take the ETS’ proficiency profile test, which measures general education skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and critical thinking. Students will be notified the semester they qualify to take the test. Students who have earned 61 or more credit hours and who did not test will have a HOLD placed on their academic account. This HOLD will prevent the students from future registration of courses.

Career Readiness: Students will apply their academic knowledge to achieve personal and professional goals. 

Critical Thinking: Students will apply creative approaches to explore and evaluate complex challenges.

Communications: Students will use effective and targeted communication strategies.

Teamwork and Collaboration: Students will organize partnerships and demonstrate effective teamwork. 

Global and Inclusive Fluency: Students will demonstrate value and respect for individual and cultural perspectives and experiences.

Professional and Ethical Conduct: Students will demonstrate the highest standards of professional behavior, integrity, and ethical conduct. 

Knowledge

• Doctoral
  • Students will demonstrate mastery of the contemporary state of knowledge within their discipline through original and substantial contributions. 
• Master's (Thesis and Non-Thesis)
  • Students will demonstrate a proficient understanding of the contemporary state of knowledge within their discipline through usage.
• Certificate
  • Students will demonstrate a working understanding of the contemporary state of knowledge within the scope of their certificate. 

Communication

• Doctoral
  • Students will demonstrate mastery in communication (oral and written) in the standards of published work in their discipline. 
• Master's (Thesis and Non-Thesis)
  • Students will demonstrate proficiency in communication (oral and written) in the standards of professional work in their discipline.
• Certificate
  • Students will demonstrate effective communication strategies that apply discipline-specific expertise. 

Integrity and Ethics

• Doctoral, Master's (Thesis and Non-Thesis) and Certificate (the same for all levels)
  • Students will demonstrate the highest standards of professional behavior, integrity, and ethical conduct. 

Scholarship Independence

• Doctoral 
  • Students will demonstrate the ability to independently identify, explain, and develop scholarship including a clear plan for addressing open research questions in their field. 
• Master's Thesis
  • Students will demonstrate, with some direction, the ability to independently identify, explain, and develop scholarship including a clear plan for addressing open research questions in their field. 
• Master's Non-Thesis
  • Students will demonstrate the ability to identify, explain, and evaluate scholarship including methodology and conclusions. 
• Certificate
  
  • Students will demonstrate the ability to identify, explain, and evaluate scholarship including methodology and conclusions within the scope of their certificate. 

Critical Thinking

• Doctoral 
  • Students will demonstrate the independent, self-directed, ability to evaluate arguments, assess assumptions about information and data, and synthesize knowledge. 
• Master's (Thesis and Non-Thesis)
  • Students will demonstrate, with some guidance, the ability to evaluate arguments assess assumptions about information and data, and synthesize knowledge. 
• Certificate
  • Students will demonstrate the ability to identify arguments, understand assumptions about information and data, and synthesize knowledge within the scope of their certificate.