Curriculum assessment through a capstone course: a case study in hospitality and tourism programs

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to develop a systematic process that other educational institutions and programs could follow to establish a consistent and accurate evaluation method for a capstone course. Hospitality industry professionals and hospitality management faculty were interviewed through focus-group discussions, and a post-focus-group survey was conducted to determine a weighted percentage for each of the nine determined content domains. A test blueprint for a hospitality management capstone course was developed to measure programmatic student learning outcomes based on the weighted domains determined through this study. The results provide a usable instrument for hospitality and tourism management programs to enhance their current assessment methodology.

KEYWORDS:

• Curriculum assessment
• Bloom’s taxonomy
• student learning outcomes
• test blueprint
• capstone course

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.