SWOT Analysis of Geoscience Program
Understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of your geoscience program through a SWOT analysis. Use visualizations and consider project strands to identify key elements. Utilize sticky notes to categorize internal and external factors. Analyze trends and insights to inform action planning for supporting student success, broadening participation, and facilitating student pathways.
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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats A SWOT Analysis of Your Geoscience Program
SWOT Analysis SWOT Analysis A way to examine the internal (inside your geoscience program) and external factors (beyond your geoscience program) that help or hinder your program in achieving its goals. Keys to a successful SWOT analysis use it in the context of a particular objective. get input from a wide variety of perspectives. http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/departments/degree_programs/swot.html
Do a SWOT analysis of your geoscience program using your visualization and considering the three project strands Take a few minutes to think about the strengths and weaknesses of your geoscience program, and external opportunities and threats. Using a Sharpie, write ONE point per sticky note If a team includes more than one campus or more than one institution, use different color sticky notes for different campuses / different institutions. Place each of your sticky notes into the appropriate SWOT space on the big post-it note. Note: all four quadrants are equally important Review and discuss to identify commonalities and differences. Helpful Harmful Strengths Weaknesses Internal Opportunities Threats External
SWOT analysis: Next steps Use sticky dots to identify elements in your SWOT as they apply to the three project strands of the SAGE 2YC project. Do any trends emerge? Are there any additions to be made? Supporting student success (red) Broadening participation (blue) Facilitating students professional pathways (yellow) Scatter and look at other SWOTs. Then add other sticky notes to your SWOT analysis if you want. Pair off in teams to share a focused set of conclusions about how this analysis can or should inform your action planning. Helpful Harmful Strengths Weaknesses Internal Opportunities Threats External