PLNU’s College of Health Sciences offers a diverse array of bachelor’s and master’s degree programs designed to empower students to enhance the health and wellbeing of their communities. These programs encourage critical and authentic thinking while providing meaningful, hands-on experience as students engage with the world around them. develop meaningful, practical experience as they engage the world.

PLNU engages its faculty, staff, and students in an annual assessment cycle, where student learning is evaluated through appropriate courses, assessment results are analyzed, and necessary adjustments are made to improve the curriculum.

This complete process—encompassing planning, assessment, and improvement—is commonly referred to as “Closing the Loop.” It is illustrated in the Annual Assessment Cycle for each curricular program and culminates in a comprehensive six-year Program Review. This review includes a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Action Plan, through which assessment findings directly inform financial and strategic planning.