Through my limited experience, I have found the most effective way to evaluate the effectiveness of a course, or an entire program for that matter, is to evaluate the quality of the graduate. This means that the course or program must first run its length, then the graduating student must be evaluated on their ability to meet the demands that are placed upon them once in the field. For example, the only way to know what the best way to build a car is would be to build the car, test it, evaluate the car's performance stated criteria, then build another car!
