Report of Student Learning and Achievement

For Semester: / Spring 2011
Student Learning Information School of Business and Technology
Mission of the School of Business and Technology
The mission of the School of Business and Technology is to prepare thoroughly educated graduates for professional success and further study in business, computer science, and technology.
Intended Student Learning Outcomes:
1. / Communication
Graduates can communicate effectively both orally and in writing in an organizational setting.
2. / Knowledge and Decision Making
Graduates will have an integrative knowledge of fundamental business topics, systems, and processes. Students can appropriately use the frameworks from relevant business functional areas to analyze business situations, synthesize information, and develop potential solutions.
3. / Ethical, Legal, Societal and Global
Graduates understand the ethical framework in which organizations operate and have the ability to comprehend, describe, and explain the social, legal, and global influences facing our world today.
4. / Leadership, Teamwork and Collaboration
Graduates should demonstrate a knowledge of modern leadership theories and practice that prepares them to assume leadership positions
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes – Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes—
Direct Measures of Student Learning / Performance Targets/Criteria for Direct Measures:
Direct Measures BBA-Accounting
Written report and presentation from the Accounting and Information Systems course / Students will score an average of 70% or better on the written paper/presentation from the Accounting and Information Systems course
Direct Measures BBA-Accounting
Comprehensive Business Exam (CBE) / ·  Students will score an average of 70% or better on the CBE Accounting Domain
·  Students will score an average of 60% or better on each of the CBE Legal, Social, and International and Global Domains
Direct Measures BBA-Accounting
Capstone course: either Team presentation/business simulation game / ·  Students in the capstone course will either score 70% or better on their presentation or
·  beat the international average on the overall score for the last year of competition using the BBA Capstone Business Strategy Game by GLO-BUS Software, Inc.
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes—
Indirect Measures of Student Learning / Performance Targets/Criteria for Indirect Measures:
Indirect Measures BBA-Accounting
BBA Exit Questionnaire / 1)  Question 5a “How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Preparation for a Career”:
a)  The responses will have mean of at least 4. (1=Poor, 2=Below Average, 3=Average, 4=Good,5=Outstanding)
2)  Question 5b “How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Intellectual Challenge”:
a)  The responses will have mean of at least 4. (1=Poor, 2=Below Average, 3=Average, 4=Good, 5=Outstanding)
Indirect Measures BBA-Accounting
Course Instructor Evaluation / 1)  Question 9 “Course expanded my knowledge, comprehension and/or skills”
a)  The School of Business & Technology faculty will rate consistently at less than 2 (lower scores are best)
Student Learning Information for Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Summary of Results from Implementing Direct Measures of Student Learning: / Performance Target Was…
Met / Not Met
Twelve BBA Accounting students took Accounting and Information Systems course scored an average of 96% on the written paper/presentation / X
Eighteen BBA-Accounting students (two out of the Eighteen were double majors, Accounting/Finance) took the CBE exam scored an average of 71.35% on the CBE Accounting Domain / X
Eighteen BBA-Accounting students (two out of the Eighteen were double majors, Accounting/Finance) took the CBE exam scored an average of 62.96% on the CBE Legal Domain / X
Eighteen BBA-Accounting students (two out of the Eighteen were double majors, Accounting/Finance) took the CBE exam scored an average of 69.44% on the CBE Social Domain / X
Eighteen BBA-Accounting students (two out of the Eighteen were double majors, Accounting/Finance) took the CBE exam scored an average of 72.84% on the CBE International and Global Domain / X
5 out of 7 BBA-Accounting student who took the capstone course exceeded the international average on the Capstone Business Strategy Game. / X
Summary of Results from Implementing Indirect Measures of Student Learning: / Performance Target Was…
Met / Not Met
On the Exit Questionnaire, BBA-Accounting students rated Question 5a: “How do you rate your business degree in terms of Preparation for Career” mean rating at 3.6 out of 5. / X
On the Exit Questionnaire, BBA-Accounting students rated Question 5b “How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Intellectual Challenge” mean rating at 3.67 out of 5. / X
On the Course Instructor Evaluation, Question 9, the School of Business & Technology faculty rated 1.78 out of 5 (lower scores are best) on the Question “Course expanded my knowledge, comprehensive and/or skills / X
Proposed Courses of Action for Improvement in Areas for which Performance Targets Were Not Met:
Our faculty are very concerned that the students feel that the programs do not help them prepare for their careers, faculty will seek to implement in their courses to show the importance of this material of preparing for the career.
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes – Bachelor of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes—
Direct Measures of Student Learning / Performance Targets/Criteria for Direct Measures:
Direct Measures BBA-Entrepreneurship
Written paper/presentation from the Entrepreneurship and New Venture course / Students will score an average of 70% or better on the written paper/presentation from the Entrepreneurship and New Venture course
Direct Measures BBA- Entrepreneurship
Comprehensive Business Exam (CBE) / ·  Students will score an average of 70% or better on the total CBE
·  Students will score an average of 60% or better on each of the CBE Legal, Social, and International and Global Domains
Direct Measures BBA- Entrepreneurship
Capstone course: either Team presentation/business simulation game / ·  Students in the capstone course will either score 70% or better on their presentation or
·  beat the international average on the overall score for the last year of competition using the BBA Capstone Business Strategy Game by GLO-BUS Software, Inc.
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes—
Indirect Measures of Student Learning / Performance Targets/Criteria for Indirect Measures:
Indirect Measures BBA-Entrepreneurship
BBA Exit Questionnaire / 1)  Question 5a “How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Preparation for a Career”:
a)  The responses will have mean of at least 4. (1=Poor, 2=Below Average, 3=Average, 4=Good,5=Outstanding)
2)  Question 5b “How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Intellectual Challenge”:
a)  The responses will have mean of at least 4. (1=Poor, 2=Below Average, 3=Average, 4=Good, 5=Outstanding)
Indirect Measures BBA-Entrepreneurship
Course Instructor Evaluation / 2)  Question 9 “Course expanded my knowledge, comprehension and/or skills”
a)  The School of Business & Technology faculty will rate consistently at less than 2 (lower scores are best)
Student Learning Information for Bachelor of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship
Summary of Results from Implementing Direct Measures of Student Learning: / Performance Target Was…
Met / Not Met
Seven BBA-Entrepreneurship students took the CBE exam scored an average of 60.23% on the total CBE / X
Seven BBA- Entrepreneurship students took the CBE exam scored an average of 66.67% on the CBE Legal Domain / X
Seven BBA- Entrepreneurship students took the CBE exam scored an average of 61.71% on the CBE Social Domain / X
Seven BBA- Entrepreneurship students took the CBE exam scored an average of 61.90% on the CBE International and Global Domain / X
1 student team of BBA- Entrepreneurship students who took the capstone course exceeded the international average on the Capstone Business Strategy Game. / X
Summary of Results from Implementing Indirect Measures of Student Learning: / Performance Target Was…
Met / Not Met
On the Exit Questionnaire, BBA- Entrepreneurship students rated Question 5a: “How do you rate your business degree in terms of Preparation for Career” mean rating at 4.0 out of 5. / X
On the Exit Questionnaire, BBA-Entrepreneurship students rated Question 5b:“How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Intellectual Challenge” mean rating at 4.0 out of 5. / X
On the Course Instructor Evaluation, Question 9, the School of Business & Technology faculty rated 1.78 out of 5 (lower scores are best) on the Question “Course expanded my knowledge, comprehensive and/or skills” / X
Proposed Courses of Action for Improvement in Areas for which Performance Targets Were Not Met:
Our faculty are very concerned that the students feel that the programs do not help them prepare for their careers, faculty will seek to implement in their courses to show the importance of this material of preparing for the career.
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes – Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes—
Direct Measures of Student Learning / Performance Targets/Criteria for Direct Measures:
Direct Measures BBA-Finance
Written paper/presentation from the Financial Management course / Students will score an average of 70% or better on the written paper/presentation from the Financial Management course
Direct Measures BBA- Finance
Comprehensive Business Exam (CBE) / ·  Students will score an average of 70% or better on the CBE Finance Domain
·  Students will score an average of 60% or better on each of the CBE Legal, Social, and International and Global Domains
Direct Measures BBA- Finance
Capstone course: either Team presentation/business simulation game / ·  Students in the capstone course will either score 70% or better on their presentation or
·  beat the international average on the overall score for the last year of competition using the BBA Capstone Business Strategy Game by GLO-BUS Software, Inc.
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes—
Indirect Measures of Student Learning / Performance Targets/Criteria for Indirect Measures:
Indirect Measures BBA-Finance
BBA Exit Questionnaire / 3)  Question 5a “How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Preparation for a Career”:
a)  The responses will have mean of at least 4. (1=Poor, 2=Below Average, 3=Average, 4=Good,5=Outstanding)
4)  Question 5b “How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Intellectual Challenge”:
a)  The responses will have mean of at least 4. (1=Poor, 2=Below Average, 3=Average, 4=Good, 5=Outstanding)
Indirect Measures BBA-Finance
Course Instructor Evaluation / 3)  Question 9 “Course expanded my knowledge, comprehension and/or skills”
a)  The School of Business & Technology faculty will rate consistently at less than 2 (lower scores are best)
Student Learning Information for Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance
Summary of Results from Implementing Direct Measures of Student Learning: / Performance Target Was…
Met / Not Met
Twenty-four BBA Finance students took Financial Management course scored an average of 84% on the written paper/presentation / X
Thirteen BBA Finance students (Two out of the Thirteen were double majors, Accounting/Finance) took the CBE exam scored an average of 63.46% on the CBE Finance Domain / X
Thirteen BBA Finance students (Two out of the Thirteen were double majors, Accounting/Finance) took the CBE exam scored an average of 53.85% on the CBE Legal Domain / X
Thirteen BBA Finance students (Two out of the Thirteen were double majors, Accounting/Finance) took the CBE exam scored an average of 64.10% on the CBE Social Domain / X
Thirteen BBA Finance students (Two out of the Thirteen were double majors, Accounting/Finance) took the CBE exam scored an average of 74.36% on the CBE International and Global Domain / X
2 out of 3 BBA-Finance student teams who took the capstone course exceeded the international average on the Capstone Business Strategy Game. / X
Summary of Results from Implementing Indirect Measures of Student Learning: / Performance Target Was…
Met / Not Met
On the Exit Questionnaire, BBA-Finance students rated Question 5a: “How do you rate your business degree in terms of Preparation for Career” mean rating at 3.69 out of 5. / X
On the Exit Questionnaire, BBA-Finance students rated Question 5b “How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Intellectual Challenge” mean rating at 3.69 out of 5. / X
On the Course Instructor Evaluation, Question 9, the School of Business & Technology faculty rated 1.79 out of 5 (lower scores are best) on the Question “Course expanded my knowledge, comprehensive and/or skills / X
Proposed Courses of Action for Improvement in Areas for which Performance Targets Were Not Met:
Our faculty are very concerned that the students feel that the programs do not help them prepare for their careers, faculty will seek to implement in their courses to show the importance of this material of preparing for the career.
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes – Bachelor of Business Administration - Management
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes—
Direct Measures of Student Learning / Performance Targets/Criteria for Direct Measures:
Direct Measures BBA-Management
Written paper/presentation from the Human Resource Management course / Students will score an average of 70% or better on the written paper/presentation from the Human Resource Management course
Direct Measures BBA- Management
Comprehensive Business Exam (CBE) / ·  Students will score an average of 70% or better on the CBE Management Domain
·  Students will score an average of 60% or better on each of the CBE Legal, Social, and International and Global Domains
Direct Measures BBA- Management
Capstone course: either Team presentation/business simulation game / ·  Students in the capstone course will either score 70% or better on their presentation or
·  beat the international average on the overall score for the last year of competition using the BBA Capstone Business Strategy Game by GLO-BUS Software, Inc.
Assessment Tools/Methods for Intended Student Learning Outcomes—
Indirect Measures of Student Learning / Performance Targets/Criteria for Indirect Measures:
Indirect Measures BBA-Management
BBA Exit Questionnaire / 5)  Question 5a “How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Preparation for a Career”:
a)  The responses will have mean of at least 4. (1=Poor, 2=Below Average, 3=Average, 4=Good,5=Outstanding)
6)  Question 5b “How do you rate your business degree in terms of “Intellectual Challenge”:
a)  The responses will have mean of at least 4. (1=Poor, 2=Below Average, 3=Average, 4=Good, 5=Outstanding)