Assurance of Learning Purpose
As an institution of higher education, our highest calling is to providing students with a transformational education and the opportunity to develop a comprehensive understanding of the business disciplines.
Therefore, it is essential that the College of Business has a meaningful, comprehensive, and ongoing assurance of learning model that is widely communicated, well understood, has broad faculty participation, and meets the requirements of our accrediting bodies (SACS and AACSB).
To this end, we:
Assurance of Learning Process
As shown in the Figure below, the COB AOL process involves:
1) Identifying learning goals and objectives
2) Measuring objectives across a variety of core courses in all programs (BBA, MBA, MS Accounting, MS Finance, MS Business Analytics, MS Marketing, MS Management)
3) Collecting, reporting and reviewing the results
4) Recommending improvements based on the results
5) Implementing changes for continuous improvement
6) Collecting data on improvements
7) Evaluating effectiveness of improvements
Undergraduate SLOs:
Goal 1: Our graduates will be effective professional communicators.
a) Students will demonstrate proficiency in oral communications by delivering clear and well-structured business presentations.
b) Students will demonstrate proficiency in written communications by creating clear and well-structured business documents.
Goal 2: Our graduates will demonstrate business environment knowledge to compete and succeed.
a) Students will identify and evaluate ethical business issues.
b) Students will identify and evaluate global business challenges.
Goal 3: Our graduates will demonstrate analytical skills.
a) Students will be analytical problem solvers in business environments.
Goal 4: Core competency goal
a) Students will demonstrate knowledge of core business competencies that will be critical on the job, regardless of major. It includes components of economics, finance, accounting, marketing, and management.
Goal 5: Discipline-specific goals
a) Students will demonstrate knowledge of content specific to their discipline.
Graduate SLOs:
Goal 1: Our graduates will be competent business communicators.
a) Students will prepare and deliver well-researched and organized business presentations to inform, equip, and persuade organizational decision makers.
b) Students will prepare and present well-researched and organized business documents to inform, equip, and persuade organizational decision makers.
Goal 2: Our graduates will have the interpersonal competencies necessary to be effective business professionals.
a) Students will analyze the legal and ethical impact of business decisions.
b) Students will analyze the local and global impact of business decisions.
Goal 3: Our graduates will be effective business decision makers.
a) Students will be able to gather, analyze, and integrate relevant information in order to make appropriate business decisions.
Goal 4: Program-specific goals
a) Students will demonstrate knowledge content specific to their program.
COB ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE
Fall 2017
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Spring 2018 |
Fall 2018 |
Spring 2019 |
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SLO 1a: Spoken Communication |
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MGT 303 |
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ACCT 595 ECON 595
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SLO 1b: Written Communication |
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MGT 303 |
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ECON 595 ACCT 599
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SLO 2a: Ethics |
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MGT 305 |
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ACCT 599 FIN 599 MKT 521 |
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SLO 2b: Global |
ACCT 311 FIN 428 MGT 380 MKT 420 |
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ACCT 599 FIN 599 MKT 521 |
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SLO 3: Problem Solving(UG)/Decision Making(G) |
MGT 439 |
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MGT 585 ACCT 599 FIN 599
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BUSA 521 |
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SLO 4: Core Competency Exam (Undergrad only) |
MGT 439 |
MGT 439 |
MGT 439 |
MGT 439 |
DISCIPLINE - SPECIFIC |
ACADEMIC YEAR 2017 - 2018 |
ACADEMIC YEAR 2018 - 2019 |
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SL0 4: Graduate |
ACCT: ACT 599
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ACCT: ACT 599
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ECO/FIN: FIN 599
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ECO/FIN: FIN 599 |
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MGT: MGT 527/ 585/ 591
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MGT: MGT 527/ 585/ 591 |
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MBUSA: MKT 521/ 572/586 BUSA 521/ 542 |
MBUSA: MKT 521/ 572/ 586 BUSA 521/ 542
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SLO 5: Undergraduate |
ACCT: ACCT 321/ 322/ 440
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ACCT: ACCT 321/ 322/ 440 |
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ECO/FIN: FIN 304/ 309/ 400/ 404
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ECO/FIN: FIN 304/ 309/ 400/ 404 |
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MGT: MGT 315/ 394/ 439
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MGT: MGT 315/ 394/ 439 |
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MBUSA: MKT 306/ 366/ 436/ 445/ 467 BUSA 424/ 428 |
MBUSA: MKT 306/ 366/ 436/ 445/ 467 BUSA 424/ 428 |
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