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Department Goals
Departmental Learning Outcomes and Assessment Methodology
| B.A. in Economics |
B.S. in Accounting, B.A. in Business, B.S. in Business Administration
At the conclusion of their studies, Accounting, Business and Business Administration majors will demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
1. Concepts and Theories: students will demonstrate general business knowledge.
2. Understanding of Global Context of Business: students will demonstrate understanding of global interconnectivity, cultural diversity, and diverse international business issues.
3. Data-Gathering: students will demonstrate business research skills.
4. Problem-Solving: students will demonstrate the ability to solve problems that require use of critical, analytical, and quantitative thinking skills.
5. Critical Thinking: students will assist in the creation of an effective project/business plan.
6. Decision-Making: students will demonstrate understanding of project management.
7. Oral & Written Communication: students will demonstrate the ability to communicate and exchange information with clarity, proficiency, and breadth; they will prepare and produce a business plan, business letters, memorandums, tables and reports.
8. Use of Technology Tools & Integration of Knowledge: students will demonstrate technological currency and information literacy.
9. Team-Building & Collaborative Behavior: students will demonstrate understanding of basic business protocol; function effectively in teams to accomplish a common goal.
10. Business Ethics Awareness: students will demonstrate an understanding of social responsibility and business ethics and the impact of business decision-making. They will demonstrate knowledge of diverse cultural issues in a business environment.
11. Specialized Knowledge and Training in Accounting: for B.S. in Accounting students only.
12. Specialized Knowledge and Training in an Area of Concentration: for B.S. in Business Administration students only.
These will be assessed in the following manner:
1. Students will enroll in a capstone course where they will engage in online simulation, case study and case study presentations.
2. Students will complete the ETS Major Field Test.
3. By means of readings, class projects and discussions, essays, research-based projects requiring library and online searches for information; examinations. Accounting, Business and Business Administration majors also participate in the ETS Effectiveness of College Instruction Survey (SIR II).
B.A. in Economics
At the conclusion of their studies, Economics majors will demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
1. Accessing and Organizing Existing Knowledge: students will demonstrate the ability to retrieve, assemble, and organize information on particular topics and issues in economics.
2. Displaying Command of Existing Knowledge: students will demonstrate the ability to explain key economic theories and concepts; and describe how they can be used. They will demonstrate the ability to write a summary of a published journal article.
3. Interpreting Existing Knowledge: students will demonstrate the ability to interpret economic data; demonstrate research skills; and read and interpret a theoretical analysis reported in an economics journal.
4. Interpreting and Manipulating Quantitative Data: students will demonstrate the ability to explain how to understand and interpret numerical data found in published tables; be able to identify patterns and trends in published data; construct tables from already available data to illustrate an economic issue.
5. Applying Existing Knowledge: students will demonstrate the ability to prepare an organized, clearly written analysis of a current economic problem; assess the costs and benefits of an economic policy proposal; prepare decision memorandum that recommends some action on an economic decision by the organization.
6. Creating New Knowledge: students will demonstrate the ability to identify and formulate a question or a series of questions about some economic issue that will facilitate its investigation; synthesize the literature on a topic to determine gaps in our existing knowledge and how those gaps can be filled.
7. Questing for Knowledge and Understanding: students will demonstrate an understanding of questions that stimulate productive discussions of economic issues; develop a line of questions that probes the meaning and seeks to interpret the meaning of a reading selection written by a well-known economist.
These will be assessed in the following manner:
1. Students will enroll in a Senior Seminar course.
2. Students will complete the ETS Major Field Test.
3. By means of readings, class projects and discussions, essays, research-based projects requiring library and online searches for information; course papers; examinations. Economics majors also participate in the ETS Effectiveness of College Instruction Survey (SIR II).