SACSCOC Fifth Year Interim Report
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Assessment : 2011 - 2012 : Educational Programs :
General Business Administration BBA
General Business Administration BBA
3 Goals 4 Objectives 5 Indicators 5 Criteria 5 Findings 4 Actions
| GOAL: Capable Communicators And Decision Makers |
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| Students will be able to compose effective business messages using accepted standards of English grammar and punctuation, sentence structure and paragraph design. |
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General Business degree candidates will respond in writing to a series of business scenarios during the required GBA 389 coursework. The composite performance of the students, as measured by a faculty developed rubric, will indicate the communication competency level. |
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At least 80% of sampled students must meet expectations on the business communication rubrics. The rubrics that will be used to evaluate students in GBA 389 were developed by the business communications faculty. Each faculty member applies the rubrics when evaluating students in a GBA 389 course. The rubric is broken into seven performance elements. The student is evaluated based on their performance and will either meet, exceed or fall below the expectations set by the rubric. |
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This course was not assessed during this assessment cycle. This course has previously been assessed each semester for the past four years. It is scheduled to be assessed again in the 2013 cycle. |
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This course will be assessed during the 2013 assessment cycle. |
| GOAL: Capable Communicators And Decision Makers |
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| Students will be able to speak effectively before a group by connecting with the audience and organizing and presenting the topic accordingly. |
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| General Business degree candidates will make several oral presentations in the required communication course. Samples of presentations will be videotaped and evaluated. The composite performance of the students, as measured by a faculty developed rubric, will indicate the oral communication competency level. |
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| At least 80% of sampled students must meet expectations on the oral presentation rubrics. The rubrics that will be used to evaluate students in GBA 389 have been developed by the business communications faculty. Each faculty member will apply the rubrics when evaluating students in a GBA 389 course. |
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This course was not assessed during this assessment cycle. This course has previously been assessed each semester for the past four years. It is scheduled to be assessed again in the 2013 cycle. |
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This course will be assessed during the 2013 assessment cycle. |
| GOAL: Capable Business Decision Makers |
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| Students who complete the BBA in General Business will demonstrate knowledge of the core concepts and principles of business law and of legal environments. |
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| Assessment will be made using embedded questions on each unit examination. The embedded questions will gauge the students' performance on concepts, principles and functions of business law. The embedded questions were created by the business law faculty and include questions from each of the four core areas in the course. BUAD 3355 |
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| The class average on individual embedded questions will be 75% correct. The business law course is divided into four core units. Each business law faculty member will include imbedded questions on each unit's examination. BUAD 3355/GBA362 |
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This course was not assessed during this assessment cycle. This course has previously been assessed each semester for the past four years. It is scheduled to be assessed again in the 2013 cycle. |
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| The BUAD 2301/GBA 281 course focuses on the legal environment in business, particularly how the law effects business development and creation. This course is divided into five core units. Assessment will be made using pre and post exam questions in each of the courses five core unit examination. The pre and post exam questions will gauge the students' performance on concepts, principles and functions of legal environments. The embedded questions include questions developed by the legal environment faculty. |
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| The class average on individual embedded questions will be 75% correct. The business law course is divided into five core units. Each business law faculty member will include imbedded questions on each unit's examination. BUAD 2301/GBA 281 |
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This course was not assessed during this assessment cycle. This course has previously been assessed each semester for the past four years. It is scheduled to be assessed again in the 2013 cycle. |
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This course will be assessed during the 2013 assessment cycle. |
| GOAL: General Business Student Satisfaction |
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| General Business students will be satisfied with the level of instruction that they receive. |
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The department, college, and university utilize the IDEA System as part of its evaluation of classroom performance. The IDEA System, developed by the IDEA Center at Kansas State University, is a nationally normed, validated and reliable measure of classroom performance based on up to 12 learning objectives. The IDEA scores can be compared to institutional norms or discipline norms across all institutions that use the IDEA system. The normed T-score provides data on the overall effectiveness of classroom performance. |
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| General Business faculty will have an IDEA score average of 50 (the national norm) in at least one course taught. |
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The IDEA form calculates a score based on many factors; teaching effectiveness, students willingness to learn, instructor's preparedness are just a few of the factors used. The students’ evaluations are then compared with other faculty across the country in the same discipline. Based on the student answers and the performance of other faculty across the nation a score is computed for each faculty member. The fifty (50) percent mark is the benchmark used to indicate that a faculty member is a successful instructor. Faculty members in the Business Communication and Law areas exceeded the established goal of achieving a fifty (50) percent or average score in at least one course. Based on teaching load and the number of faculty in these two respective areas, the results were actually fifty percent higher than the goal. The faculty achieved a fifty (50) percent or average score in at least 1.5 courses taught. |
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The General Business faculty strives to continuously improve their teaching effectiveness. To this end the faculty will raise standards for the 2011-2012 academic year, requiring that all faculty maintain a 50% average for all courses taught. In addition, all faculty and particularly those with weaker teaching effectiveness, will be advised of the college's teaching improvement workshops. |
| Closing the Loop |
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The courses in the General Business degree have been assessed on a per semester basis for the past four consecutive years. These courses were not assessed during this assessment cycle. The courses will be assessed in the 2013 assessment cycle.
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