• Business Program Assessment Timeline– 2002 • Course mapping by content area• Faculty-developed Mission Statement• Findings lead to informal /undocumented changes in

courses .

– 2004 : Administration-developed Mission Statement.– 2007 : Course mapping by content area revisited.• Content areas expanded to reflect changes in business, e.g.

“sustainability” was not included in 2002 grid.• If changes were made as a result of the findings, they were

not communicated formally.

• 2008:– Mission statement revised by faculty, edited by

Advisory Council, and approved by faculty.– Program Goals mapped to Business Core courses.– Two business faculty attend AACSB Faculty

Conference on Learning & Research.– Program coordinator attends workshop on

Assurance of Learning at Penn State Harrisburg.– Program coordinator participates in UP Quality

Advocate Video Conference.– Course objectives are standardized across sections

of Business Core (2008-2009).

• Program Assessment Priorities for 2009- – “Closing the Loop”• Revisit the grid; connect grid topics to objectives by course;

connect course objectives to program goals. (Jan)• Develop an implementation plan. (Feb)• Identify two-three objectives to be assessed. (Feb)• Obtain/Develop necessary rubrics. (Mar)• Collect direct assessment data. (Apr-May)• Evaluate results, develop recommendations, implement

changes in fall term. (Jun-Aug)

– Assessment Grant : student learning/application of knowledge in BA495A, Business Internship.

Topic BA 321

BA 322

BA 420

BA 421

BA 422W

BA 495

FIN 301

IB 303

MGMT 301

MKTG 301W

SCM 301

I A T T/A Total

Writing A A A A A A A A T/A A 0 9 0 1 10

Ethics A A T/A A A A T I T/A A 1 6 1 2 10

Social Responsibility

A T/A A T/A I 1 2 0 2 5

Team Work

T/A A T/A A A A A A I T/A 1 6 0 3 10

Negotiation A T/A T/A A A A 0 4 0 2 6

Problem Solving

A A T/A A A A A A T T/A T/A 0 7 1 3 11

Diversity T/A A T/A A A I 1 3 0 2 6

Sustainability A A 0 2 0 0 2