College of Business and Management assessment

The College of Business and Management is committed to assessing the learning of our students.

The two categories of assessment that occur are:

Assessment of the College Common Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes, and
Assessment of Program Level Student Learning Outcomes.

The College’s common undergraduate learning outcomes are assessed with a focus on the following four outcomes. The assessments are set at a goal of 80% as the target average, representing, "Meets requirements moderately." The results are listed below:

College Common Learning Outcome: “Know the common body knowledge of the business fields"
Besides using the Peregrine test, this college-level learning outcome has been assessed internally in our capstone course MGMT 499: Case Studies in Strategic Management. The result has shown an improving trend since Fall 2019.

a line graph showing the results of the Know the common body fields of business data from fall 2019 to spring 2022

College Common Learning Outcome: “Analyze impacts of internal and external influences on organizations"
Assessments were conducted in MGMT 499: Case Studies in Strategic Management with two learning indicators: “conduct analysis of external influences on organizations” and “analyze impacts of internal influences on organizations.” We have improved significantly on this college-level learning outcome since 2019 as shown below.

line graph comparing analysis of impacts of internal and external influences on organizations from fall 2019 to spring 2022

College Common Learning Outcome: “Solve problems and make decisions using appropriate information and technology.”
Assessments were conducted in ACCT311: Intermediate Accounting I, MGMT 360: Managing a Diverse Workforce; and MGMT 499: Case Studies in Strategic Management with two indicators: “construct a clear problem statement” and “evaluate potential solutions.” The majority of our students performed well on this learning outcome.

line graph showing learning outcome results from "solve problems and make decisions using appropriate information and technology" in both 'construct a clear problem statement" and "evaluate potential solutions" indicators

College Common Learning Outcome: “Work effectively with diverse groups of people.”
This learning outcome was assessed with the learning indicator of contributing to teams via ACCT311: Intermediate Accounting I. The result is outstanding. On average, from Fall 2019 to Spring 2022, 96% of our students met the targeted level set for this learning outcome.

line graph showing results of learning outcome evaluations for "work effectively with diverse groups of people" outcome from fall 2019 to spring 2022

Program Level Student Learning Outcomes:
All Program Level Student Learning Outcomes are posted on their respective Program web pages. This information communicates to students and employers expectations of what a graduate will be "able to do" based on the programs' curriculum. Current assessments have focused on formative assessments, including available data analyzed over at least three semesters in nine disciplines and thirteen programs. Most of our programs met their respective goals in student learning outcomes. All programs are continuously measuring and monitoring their student learning outcomes against the set benchmark. This will allow us for any specific interventions to assist students who are not able to meet our goals. In addition, to facilitate a high-quality and meaningful learning experience for our students, all programs conduct Academic Program Review regularly. Through this program review, CBM not only conducts assessment on Program Level Student Learning Outcomes, but also identifies goals, actions, and needed resources for continuous improvement.