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Outcomes
Assessment Implementation Summary Applied
Business and Accounting Academic Year |
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2002-2003 |
2003-2004 |
2004-2005 |
2005-2006 |
2006-2007 |
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Assessment
Information collected |
1. Certificates and AAS degrees
underwent thorough internal and external 5 year review as a part of the
overall UAF accreditation process. 2.
Student Opinions of Instruction remain high. 3.
Credit hour production and certificate/degree awards increasing. |
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Advisory Board recommended adding additional options to the Business
Certificate and AAS Degree 2.
Student Opinions of Instruction remain high. 3.Credit
hour production and certificate/ degree awards increasing. |
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Will conduct telephone survey of graduates and employers. 2.
Will continue to track student opinions of instruction, credit hour
production and graduate rates. 3.
Will monitor changes in Bachelor of Technology Degree and adjust accordingly. 4.
Will contact UAF School of Management to attempt closer articulation. |
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Will develop departmental strategic planning process – strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats. 2. Will continue to monitor and evaluate
credit hour production and graduation rates. 3. Will continue to use departmental advisory
board to monitor changes in external environment. 4.
Will continue to track student
opinions of instruction. 5. Will conduct a satisfaction survey of
graduates. |
1. Will
fully merge OMT program into ABUS. 2. Will secure articulation agreement with a
Bachelor of Business Program. 3. Will continue to
monitor and evaluate credit hour production and graduation rates. 4. Will continue to use departmental advisory
board to monitor changes in external environment. 5. Will continue to track student opinions of
instruction. 6. Will conduct a satisfaction survey of recent
graduates. |
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Conclusions
drawn from this information |
The review team
recommended continuation of the program with modifications. Identified
modifications were: 1. Secure
more classroom and office space. 2. Recruit
a regular faculty to coordinate and teach accounting courses. |
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Opportunities exist to provide at no cost major emphasis areas in Public
Management, Finance, Marketing, and Human Resources. 2.
Due to budget restraints we hired an additional adjunct faculty to help teach
accounting courses |
1. See attached
graduate survey results. Also
conducted current student satisfaction survey. See attached results. 2. Credit hour production and graduate rates
continues to grow. Department is
currently 11% of TVC credits and head count and 22% of certificates/degrees
awarded. 3. Department Chair
on BT Committee. 4. SOM not open to
closer articulation. Will pursue
articulation agreements with UAS and 5. Also conducted a survey of online
students. Discovered satisfaction is
closely linked with communications from instructor. |
1. See attached
department purpose, vision, values and goals statement. 2. Credit hour
production reached all time highs for both fall and spring semesters. See attached chart. 3. Advisory board
is active. Met twice to review
curriculum and degree options. As a
direct result we will drop intermediate accounting and add managerial
accounting. 4. Student opinion
of instruction is very high. Average
overall full and part time score is 4.1.
Successfully recruited two outstanding community professionals to
teach adjunct this year (Gordon Cooper and Marilyn Romano). 5. TBA |
1. TBA 2. TBA 3. TBA 4. TBA 5. TBA |
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Curricular
changes resulting from conclusions |
None |
Secured approval to offer new
certificate and degree emphasis areas bring total program options to 9 in
Business/Accounting Certificates and AAS Degrees. |
1-4 No changes necessary. 5.
Established policy that online instructors are to answer student email
and phone inquiries within 24 hours.
Online instructors will provide significant personal feedback at least
once per week. |
1. Added certificate and AAS
concentrations in Office Administration. 2. Added AAS concentration in Health
Care Management. |
1. Have eliminated CIOS designator
for OMT courses and created ABUS designations. 2. Will have to create a new
concentration in AAS degree which more clearly articulates to BBA. 3-5. TBA |