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Accounting (BSBA)

 

 

  1. Students will understand the role of auditing in financial reporting, as well as the planning and implementation of a financial statement audit.
  2. Students will demonstrate the ability to apply the principles underlying financial reporting.
  3. Students will understand the role of cost management in a business enterprise.
  4. Students will understand the conceptual foundations of federal income taxation.

Accounting (MAcc)

 

  1. Each student will successfully complete the Uniform CPA Examination.
    1. Students will successfully complete the Regulation section of the exam.
    2. Students will successfully complete the Financial Accounting & Reporting (FAR) section of the exam.
    3. Students will successfully complete the Audit section of the exam.
    4. Students will successfully complete the Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) section of the exam.
  2. Each student can demonstrate the ability to locate and extract relevant information from available resource materials.
  3. Each student can demonstrate an understanding of the role of corporate governance and its effect on the integrity of financial data.

Actuarial Science (BSBA/Conc)

 

  1. Students will be able to select an appropriate model for a given problem, estimate model parameters, and evaluate the quality of the model.
  2. Students will be able to apply understanding of concepts in order to determine life and annuity premiums and reserve amounts, both in single and multiple life and decrement models; as well as clearly communicate results to a non-technical audience.
  3. Students will be able to calculate the value and payoffs on Exotic options simulate lognormal stock prices and use Monte Carlo techniques to estimate the price of stock-type derivatives; manage and control risk through delta-and-gamma hedging methods; apply interest rate models to evaluate both bonds and bond-type derivatives.

Business Administration (MBA)

 

  1. Each student can demonstrate knowledge of basic principles in each functional area (accounting, finance, operations, marketing, and management, and information technology).
  2. Each student can analyze a managerial issue in a way that recognizes the role played by and the impact upon each functional area (accounting, finance, operations, marketing, and management, and information technology).

Economics (BA/BSBA/Min)

 

  1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of microeconomic and macroeconomic models.
  2. Students will apply microeconomic and macroeconomic models to interpret current events and analyze policy options.

Finance (BSBA)

 

  1. Assessment and Evaluation of Results: Students should be able to illustrate how the conclusions, decisions, and interpretations resulting from the integration of quantitative reasoning and financial theory add sustainable value to the organization.
  2. Appropriateness of Financial Theory: Students should be able to explain the choice of underlying financial theory upon which their quantitative work is based. This includes the appropriateness of the theory for the situation under consideration and understanding how the assumptions underlying the theory impact its ability to be utilized in practice.
  3. Appropriateness of Data: Students should be able to demonstrate the ability to collect and construct appropriate “real world data” when applying financial theory. This includes an understanding how assumptions related to data selected impact the associated estimation and calculation.

General Business Studies (BSBA/Min)

 

  1. Students will acquire specialized business knowledge (define and properly use terms in the field, demonstrate fluency in use of tools and methods in field, draw on current research or techniques in the field, arrange and reformulate ideas using knowledge from field).
  2. Students will demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge to solve business problems (frame a complex question or challenge using business perspectives and scholarship, pose a best approach to a question or challenge using business skills and evidence, differentiate and evaluate approaches to problems within the field).

Information Systems (BSBA)

 

  1. Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze, design and implement information systems to fulfill user requirements.
  2. Students will demonstrate the ability to apply appropriate software tools for solving business problems.

International Business (BSBA)

 

  1. Students will be able to collect, process, and analyze information about global markets to make informed global business decisions.
  2. Students will understand the factors that influence global business decisions and be able to apply this knowledge to scenarios in the context of uncertainty.
  3. Students will demonstrate an ability to create, evaluate, and communicate effective business solutions within a global environment.

Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) (Conc)

 

  1. Know thyself and personify the leader-related knowledge, experience, and language gained by the depth and breadth coverage of the LEAD concentration (traditional and experiential classes).
  2. Exhibit the confidence, competence, and character needed to lead individuals, teams, organizations, and communities for positive social change.
  3. Understand and practice leadership as a collaborative, inclusive, and ethical process.
  4. Typify, model, and teach the skills needed to convene, reflect, inquire, collaborate, empower, and act to improve life for students, citizens, and the larger society.
  5. Exhibit the capacity to understand and work effectively with diverse individuals on-campus and throughout the world.
  6. Be able to lead successfully through conflict with civility.

Management (BSBA)

 

  1. Students will understand key concepts, theories, and practices important to the management of organizations.
  2. Students will be able to diagnose organizational situations and develop decisions and managerial actions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
  3. Students will be able to identify methods to obtain and use quantitative as well as qualitative data to solve problems and be able to design effective managerial solutions.

Marketing (BSBA)

 

  1. Students will learn the methods of collecting, processing and analyzing information about consumers and marketplaces and apply the methods to make informed marketing decisions.
  2. Students will gain an understanding of the factors which influence consumers in making decisions and apply this knowledge in the formation of effective marketing strategy.
  3. Students will demonstrate an ability to create, evaluate and communicate effective marketing plans.

Public Administration (MPA)

 

  1. Each student can demonstrate knowledge of basic principles in each functional area (accounting, finance, operations, marketing, and management, and information technology).
  2. Each student can analyze a managerial issue in a way that recognizes the role played by and the impact upon each functional area (accounting, finance, operations, marketing, and management, and information technology).
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