1. UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAM ASSESSMENT PLAN

2. Integrated, holistic, interdisciplinary, collaborative, cross-functional, rigorous program-level set of mechanisms, methods, processes, systems, schemes, and routines for assessing, evaluating, measuring, judging, calculating, and considering data, information, evidence, facts, rubrics, figures, and statistics to determine the extent to which our students are learning, gaining, attaining, acquiring, and digesting content, expertise, and subject matter according to our learning goals.

3. I.E., We have a plan.
hope

4. GOOD ASSESSMENT PLAN… Creates culture around assessment
Occurs at multiple points in a program
Assesses each learning goal multiple times
Exhibits short cycle times for feedback and intervention
Follows each student throughout program
Progressively moves through Bloom’s taxonomy
Minimizes faculty execution time, while focusing on faculty evaluation time

5. DCB Checkpoint 1
12-15 months into program
BUS1999 Assessment 1: Basic Business Concepts
4 courses
DCB Checkpoint 2
Next 15 months
BUS2999 Assessment 2: Advanced Business Concepts
5 courses
FIN2800
MGMT2850
BUS1000
LGST2000
ACTG2200
MKTG2800
MGMT3800
INFO2020
INFO1010
INFO1020
ACTG2300
MGMT2100
Analytics 3-Course Assessment
Summative project in INFO2020
Assesses INFO1010, INFO1020, & INFO2020
Technical knowledge, critical thinking, and communication and interpersonal effectiveness
MGMT2850 & MGMT3800 Course Assessment
Integrated cases
Technical knowledge, global/intercultural competence, critical thinking, and communication and interpersonal effectiveness

6. 5 ASSESSMENT POINTS DCB Checkpoint 1 – 12 to 15 months into program
DCB Checkpoint 2 – late Sophomore to early Junior year
Analytics 3-Course – late Sophomore to late Junior year
MGMT2850 – Junior/Senior year
MGMT3800 – Senior year

7. DCB Checkpoints 1 & 2
Curriculum revision to include 2 0-credit courses
BUS1999 Assessment 1: Basic Business Concepts
BUS2999 Assessment 2: Advanced Business Concepts
Pass/Fail grade
Must successfully pass to move thru checkpoint
Respective academic unit provides 50-question test bank (updated annually)
Administered by Undergraduate Programs
Through Course Management System (CMS)

8. DCB Checkpoints 1 & 2
CMS discriminates data by course and provides assessment results
CMS loads data by student into Assess-It!
Student must meet minimal level for each course
Retake only “failed” course(s)
Assesses for…
Technical Knowledge
Ethical Decision-Making
Global/Intercultural Competence

9. Analytics 3-Course Built into course/grade assessment in INFO2020
Summative project covering INFO1010, INFO1020, and INFO2020 learning
Assesses for…
Technical Knowledge
Critical Thinking
Interpersonal Communication & Effectiveness

10. Analytics 3-Course Projects loaded into Assess-It!
Rubrics created to assess learning goals
Projects evaluated according to rubrics
Assess-It! records data by student

11. MGMT2850 & MGMT3800 Integrated cases in each course
Built into course/grade assessment
Assesses for…*
Technical Knowledge
Critical Thinking
Interpersonal communication & Effectiveness
Ethical Decision-Making
Global/Intercultural Competence
*Not all need to be assessed in each course. Can be split according to focus of cases.

12. MGMT2850 & MGMT3800 Cases loaded into Assess-It!
Rubrics created to assess learning goals
Cases evaluated according to rubrics
Assess-It! records data by student

13. GOOD ASSESSMENT PLAN… Creates culture around assessment
Would begin for entering students Fall 2014
Message students in each course
Provide assessment discussion in syllabus
Create and manage expectations that assessment is a part of the college experience
Assessment discussion as a part of advising

14. GOOD ASSESSMENT PLAN… Occurs at multiple points in a program 5 points
12 to 15 months into program (DCB1)
Late Sophomore to early Junior year (DCB2)
Late Sophomore to late Junior year (Analytics)
Junior/Senior year (MGMT2850)
Senior year (MGMT3800)

15. Learning goal assessment in either course
GOOD ASSESSMENT PLAN…
Assesses each learning goal multiple times
DCB1
DCB2
ANALYTICS
MGMT2850
MGMT3800
Ethical Decision-Making ✔
Technical Knowledge
Communication & Interpersonal Effectiveness
Critical Thinking
Global & Intercultural Competence
Learning goal assessment in either course

16. GOOD ASSESSMENT PLAN…
Exhibits short cycle times for feedback and intervention
5 points
12 to 15 months into program (DCB1)
Late Sophomore to early Junior year (DCB2)
Late Sophomore to late Junior year (Analytics)
Junior/Senior year (MGMT2850)
Senior year (MGMT3800)

17. GOOD ASSESSMENT PLAN… Follows each student throughout program
Use Assess-It! to capture and record all assessment data
Does so by DU ID #

18. GOOD ASSESSMENT PLAN… Progressively moves through Bloom’s taxonomy
Early assessment via M/C exam
Knowledge and Comprehension
Analytics 3-course assessment
Into Application and Analysis
MGMT2850 & MGMT3800
Into Synthesis and Evaluation

19. GOOD ASSESSMENT PLAN…
Minimizes faculty execution time, while focusing on faculty evaluation time
M/C exams auto evaluated by CMS
Analytics 3-course, MGMT2850, and MGMT3800 assessments use embedded course projects and cases
Assess-It! tracks and records all assessment data by student, learning goal, assessment point, and course

20. MOVING FORWARD… Questions and comments Curricular change
2 0-credit courses
At DCB1 and DCB2
No impact on credit hours, tuition, etc
Move through Daniels processes
Notify central administration of change