Degree Program Goals and Learning Objectives

1. Students will develop proficiency in these skill areas:

• recording, analyzing and interpreting information for external and internal use,  
• risk assessment, audit processes and responsibilities of accountants, 
• management and assessment of data and information technology, and 
• tax principles, strategy, and compliance. 

2. Students will be able to apply critical thinking skills, ethical standards and relevant accounting principles to unstructured problems.

3. Students will be able to communicate effectively in professional accounting settings.

1. Business Management Literacy

• Students will demonstrate knowledge of the core concepts associated with the major business disciplines.

2. Analysis and Decision Making

• Students will demonstrate competency in the fundamentals of analyzing problems and making decisions.
• Students will demonstrate proficiency in using data analysis software.

3. Ethical Awareness

• Students will identify ethical business dilemmas.
• Students will evaluate alternative courses of action for ethical business dilemmas.

4. Communication Skills

• Students will demonstrate effective business writing skills.
• Students will demonstrate effective oral communication skills.

5.  Global Awareness

• Students will identify global factors affecting businesses.
• Students will analyze global threats and opportunities affecting businesses.

6.  Teamwork Skills

• Students will demonstrate the ability to work well in diverse teams.

1. Awareness and Use of Cutting-Edge Technology

• Apply knowledge of management information systems to produce effective designs and solutions for specific problems.
• Use new and emerging concepts and applications in proposing and creating IT solutions.
• Convert business requirements to technical requirements for which IT solutions can be created.

2. Communicate effectively in a wide variety of business setting employing multiple media of communications.

• Deliver clear, concise, and audience-centered individual and team presentations.
• Write clear, concise, and audience-centered business documents.
• Articulate IS concepts and solutions to a wide audience.

3.  Collaborate productively with others, functioning effectively as both members and leaders of teams.

• Facilitate team meetings and  collaborate effectively in both face-to-face and virtual interactions.
• Assess and offer feedback on one’s own effectiveness as well as team members’ effectiveness with respect to productivity and relationship-building in both oral and written formats.

1. Students will have a command of general business theory and practice.

• Identify and describe essential concepts in the functional areas of business.
• Explain how the functional areas of a business are interrelated.

2. Students will be critical thinkers and effective decision makers.

• Identify and collect evidence to support managerial decision making.
• Analyze and interpret evidence using a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods to support managerial decision making.

3. Students will be socially and ethically responsible business professionals.

• Identify and describe ethical and social issues commonly encountered in business.
• Devise appropriate responses to ethical and social dilemmas that consider the perspective of all stakeholders.

4. Students will have effective communication, team, and leadership skills.

• Demonstrate effective communication through both well-researched written work and professional verbal presentations.
• Demonstrate effective teamwork skills.
• Explain how to lead effectively in a diverse and global environment.
• Explain how to lead an entrepreneurial venture and/or drive corporate innovation.

1. Students will develop advanced technical proficiency and professional knowledge

• in the areas of external reporting for US and multinational entities.
• in tax planning and compliance,
• in audit processes and risk assessment,
• in management and assessment of data and information technology.

2. Students will apply critical thinking, ethical standards, and relevant accounting principles to unstructured problems.

3. Students will communicate effectively in diverse professional accounting settings.

1. Think critically and solve problems effectively in professional environments.

• Gain an understanding of the technical and managerial skills needed to develop and apply analytical tools to help make decisions involving complex systems.

2. Demonstrate proficiency in the concepts and practices related to business analytics.

• Execute data analysis using multiple approaches as well as identify and perform statistical techniques and organize databases for analysis.

3. Function effectively in diverse and dynamic environments.

• Apply (e.g., implementable) knowledge regarding strategies/tactics for applying analytical tools to marketing, financial decisions in a firm, the design, modeling, and optimization of supply chains, and how to develop research questions that can be answered using data science.
• Graduates will be able to clearly delineate the steps needed to turn data into actionable intelligence that has the goal of impacting outcomes, in real-world environments.

4. Communicate effectively.

• Graduates will be able to effectively interpret and communicate data and their analysis to constituencies at all levels of organizations.

1. Financial Knowledge

• Students will develop knowledge of the policies, principles, and techniques involved in financial decisions.

2. Ethics

• Apply an understanding of ethics and social responsibility.

3. Application of Financial Concepts

• Apply knowledge of financial concepts in new and unfamiliar circumstances.

4. Presentation Skills

• Improve overall presentation skills.

New program Fall 2024 goals forthcoming.

1. Demonstrate proficiency in the concepts and practices related to the management of information systems.

• Understand essential concepts and approaches involved in specification, design and implementation of applied information systems and their practical application.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the technical aspects of information systems.

2. Think critically and solve problems in unstructured environments.

• Analyze how managerial and organizational issues influence the use of information systems in organizations.
• Apply critical thinking skills to develop evidence-based recommendations and effectively communicate them to non-technical professionals.

3. Understand and appreciate ethical and social responsibility.

• Understand how information technology and information systems artifacts affect privacy and security of end-users.
• Illustrate the steps necessary to protect and preserve end-user privacy and security in compliance  with relevant regulations.

4. Communicate effectively.

• Communicate professionally both in writing and when speaking.
• Effectively use technology to analyze data, and to communicate results.

5. Function effectively in diverse and dynamic environments.

• Integrate information systems and information technology with other business topics to analyze and recommend solutions to business problems.
• Work effectively in teams.

1. Comprehensive and Intensive Knowledge of the Discipline and Relevant Research Methods.

• Students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive and intensive knowledge of the theories, concepts, frameworks, empirical findings, and controversies in a chosen business discipline.
• Students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive and intensive knowledge of the research methods and analytical techniques applicable to the chosen field.

2. Communication of Research to Scholars in the Discipline and Broader Audience.

• Students will be able to communicate – in both written and oral formats – original research that makes a substantial contribution to a selected business discipline.

3. Teaching Capability.

• Students will be able to teach effectively utilizing contemporary pedagogical techniques and the university level.