Unit: Accounting
Program: Accountancy (BBA)
Degree: Bachelor's
Date: Fri Sep 12, 2014 - 12:44:38 pm

1) Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs) and Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

1. Students demonstrate knowledge of the demand, institutional settings and use of accounting information in an international setting.

(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 2c. Communicate and report, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3d. Civic participation)

2. Student can research accounting and tax issues.

(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 2c. Communicate and report, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3d. Civic participation)

3. Students can design and evaluate controls to ensure the reliability of accounting information.

(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 2c. Communicate and report, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3d. Civic participation)

2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.

Department Website URL: http://shidler.hawaii.edu/node/1778
Student Handbook. URL, if available online:
Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online:
UHM Catalog. Page Number:
Course Syllabi. URL, if available online:
Other: Will be published on the Shidler College web site by end of the fall 2009 semester
Other:

3) Select one option:

Curriculum Map File(s) from 2014:

4) For your program, the percentage of courses that have course SLOs explicitly stated on the syllabus, a website, or other publicly available document is as follows. Please update as needed.

0%
1-50%
51-80%
81-99%
100%

5) Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014? (e.g., establishing/revising outcomes, aligning the curriculum to outcomes, collecting evidence, interpreting evidence, using results, revising the assessment plan, creating surveys or tests, etc.)

Yes
No (skip to question 14)

6) For the period between June 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the SLOs that were targeted, if applicable.

Accounting Major Objective 1:  Students demonstrate knowledge of the demand, institutional settings and use of accounting information in an international setting.

Accounting Major Objective 2:  Student can research accounting and tax issues

Accounting Major Objective 3:  Students can design and evaluate controls to ensure the reliability of accounting information

7) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question #6.

ten traits were measured to indicate success in meeeting 3 program specific goals.  

8) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.

4 instructors submitted a total of 61 student records

9) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)

Course instructor(s)
Faculty committee
Ad hoc faculty group
Department chairperson
Persons or organization outside the university
Faculty advisor
Advisors (in student support services)
Students (graduate or undergraduate)
Dean/Director
Other:

10) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)

Used a rubric or scoring guide
Scored exams/tests/quizzes
Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used)
Compiled survey results
Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, open-ended response data
External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., external organization administered and scored the nursing licensing exam)
Other:

11) For the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goal(s) stated in Question #6:
Summarize the actual results.

 of the 61 students considered, 60 were meeting all of the goals and 1 was not.

12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.

these results indicated that the program is very successful, but raises concerns about the small variance from standard, and how that inhibits the development of action plans. 

13) Beyond the results, were there additional conclusions or discoveries?
This can include insights about assessment procedures, teaching and learning, program aspects and so on.

the department has drawn the conclusion that more can be done to assess learning outcomes for this major.  The department has strong ties with the accounting community and is considering some type of employer input to help assess learning.  They also beleive that this course alone may not measure all of objectives effectively and will consider possible changes to the assessed courses.

14) If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please explain.
Or, if the program did engage in assessment activities, please add any other important information here.

N/A