Academic Assessment Program |
Accounting |
University of Central Arkansas |
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| Statement of Departmental Purpose |
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| Recognizing the continual evolution of managerial skills required of business school graduates as well as the diversity of career opportunities and paths of UCA graduates, the mission of the Department of Accounting is to provide a broad-based conceptual foundation in accounting theory and applications. The goal of the curriculum is to ground students with a theoretical foundation such that they will be prepared for entry-level Accounting positions. |
Most recent assessment report: June 1997.
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| Intended Outcomes/Objectives | Assessment Procedures and Criteria |
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| 1. Students completing the baccalaureate program in accounting will compare very favorably with those students completing a similar program nationally. | 1a. Graduating seniors will take the Major Field Achievement Test in Business during the semester prior to their graduation and the average score of graduates in Accounting will be at or near the 50th percentile compared to national results.
1b. Eighty percent of the respondents to a survey of business graduates one year after graduation will "agree" or "strongly agree" with the statement, "In the field of accounting I feel as well prepared as the majority of individuals nationwide who have completed a similar degree during the past year." |
| 2. Baccalaureate graduates will find ready employment in the field of Accounting. | 2a. Eighty percent of the respondents to the College of Business Administration (CBA) graduate survey will report having received a job offer within three months of graduation.
2b. Eighty percent of respondents to the CBA graduate survey will indicate that they are currently employed or have accepted a job offer. 2c. Eighty percent of the respondents to the CBA graduate survey will indicate that they are employed in positions "directly related" to their career choices. |
| 3. Students completing the baccalaureate will be well prepared for their first position. | 3a. Eighty percent of the respondents to the CBA graduate survey will "agree" or "strongly agree" with the statement, "I am well prepared for my first position."
3b. Eighty percent of the employers of graduates from the Accounting program responding to a survey, developed by the College of Business Administration, one year after employing the graduates will "agree" or "strongly agree" with the statement, "Employee's academic program prepared him/her well for his/her position." |
| Departmental Honors Program | |
| 1. Honors graduates will have demonstrated their ability to pursue accountancy in depth by means of an independent study in collaboration with a member of the accounting faculty. | 1. The honor students' papers will be graded by an accounting faculty member who will assign a grade to the paper. To qualify for departmental honors, the paper must earn a grade of at least "B." |
| 2. As a result of the aforementioned faculty collaboration, honors graduates will have written a high quality paper on an accounting or taxation topic. | 2. & 3. A departmental honors committee will review the paper, evaluate the oral presentation, and recommend whether the paper and presentation are of sufficient quality to warrant honors designation. |
| 3. Honors graduates will have demonstrated their ability to make an oral presentation of their research in a seminar for their peers and faculty. | |
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