NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION (NCA)
LEVEL 2 ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING
List of Program Goals
Department or Finance
Unit Name:
Individual
Lawrence Kreiser
Completing Form:
Date:
October 15, 2002
Program Name: Undergraduate Finance Major
Goal 1: Student Ability to Apply Financial
Concepts and Principles in the Areas
of Corporate Finance, Financial
Markets, and Investments
Goal 2: Student Ability to Think Critically and
Possess Effective Communication
Skills
Goal 3:
Program Name:
Goal 1:
Goal 2:
Goal 3:
Program Name:
Goal 1:
Goal 2:
Goal 3:
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Program Assessment Report
Department Finance
or Unit
Name:
Individual Lawrence
Completing Kreiser
Form:
Program Undergraduate
Name: Finance Major
Goal #
Date: October 15,
2002
1 Student Ability to Apply Financial Concepts and Principles in the Areas of
Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions, and Investments
Outcome
Measures
Research
Completed
Findings
Review
# _1_
Survey of
Each Semester
Senior
Starting in
Finance
Spring 2003
Majors
# _2_
Encourage
Ongoing
Student
Annually
Participation
in Practical
Business
Applications
# _3_
Key Topic
Ongoing Each
Assessment
Semester
Program
(Marker
Questions)
Administered
in Selected
Courses
# __
# __
Increasing Number
of Finance Students
Taking Professional
Internships
Annual Review
of Number of
Students Taking
Internships
Instructors Should
Increase Coverage
in Targeted Topic
Areas
Meet With
Selected
Course Instructors
Each Semester to
Discuss Course
Coverage
Actions
Improvements
Program Assessment Report
Department or Finance
Unit Name:
Individual Lawrence
Completing Kreiser
Form:
Program Undergraduat
Name: e Finance
Major
Date: October 15,
2002
Goal # 2 Student Ability to Think Critically and Possess Effective Communication
Skills
Outcome
Measures
Research
Completed
Findings
Review
Students Possess
Good Written
Communication
Skills
Circulate WATC
Requirements
Annually to
WATC Instructors
Increasing Number
of Finance
Students Taking
Professional
Internships
Annual Review
of Number of
Students Taking
Internships
# _1_
Survey of
Each
Senior Finance Semester
Majors
Starting in
Spring
Semester
2003
# _2_
University
Ongoing
Writing Across Annually
the Curriculum
(WATC)
Requirement –
Three
Business
Courses
# _3_
Encourage
Ongoing
Student
Annually
Participation in
Practical
Business
Applications
# _4_
Actions
Improvements
Program Assessment Report
Department or
Unit Name:
Individual
Completing
Form:
Program
Name:
Date:
Goal #
Outcome
Measures
Research
Completed
# __
# __
# __
# __
# __
Findings
Review
Actions
Improvements
Departmental/Unit Self Assessment and Action Plan
Department or Unit Name: Finance
Individual Lawrence Kreiser
Completing Form:
Program Name: Undergraduate Finance
Major
NCA Level 2 Assessment Meets Level 2
Criteria
Criteria?
Y or N
1. Goals
* The Program has specific Yes
student learning or student
service goals. These goals
reflect the discipline or service
area professional standards.
2. Outcomes
* Outcomes that are directly In-Process
measurable are defined for
each goal.
3. Research Completed
* Research is systematically In-Process
conducted to evaluate success
or failure in achieving student
learning or service outcomes.
4. Findings
* Research results are In-Process
analyzed and interpreted;
findings are determined.
5. Review Process
* Findings are discussed and In-Process
reviewed by appropriate groups
and individuals;
recommendations are made for
action.
6. Actions
* Recommendations are In-Process
acted upon.
7. Improvement
* Actions result in In-Process
documented improvements in
student learning or services.
Date: October 15, 2002
Action Steps to Get
to Level 2
Timetable for Action Steps
(see base NCA time chart)
ºSenior Survey
º Start Spring Semester 2003
ºMarker Questions
ºStarted Fall Semester 2001
ºFinance Internships
ºStarted Spring Semester 2002