Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Economics
Course Number: ECON 103
School/Unit: School of Business and Entrepreneurship
Submitted by: Steven M. Streeper
Contributing Faculty: Diana McCoy
Academic Year: 2009-2010
Complete and submit your assessment report to your Academic Dean. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or a narrative description of the assessment activities in
your program or discipline.
Program, Discipline or
Course Outcomes
In the boxes below,
summarize the outcomes
assessed in your program or
discipline during the last
year.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
In the boxes below,
summarize the methods
used to assess program,
discipline, or course
outcomes during the last
year.
Pre and Post tests will be
administered each semester
in all courses.
In the boxes below, summarize the
results of your assessment
activities during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize how
you are or how you plan to use the
results to improve student learning.
Macroeconomics for the Spring
2010 semester showed a decline
from a midrange score of 83.5 to a
midrange of 82.5 and a increase in
the range of scores from 21 points
to 23 points
Lectures in the second half of the
course were modified to include
emphasis on core concepts and
applications to related policies to
better understand basic problems.
Comprehensive finals will continue
to be given that include material
covered in the first half of course.
Outcome #2: Student shall
demonstrate basic data
analysis including collecting,
interpreting and presenting
data for Economic and
Business decision making.
Students prepare a portfolio
of case study problems and
reason from collected data
to draw general economic
conclusions.
Retention rate in the
Microeconomics 102 D02 course
was 95% out of an initial
enrollment of 43 students. This
was 24 percentage points above the
College as a whole.
High rates indicate student success
toward graduation and increased
enrollment in higher level courses.
Incorporated portfolio methods in
other classes.
Plan currently calls for additional
tutoring, supplementary instruction
and more hybrid classes in an effort
to promote more independent
learning opportunities and increase
number of declared majors.
Outcome #3: Students shall
be able to conduct a
profitability report and/or
business plan that includes
assessment of a firm’s profit
margin and economic value
or capitalization.
Students prepare a term
paper reviewing a selected
public or private firm in the
US. Paper includes an
economic analysis of profit,
return on investment and
future production levels.
Graduation rates continue to increase
on the projected trend line from the
Program Review. 67 students
graduated in the 2009 Academic year
out of 947 declarers. A rate of 7.07
percent. An increase of 55 percent
from 2008 Academic year.
Technique is encouraged to be used in
other disciplines within the AA w/
Business Emphasis degree. Most
courses in the core currently require
some type of term paper.
No revision is anticipated at this time.
As graduation rates rise and budget
crisis allows for more full time faculty
position to be filled plan may include
supplementary instruction program.
Outcome #1: Student shall
understand the basic
economic problems of
Inflation, Poverty, Recession
and Unemployment and the
Policies to resolve them.
Use of Results
Effect on the Program, Discipline
or Course
Based on the results of this
assessment, will you revise your
outcomes? If so, please summarize
how and why in the boxes below.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Economics
Course Number: ECON 103
School/Unit: School of Business and Entrepreneurship
Submitted by: Steven M. Streeper
Contributing Faculty: Diana McCoy
Academic Year: 2009-2010
For Program, Discipline or Course Assessment Reports:
I have reviewed this report:
Marie Murgolo-Poore
Dean
_______________________________________________
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services
Dates 6/21/10
Date_______________
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Economics
Course Number: ECON 103
School/Unit: School of Business and Entrepreneurship
Submitted by: Steven M. Streeper
Contributing Faculty: Diana McCoy
Academic Year: 2009-2010
Data Display
Row
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Dates
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Majors
214
270
270
307
316
353
348
414
430
567
CoreFTE
214
220
219
234
213
240
231
267
256
286
Graduates
1
2
5
5
13
29
28
29
43
67
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Economics
Course Number: ECON 103
School/Unit: School of Business and Entrepreneurship
Submitted by: Steven M. Streeper
Contributing Faculty: Diana McCoy
Academic Year: 2009-2010
Trend Analysis Plot for Graduates
Growth Curve Model
Yt = 0.982 * (1.5667**t)
90
Variable
Actual
Fits
80
70
Accuracy Measures
MAPE
29.7800
MAD
6.6492
MSD
88.1708
Graduates
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Index
7
8
9
10