Accounting Program Outcomes
| Program Measurements Used | Results
| Comparison Data | Continuous Improvement |
1. Apply various
theories and treatments of accounting concepts for various organizational
operations and related stakeholders.
| Individual course
assessments and business software applications | Generally about 70% | Yearly review of CAR
for individual core courses | Individual course
re-evaluation and updating |
| Stackable
certificates awarded | Data will be compiled
as this is an new measurement that was just implemented this academic year | No comparison data
available at this time | Promote student
attainment of stackable certificates / Increase enrollment in various
accounting courses |
| Accounting Advisory Board
Survey | Majority of AAB
members | No comparison data
available at this time, but members will continue to be surveyed | Continue to stress
communication, critical thinking, and fundamental accounting theory and
application in all accounting courses |
2. Analyze policy
issues, regulations, and laws to uphold the professional and ethical
responsibilities expected of an accountant.
| Employer Survey | Data will be compiled
as this is a new measurement that will be used starting in the spring of 2010 |
No comparison data
available
|
No intervention
needed at this time
|
| Ethics cases | Data will be compiled
as this is an new measurement | No comparison data
available |
No intervention
needed at this time
|
| 3. Demonstrate
managerial skills as they pertain to organizations through planning and
control. |
Application of knowledge
to complete individual and group cases culminating in a final project on
business processes, risks and controls.
|
Actual Course
results:
80 – 89% |
Benchmark: 70%
|
Revising cases and final
project to be more encompassing
|
| 4. Apply critical thinking
to solve business problems. |
Implement a “real life”
case study that gives a student only 2 days to solve a crisis and submit their
paper for a grade.
| 100% passage rate,
evaluated by an outside cost manager and plant manager | Comparison data not available | No intervention
needed at this time. |
5. Use basic
psychology, sociology, economics, mathematics, and/or science applications
within both business and personal settings.
|
Successful completion
of general education requirements
| Generally above 70% |
LCCC Benchmark level of
70%
| No intervention
needed at this time
|
|
Student/Faculty
Interaction
| 80%
Satisfaction |
LCCC Benchmark level of
70%
| No intervention
needed at this time |
| Student Survey | Generally above 70%
|
LCCC Benchmark level of
70%
| No intervention
needed at this time |
|
6. Recognize the need to
pursue life-long learning to become a well-rounded individual able to achieve
his/her potential.
| Participation in
strategic alliances with professional organizations, firms, and institutions | Data being compiled,
three activities scheduled for this academic year |
Benchmark:
70% participation | Developing a calendar
of future events and activities / Promote student membership to professional
organizations |
7. Analyze financial
data using technology as a tool.
| Successful completion
of CISS 121, and CISS 211 or ACTG 256 |
Actual Course Results:
75 – 90% | |