Review Assessment Report

Part 1: Contact & Program Identification

Report Year and Contact Information
Academic Year	Modified By	Date Modified
2021-2022	[email protected]	2022-10-14T23:06:14.988Z

School	Name of Program	Courses
BIT	Accounting Certificate	ACCT 1135,ACCT 1150,ACCT 2120,ACCT 2170,ACCT 2220,ACCT 2320,BCIS 1110,BCIS 2217,BLAW 2110,BUSA 1110,BUSA 1130

Part 2: Program Summary

Provide a high level review of the program to include highlights, successes, challenges, significant changes, and significant resources needed to support the program
In comparison to the prior 2020/2021AY, for the 2021/2022AY, there has been a decrease in graduate awards, a decrease in declared majors, and a decrease in class size.

Part 3: Data Review

	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Annual number of graduate awards is greater than 10	32	44	32
Number of declared majors	156	135	124
Average Class Size	22	20.3	17.8
Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%)	13%	11%	12%
Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above	76%	73%	71%
Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year	74%	72%	63%
Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools	16%	n/a	n/a
Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section	59%	64%	22%

Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above
Targets met.

Part 4: Program Learning Outcome Analysis

Learning Outcome	Population or Course(s) Assessed	Description	Summary of Assessment Results
1. Identify, analyze and record business transactions manually to prepare financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles	Acct 2125, Intermediate Accounting I	Final Exam	Target: 75% of students will receive a score of 75% or higher on the Final Exam. Result: The target was not met. 57.69% of Acct 2125 students received a score of 75% or higher on the Final Exam. The average grade on the Final Exam was 74.42%.
2. Prepare common accounting documents, such as bank reconciliations, payroll tax reports, and individual income tax returns of basic complexity	Acct 2125, Intermediate Accounting I	Final Exam	Target: 75% of students will receive a score of 75% or higher on the Bank Reconciliation problem on the Acct 2125 Final Exam. Result: The target was not met. 69.23% of Acct 2125 students received a score of 75% or higher on the Bank Reconciliation problem on the Final Exam. The average grade on the Bank reconciliation problem was 81.09%.
3. Identify, analyze and record business transactions using general ledger software to prepare financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles	Acct 2220, Computerized Accounting	Final Exam	Target: 75% of students will receive a score of 75% or higher on the Final Exam. Result: The target was met. 85.29% of Acct 2220 students received a score of 75% or higher on the Final Exam. The average grade on the Final Exam was 83.98%
4. Demonstrate ability to use general ledger software to produce financial information for business decision making	Acct 2220, Computerized Accounting	Class Project	Target: 75% of students will receive a score of 75% or higher on the Common Project. Result: The target was not met. 68.42% of Acct 2125 students received a score of 75% or higher on the Common Project. The average grade on the Common Project was 77.34%.

Interpretation of Assessment findings
With the targets being met in all four of these learning outcomes in the prior 2020/2021AY, there is concern among the Accounting faculty that in this reporting year, three of the four targets are not met. Also, in all four of the learning outcomes, the results show a decrease in the average grade earned by students between the prior year and the reporting year. Due to the swing from met to not met, the Accounting faculty are anxious to determine the cause or causes of these decreases. One suggested reason is inconsistent grading, even when a rubric is being used. Accounting faculty are looking to provided rubric training for the common final exams and the common project to the new full-time faculty and the new to teaching this course part-time faculty. Accounting faculty will discuss this at the next department meeting in November.

Interpretation of Assessment findings

With the targets being met in all four of these learning outcomes in the prior 2020/2021AY, there is concern among the Accounting faculty that in this reporting year, three of the four targets are not met. Also, in all four of the learning outcomes, the results show a decrease in the average grade earned by students between the prior year and the reporting year. Due to the swing from met to not met, the Accounting faculty are anxious to determine the cause or causes of these decreases. One suggested reason is inconsistent grading, even when a rubric is being used. Accounting faculty are looking to provided rubric training for the common final exams and the common project to the new full-time faculty and the new to teaching this course part-time faculty. Accounting faculty will discuss this at the next department meeting in November.

Part 5: Additional Action Plan in Support of Student Learning (If Appropriate)

Upcoming Year	Changes Planned for the upcoming year	Data Motivating this change
2021-2022
2021-2022
2021-2022

Please select all of the following that characterize the types of changes described in the above action plan

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