Review Assessment Report

Part 1: Contact & Program Identification

Report Year and Contact Information
Academic Year	Modified By	Date Modified
2022-2023	[email protected]	2023-10-10T19:14:35.036Z

School	Name of Program	Courses
BIT	Accounting Certificate	ACCT 1135,ACCT 1150,ACCT 2110,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 2021/2022AY data, for the 2022/2023AY, there has been an increase in graduate awards, declared majors, and class size!

Part 3: Data Review

	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Annual number of graduate awards is greater than 10	44	32	39
Number of declared majors	135	124	131
Average Class Size	20.2	17.4	17.5
Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%)	11%	12%	12%
Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above	73%	71%	71%
Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year	73%	63%	63%
Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools	11%	n/a	n/a
Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section	60%	50%	20%

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 1	Final Exam	Target: 75% of students will receive a score of 75% or higher on the Final Exam. Results: The target was not met. 53.33% of Acct 2125 students received a score of 75% or higher on the Final Exam. The average grade on the Final Exam was 70.87%.
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. 63.33% 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 72.11%.
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	Other	Target: 75% of students will earn a course average of 75% or higher. Result: Target met. 81.08% of Acct 2220 students earned a course average of 75% or higher. The overall course average was 86.76%.
4. Demonstrate ability to use general ledger software to produce financial information for business decision making	Acct 2022, Computerized Accounting	Class Project	Target: 75% of students will receive a score of 75% or higher on the Common Project. Results: The target was met. 96.67% of Acct 2220 students received a score of 75% or higher on the Common Project. The average grade on the Common Project was 97.68%,

Interpretation of Assessment findings
With the first two learning outcomes not being met for the 2nd AY in a row, the concern among the Accounting faculty has increased and the Acct 2125 course team are meeting to discuss other reasons besides inconsistent grading (as was addressed last year) for this continued decline in student success. Also, this SAAC reports will be presented at the Accounting program meeting in October to engage all Accounting faculty in this discussion as to possible reasons for this decline. In the latter two learning outcomes, even though these targets were met, there is some concern regarding the Acct 2220, Computerized Accounting course. In Fall 2022, this course was changed from a textbook format to open educational resources format. In this format shift, the common final exam that was used as the measurement tool for learning outcome 3 no longer applied. For this reason, the Acct 2220 course grade was used to measure learning outcome 3. Starting in Spring 2024, a new Final Exam will be implemented for Acct 2220.

Interpretation of Assessment findings

With the first two learning outcomes not being met for the 2nd AY in a row, the concern among the Accounting faculty has increased and the Acct 2125 course team are meeting to discuss other reasons besides inconsistent grading (as was addressed last year) for this continued decline in student success. Also, this SAAC reports will be presented at the Accounting program meeting in October to engage all Accounting faculty in this discussion as to possible reasons for this decline. In the latter two learning outcomes, even though these targets were met, there is some concern regarding the Acct 2220, Computerized Accounting course. In Fall 2022, this course was changed from a textbook format to open educational resources format. In this format shift, the common final exam that was used as the measurement tool for learning outcome 3 no longer applied. For this reason, the Acct 2220 course grade was used to measure learning outcome 3. Starting in Spring 2024, a new Final Exam will be implemented for Acct 2220.

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

Upcoming Year	Changes Planned for the upcoming year	Data Motivating this change
2022-2023
2022-2023
2022-2023

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

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