Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment

Degree Majors and Concentrations in the Lombardo College of Business

• BS Accounting

  SLOs - BS Accounting

  Students will: 

  • Be able to integrate and apply fundamental concepts from accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, and information technology to solve business problems.
  • Be able to use data analysis and quantitative skills to solve business problems.
  • Effectively work in teams to formulate appropriate solutions to accounting problems.
  • Demonstrate effective oral, written, and visual communication skills.
  • Understand the ethical and social responsibilities of accountants in preparing and communicating financial information.
  • Understand the importance of internal controls and the effects of the regulatory environment on financial reporting.
  • Apply knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and managerial accounting theories to business, governmental, and nonprofit organizations.
  • Apply knowledge of federal tax laws and procedures for tax planning and the preparation of individual and business tax returns.
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• BS Finance: General and Wealth Management

  SLOs - BS Finance

   General Finance:

   Students will:

  • Show the ability to integrate across business disciplines to solve financial problems
  • Demonstrate a firm understanding of the central areas of finance, including corporate finance, international finance, investments, and financial institutions & markets.
  • Demonstrate effective oral, written, and visual communication skills.
  • Learn to collect, analyze, synthesize, and communicate information and develop insights associated with financial problems and topics.
  • Effectively work in teams to formulate appropriate solutions to financial questions.
  • Recognize and understand the ethical and societal dimensions of decisions made by professionals in the finance industry.

   

  Wealth Management:

  • Show the ability to integrate across business disciplines to solve financial problems
  • Students will demonstrate a firm understanding of portfolio management, including the types of domestic and global financial assets and markets available to individual and institutional investors
  • Students can explain the main budgeting, debt, investing/savings and retirement decisions faced by households
  • Students will be able to communicate, in written and oral form, the central topics and themes in wealth management to a broad and diverse audience
  • Students will use financial software and quantitative skills to assess tradeoffs and risk associated with a variety of financial topics
  • Effectively work in teams to formulate appropriate solutions to financial questions.
  • Recognize and understand the ethical and societal dimensions of decisions made by professionals in the finance industry.
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• BS Management: General, Human Resources

  SLOs - BS Management

  General Management:

  Students will demonstrate:

  • The ability to integrate across business disciplines to solve managerial problems.
  • Effective oral, written, and visual communication skills.
  • Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Understanding of the role of leadership and cross-cultural competence in teams and organizations.
  • High standards of ethics and social responsibility in management decisions.
  • A global management perspective.
  • Understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion and the issues and challenges related to managing diverse workforce.
  • Understanding of technological skills that support managerial decision making.

   

  Human Resources Management:

  Students will demonstrate competence in five broad areas:

  • Concentrated Knowledge: Learn human resource theories, concepts, skills, and the use of human resource management in support of an organization’s human capital and its
  • Broad Knowledge: Incorporate various management concepts with the human resource policies for employees, organizations, communities, and the workforce.
  • Collaborative Learning: Incorporate and apply human resource knowledge, research, and skills regarding the workforce challenges to benefit the organizations and society.
  • Multicultural and Ethics Learning: Learn to develop the human resource strategies and programs to promote a diverse and multicultural workforce based on high ethical
  • Experiential and Applied Learning: Combine classroom learning with the actual workplace.
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• BS Marketing

  SLOs - BS Marketing

  Students will:

  • Show the ability to integrate across business disciplines to solve marketing problems.
  • Develop effective oral, written, and visual communication skills. 
  • Develop a facility with business application tools to collect, analyze, synthesize, and communicate information, intelligence, and insights. 
  • Effectively work in teams to formulate appropriate solutions to marketing problems. 
  • Understand the ethical and societal issues facing marketing professionals and formulate appropriate solutions. 
  • Adapt marketing plans and strategies to address domestic and international markets.
  • Apply theories to explain and predict consumer behavior.
  • Become adept with marketing research techniques and applications.
  • Learn how to inform, persuade, and remind constituencies. 
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• BS Business Administration: General and International

  SLOs - BS Business Administration

  General Business:

  Students will:

  • Integrate concepts across business disciplines to solve complex business problems.
  • Develop superior oral, written, and visual communication skills.
  • Demonstrate effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Effectively work in teams to formulate solutions to appropriate business problems. 
  • Recognize and understand the ethical and societal dimensions of decisions made by business professionals.
  • Adapt plans and strategies to address domestic and international business situations.

   

   International Business:

   Students will:

  • Integrate concepts across business and related disciplines to solve complex business problems.
  • Develop superior oral, written, and visual communication skills.
  • Demonstrate effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Effectively work in teams to formulate solutions to appropriate international business problems. 
  • Recognize and understand the ethical, societal and global dimensions of decisions made by business professionals.
  • Adapt plans and strategies to address domestic and international business situations.
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• MDST BS Business Analytics

  SLOs – Business Analytics (BS MDST):

   Students will be able to:

  • Collect and synthesize data obtained from various sources. 
  • Choose the appropriate statistical or computational technique needed to address the problem at hand. 
  • Summarize data visually through appropriate use of charts and graphs to develop insights to business problems and topics. 
  • Analyze and interpret results from statistical and computational techniques to develop insights to business problems and topics. 
  • Effectively work in teams to formulate solutions to appropriate business problems. 
  • Communicate results effectively to a general audience.

   

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• BS Information Technology: General, Cybersecurity

  SLOs – BS Information Technology

  General IT:

  Graduates of the program have the ability to:

  • Analyze a complex computing problem in all industry areas and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
  • Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution in all industry areas to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline.
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.
  • Provide proficiency for enterprise systems development, networking and computing, telecommunication, Internet Protocol Suite, web development, data security, information systems management, and interactive media.
  • Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.
  • Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline.
  • Identify and analyze user needs and to take them into account in the selection, creation, integration, evaluation, and administration of computing-based systems.
  • Demonstrate the ability to manage digital information in organizations by incorporating data management technologies to create, store, retrieve, manipulate, and analyze data.

   

   Cybersecurity:

   Graduates of the program have the ability to:

  • Analyze complex problems in all industry areas and apply principles of computing and cybersecurity discipline to identify solutions.
  • Analyze and evaluate organizational information systems for vulnerabilities and threats to identify the risks and make recommendations for mitigating those risks.
  • Identify, assess, and prioritize risks to information systems in all industry areas and define disaster recovery plans.
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts with stakeholders regarding organizational security risks and make informed decisions about how to allocate resources to reduce those risks.
  • Provide proficiency in cybersecurity strategies for enterprise systems, computer networks, telecommunication, World Wide Web, internet frameworks, digital data, and cloud computing.
  • Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.
  • Plan, design, and implement security principles and practices to the organizational environments, hardware, software, and human aspects of a system.
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