Name of Study	Business -- Assessment of Student Learning, 2006
Study Date	05/31/2006
Researcher Name	William Cordeiro, Ph.D.
Researcher Email	william.cordeiro@csuci.edu
Researcher Phone	805.437-8860

Executive Summary

The Business program chose to assess student learning outcomes in their capstone courses. The capstone courses are useful to the assessment process because it requires students to integrate all business core subjects (use critical thinking) and apply their individual and collective knowledge in a case study and simulation environment.  The course also stresses communication and cooperation (working with others). As such, they developed a rubric to assess students’ written communication skills on both a group and individual basis. Based on these ratings, Business decided that “there are discernible and noticeable analytical and writing deficits.” To help Business students gain the writing skills required by the program, Business has developed a four-point plan and is in the process of implementing that plan.

Citations
Business Report  (PDF, 52KB)

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