Learning Goals and Objectives

Learning Goals & Objectives Under Semester System

Updated November 18, 2022

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BS Business Administration

Learning Goal	Learning Objective
Learning Goal 1 Content Knowledge: Graduates will have requisite theoretical and applied knowledge across disciplines and of their concentration.	LO 1A Foundational Knowledge Competency: Students will possess core knowledge across discipline areas covered by the core courses.
	LO 1B Concentration-Specific Knowledge Competency: Students will possess required knowledge specific to the concentration.
	LO 1C Experiential Knowledge Competency: Students will acquire knowledge through transformation of experience.
Learning Goal 2 Information-Driven Decision Makers: Graduates will be effective information-driven decision makers.	LO 2A Critical Thinking Competency: Students will apply critical thinking skills to solve business problems.
	LO 2B Technology-based Analytics Competency: Students will apply technology to analyze data and to aid decision making.
Learning Goal 3 Communication: Graduates will have professional communication and interpersonal skills.	LO 3A Oral Communication Competency: Students will be able to research, organize, and deliver an effective oral presentation in a professional manner.
	LO 3B Written Communication Competency: Students will be able to research, organize, and write an effective document in a professional manner.
Learning Goal 4 Community Citizen: Graduates will be responsible and engaged citizens in their community.	LO 4A Community Citizenship Competency: Students will identify social, environmental, and ethical issues surrounding businesses and respond appropriately.

BS Economics

Learning Goal	Learning Objective
Learning Goal 1: Graduates will have the requisite knowledge to solve economic problems	LO 1A: Graduates will formulate mathematical models to solve microeconomic problems
	LO 1B: Graduates will formulate mathematical models to solve macroeconomic problems
Learning Goal 2: Graduates will be competent in the use of modern statistical packages to analyze data	LO 2A: Graduates will be proficient in a programming language to analyze data and conduct economic research
Learning Goal 3: Graduates will be effective communicators	LO 3A: Graduates will communicate coherent economic policy arguments, grounded in economic theory.

Master of Business Administration

Learning Goal	Learning Objective
Learning Goal 1: Graduates will be competant communicators.	LO 1A Analytics Competency: Students who graduate will analyze quantitative information to solve complex business problems
	LO 1B Oral Communication: Students who graduate will deliver effective professional consulting presentations.
Learning Goal 2: Graduates will be effective leaders managing in dynamic environments	LO 2A Ethics: Students who graduate will determine the ethicality of organizational decisions
	LO 2B Globalization: Students who graduate will develop business strategies for a global context.
	LO 2C Integration: Students who graduate will be able to integrate knowledge across disciplines to make managerial decisions for complex business problems.

MS Accountancy

Learning Goal	Learning Objective
Learning Goal 1 Content Knowledge: Graduates will be knowledgeable accounting professionals.	LO 1A Foundational Knowledge: Students will possess foundational knowledge required of accounting professionals.
Learning Goal 2 Critical Thinking and Analytics Skills: Graduates will be effective information-driven decision makers.	LO 2A Critical Thinking Competency: Students will apply critical thinking skills to make appropriate business decisions.
	LO 2B Technology-Based Analytics Competency: Students will apply various technologies to prepare, analyze and synthesize data to facilitate in decision-making to solve accounting-related problems.
Learning Goal 3 Communication Skills: Graduates will have professional communication skills.	LO 3A Oral Communication Competency: Students will be able to research, organize, and deliver an effective oral presentation in a professional manner.
	LO 3B Written Communication Competency: Students will be able to research, organize, and write an effective document in a professional manner.
Learning Goal 4 Interpersonal Competence: Graduate will have the interpersonal competence to effectively work in organizations.	LO 4A Teamwork Competency: Students will be able to contribute to and/or lead a team to move towards its goals.
	LO 4B Ethics Competency: Students will recognize ethical issues in business and apply appropriate ethical perspectives/rules in their decisions.

MS Business Analytics

Learning Goal	Learning Objective
Learning Goal 1: Students who graduate will be effective in using analytics technologies and applications for solving business problems.	LO 1A: Students who graduate will be able to effectively use advanced data technologies and software to manage large amounts of data (in rubrics) and to build analytical models.
Learning Goal 2: Students who graduate will be effective in applying quantitative methods and tools of business analytics.	LO 2A: Students who graduate will be able to apply quantitative methods and tools to effectively formulate, solve, and analyze data-driven business problems.
Learning Goal 3: Students who graduate will be effective in making data-driven business decisions.	LO 3A: Students who graduate will be able to propose and evaluate alternatives for making data-driven, effective business decisions.
Learning Goal 4: Students who graduate will be effective in written communication of their analytical work.	LO 4A: Students who graduate will be able to write effectively to convey project ideas, methodology, and findings.

MS Economics

Learning Goal	Learning Objective
Learning Goal 1: Graduates will generate solutions to economic optimization problems under constraints	LO 1A: Graduates will use constrained optimization techniques to derive the competitive market model.
	LO 1B: Graduates will solve for the Nash equilibrium and its various refinements when analyzing strategic interactions.
Learning Goal 2: Graduates will be proficient in solving and applying macroeconomic models	LO 2A: Graduates will compute numerical solutions for macroeconomic models using a modern programming language.
	LO 2B: Graduates will characterize analytically the solution of macroeconomic models.
Learning Goal 3: Graduates will be knowledgeable of estimation techniques applied to economic data	LO 3A: Graduates will identify and apply appropriate empirical techniques for estimation problems.
	LO 3B: Graduate will estimate models informed by economic theory using specialized software. Students will recognize ethical issues in business and apply appropriate ethical perspectives/rules in their decisions.