College of Business Degrees and BBA Task Force Update

AOL Update Faculty Meeting 4-21-23

College of Business Degrees MBA BBA BS MS MPA Ph.D. Accounting Accounting Concentrations Accounting Accounting Accounting Economics Economics On campus Business Analytics Finance and Real Estate Ops and Supply Chain Fort Worth campus Economics Data Analytics Inform Systems & Ops Management Finance & Real Estate Business Analytics Online Health Care Administration Management Info Systems Info Systems Human Resource Management Management Services Int l Business Info Systems Marketing Management Marketing Research Will remain silos for their own learning assessments for now. Marketing Quantitative Finance Real Estate Taxation

Rubrics to measure each objective are in the works BBA Progress on BBA Task Force Goals 2. Diversity & Equity Awareness 1. Communication Goal: Be professional communicators LO: Prepare a professional document LO: Deliver a professional presentation Goal: Be aware of diversity issues necessary to be effective professionals. LO: Recognize the key diversity factors that influence business decisions. 3. Problem Solving & Logical Thinking 4. Technological Agility Goal: Be problem solvers & logical thinkers LO: Demonstrate effective problem solving LO: Demonstrate effective logical critical thinking Goal: Be basic users of technology LO: Use basic technology tools

BBA Progress on BBA Task Force Goals 5. Discipline Specific Knowledge (Also for UEP) Goal: Be knowledgeable about [BBA core] LO: TBD from each department ACCT, ECON, FINA, INSY, MANA, MARK CTA department to create 3 learning objectives and questions that measure those learning objectives : we will be asking each

MANA 4322 Exam used for Goal 5 and UEP Measures Previously Going Forward Part 1: Survey of Student Experience for Indirect Measures (thank you Fernando & George!) Accounting: 14 questions BCOM: 4 questions BLAW: 6 questions BSTAT: 6 questions ECON: 12 questions FINA: 8 questions INFSYS: 6 questions MANA : 12 questions MARK: 7 questions OPMANA: 5 questions Part 2: Department knowledge questions all BBA students should know from taking the core classes Parts of Exam In the future, Part 3 will be major-specific

MANA 4322 Exam used for Goal 5 and UEP Measures Previously Going Forward 80 minutes 2.5 hours Time of Exam Delivery of Exam In-class midterm exam In-class during Finals Random Each question linked back to a specific learning objective Link to Learning Objectives 7% 15% - the bigger the hammer, the cleaner the data Weight Inconsistent options (A, B, C, D; A, B, C, D, E) Consistent Options (A, B, C, D, E) Multiple Choice Question Choices

BBA Next Steps Hiring a Data Specialist Complete and get feedback on Rubric Drafts Pilot Competency Skill Rubrics in the Fall Pilot Discipline Knowledge questions in the Summer and Fall Complete a course map to meet all 5 Goals (with help of Data Specialist). Meeting with UEP representatives on May 5 (time TBD) we will discuss plans which are due in Summer

How can you help? For each course you teach (& each modality of that course) Pay attention to the definitions in survey It s ok if you address all, some or none of task force goals in a course that s why and how all our courses work together to educate our students. You will receive it by the end of May, it is due by the end of July Fill out the course map survey We will need volunteers to test out our rubrics in the Fall heather.Philip@uta.edu YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CHANGE HOW YOU GRADE YOUR tara@uta.edu COURSES. Email Heather heather.Philip@uta.edu or Tara tara@uta.edu if you are interested tara@uta.edu

College of Business Degrees MBA BBA BS MS MPA Ph.D. Accounting Accounting Concentrations Accounting Accounting Accounting Economics Economics Business Analytics Finance and Real Estate Ops and Supply Chain Economics Data Analytics Inform Systems & Ops Management Finance & Real Estate Business Analytics Health Care Administration Management Info Systems Info Systems Human Resource Management Management Services Int l Business Info Systems Marketing Management Marketing Research Marketing Quantitative Finance Real Estate Taxation

BS In the mid to late fall, we will form a BS AOL Committee That Committee will create knowledge-based goals and exam questions: Competency Goals (knowledge-based) Learning Objectives Measures (exam questions) Recruitment will be in the fall.

College of Business Degrees MBA BBA BS MS MPA Ph.D. Accounting Accounting Concentrations Accounting Accounting Accounting Economics Economics Business Analytics Finance and Real Estate Ops and Supply Chain Economics Data Analytics Inform Systems & Ops Management Finance & Real Estate Business Analytics Health Care Administration Management Info Systems Info Systems Human Resource Management Management Services Int l Business Info Systems Marketing Management Marketing Research Marketing Quantitative Finance Real Estate Taxation

MBA The MBA Committee is serving as the MBA AOL committee. Larry Chonko Edmund Prater Jeff McGee Salir Sarkar Bin Roger Meiners Srindhi Working to coordinate schedules for training in the late summer/early fall with our consultant They will be coming up with Competency Goals and Learning Objectives (Thanks to the task forces, they will not start from nothing)

MS Next Spring, we will create an MS task force for Competency Goals, Learning Objectives and rubrics.

Thank you for contributing to our AOL process!