Accounting

Accounting (BBA)

• Students are effective communicators.

• Students understand the models, concepts, and theories of business.

• Students are critical thinkers who draw meaning from and solve problems with information.

• Students are ethical leaders and decision makers.

• Students are effective members of diverse teams.

• Students are literate in business technologies relevant to the discipline of management.

Accounting

Accounting (MSACC)

• Develop effective written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Skills needed to define problems, define the set of information needed in various decision contexts, to differentiate the quality of competing information sets, and then to use the information creatively for solving problems, making decisions, or planning.

• Students will recognize and develop skills to respond effectively to ethical challenges.

• Oral communication skills including, but not limited to, those necessary to make formal professional presentations and to engage comfortably in spontaneous professional interactions where proper legal and accounting terminology are used on regular basis.

• Use the vocabulary of business properly. Identify recordable transactions. Understand business processes. Design and implement appropriate controls. Choose and apply appropriate principles for recording transactions. Generalize and transfer information (principles). Prepare appropriate financial and/or tax statements with accompanying disclosures. Use financial and/or tax statements to support financial and/or tax decisions. Plan transactions (project effects on financial statements).

• Document processing and professional presentation program (e.g. Microsoft Word/PowerPoint/Adobe Acrobat) proficiency. Spreadsheet/Database programs, and Electronic Research Engine Knowledge. Internet and Email Familiarity.

Business

Business Administration (PhD)

• Doctoral students will pass their qualifying examinations and be admitted to candidacy in the Graduate School.

• Communicate complex information clearly and coherently. Doctoral students can present a verbal and written proposal for original work.

• Doctoral student successfully defends dissertation.

• Students demonstrate ethical behavior with their colleagues and engage in responsible conduct in their research.

• Student earns a “pass” (if course is pass/fail) or B or higher (if course is graded) in the Ph.D. teaching practicum course.

• Students are rated positively by faculty major professor, Ph.D. seminar faculty, and area Ph.D. advisor.

• Possess a breadth of research knowledge in the academic discipline and field of emphasis including knowledge of theories of research and research methodology.

Business

General Business (BBA)

• Students are effective communicators.

• Students understand the models, concepts, and theories of business.

• Students are critical thinkers who draw meaning from and solve problems with information.

• Students are ethical leaders and decision makers.

• Students are effective members of diverse teams.

• Students are literate in general business technologies.

Business

General Business (MBA)

• Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate in a professional setting.

• Students will integrate functional knowledge to analyze business problems and to propose plausible solutions.

• Students will recognize, explain and propose solutions relevant to ethical consequences of business decisions.

• Students will be able to demonstrate how organizational behaviors, including leadership, influence business contexts.

• Students will work collaboratively and be reviewed by their team members with peer assessment.

Energy, Economics and Law

Energy Commerce (BBA)

• Students are effective communicators.

• Students understand the models, concepts, and theories of business.

• Students are critical thinkers who draw meaning from and solve problems with information.

• Students are ethical leaders and decision makers.

• Students are effective members of diverse teams.

• Students are literate in business technologies relevant to Energy Commerce.

Finance

Finance (BBA)

• Students are effective communicators.

• Students understand the models, concepts, and theories of business.

• Students should have the ability to think critically.

• Students are ethical leaders and decision makers.

• Students are effective members of diverse teams.

• Students are literate in business technologies relevant to finance.

Finance

Finance (MS)

• Apply time value of money and associated opportunity cost of capital concepts to real world business situations.

• Understand and be able to analyze financial statements.

• Apply arbitrage techniques and discounted cash flow models to the valuation of businesses and investments.

• Understand how to measure, monitor and control both business and financial risk within an organization.

• Devise solutions to problems with an understanding of the operations of financial markets and institutions, and the regulations under which they operate.

Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences

Data Science (MS)

• Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate data science knowledge to audiences with various backgrounds.

• Students will use information technologies to extract value from data.

• Students will demonstrate understanding of the appropriate usage of data and the ability to evaluate and apply data analytic outcomes to solve specific managerial issues.

Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences

Management Information Systems and Information Technology (BBA)

• Students are effective communicators.

• Students understand the models, concepts, and theories of business.

• Students are critical thinkers who draw meaning from and solve problems with information.

• Students are ethical leaders and decision makers.

• Students are effective members of diverse teams.

• Students are literate in business management technology.

Management

Management (BBA)

• Students are effective communicators.

• Students understand the models, concepts, and theories of business.

• Students are critical thinkers who draw meaning from and solve problems with information.

• Students are ethical leaders and decision makers.

• Students are effective members of diverse teams.

• Students are literate in business technologies relevant to the discipline of management.

Marketing

Marketing (BBA)

• Students are effective communicators.

• Students understand the models, concepts, and theories of business.

• Students are critical thinkers who draw meaning from and solve problems with information.

• Students are ethical leaders and decision makers.

• Students are effective members of diverse teams.

• Students are literate in business technologies relevant to marketing.

Marketing and Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management (BBA)

• Students are effective communicators.

• Students understand the models, concepts, and theories of business.

• Students are critical thinkers who draw meaning from and solve problems with information.

• Students are ethical leaders and decision makers.

• Students are effective members of diverse teams.

• Students are literate across business technologies relevant for their discipline.

Marketing and Supply Chain Management

Marketing Research and Analytics (MS)

• MSMR graduates will develop effective communication skills - both written and listening.

• MSMR graduates will understand and apply the body of knowledge in marketing research.

• MSMR graduates will have the ability to identify and propose solutions to ethical dilemmas, and legal and social issues in research.

• MSMR graduates will understand how to conduct marketing research and how it is related to the various parts of a business.

• MSMR graduates will have the ability to identify, analyze, and propose reasonable solutions to problems.

• MSMR graduates will understand how to work effectively in teams to accomplish organizational goals.