Program Review Economics & Business

Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide a broad program of study in both economics and business and to guide students in their intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth through four program learning outcomes.

 Each student should:

  1. demonstrate active intellectual engagement in and application of the core economics and business curriculum [our PLO1]
  2. attain quantitative and analytical skills through an understanding of the research process and appropriate application of various
    technologies and research methodologies [our PLO2]
  3. improve their written and oral communication skills through verbal presentations in debates, reports, and dialogues, and through written executive summaries, editorial position papers, midterms and final examinations [our PLO3]
  4. deepen and widen their worldview about how faith intersects and influences culture through business and economic activity via our redemptive model for a Christian liberal arts economics and business department [our PLO4 revised]

Program Learning Outcomes

The links below lead to information about the department's most recent assessment of student learning relative to our program learning outcomes.

As a result of what they have learned in our Economics and Business program, graduates should possess the following:

  • Core Knowledge. Students will exhibit active intellectual engagement in and application of the core Economics and Business curriculum.
  • Research Competency. Students will display an understanding of the research process and appropriate application of various technologies and research methodologies within Economics and Business.
  • Communication Skills. Students will produce verbal presentations in debates, reports, and dialogues in economics and business, and will write executive summaries and papers in economics and business.
  • Christian Synthesis. Students will make evident the intersection of their skill and knowledge in economics and business with a deep understanding of how their faith informs their vocation and decision-making.

Program Review Resources

Curriculum Map
A curriculum map is a visual representation of the structure of program curriculum. The map charts program courses, syllabi, and assessments as they relate to the intended program learning outcomes. In other words, a curriculum map is the intellectual linkage that presents twenty plus courses as a story of learning.

Multi-year Assessment Plan
A multi-year assessment plan shows what program learning outcomes will be assessed in what years.

Annual and Six-Year Reports
2023 2022 2021 2019 2017(Six Year) 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012