Program Outcomes
Intended Student Learning Outcomes—College of Business—IACBE Accredited Programs
Mission of College of Business: The mission of the College of Business is to build a seamless bridge from education to a meaningful career through engaging and challenging learning experiences.
Intended Student Learning Outcomes of College of Business
By the end of the program, students will:
- Applying critical thinking skills for problem solving and decision making.
- Engage in a collaborative environment to produce desired outcomes.
- Deliver effective and professional oral and written communications using a variety of delivery venues.
- Understand and apply the disciplinary knowledge, theories, and competencies associated to core business functions and selected program of study.
- Apply data analytical tools to business problem solving and decision making.
- Assess, develop, and support strategic plans.
- Recognize and apply legal, ethical, cultural, and economic standards of business within a global environment.
- Utilize research in business problem solving.
- Evaluate and apply leadership strategies in business environments.
Intended Student Learning Outcomes of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Program
By the end of the program, students will:
- Apply critical thinking skills to solve problems and make decisions.
- Engage in a collaborative environment to produce desired outcomes.
- Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communication.
- Apply concepts, theories, and practices in the principle functional areas and analyze the interrelationships between the functional areas of business.
- Apply data analytical tools to business decision making.
- Interpret a strategic plan and identify the tactical initiatives to support the plan.
- Apply legal, ethical, cultural, and economic standards of business within a global environment.
- Evaluate leadership strategies and the implications of their use.
- Apply legal, ethical, cultural, and economic standards of business within a global environment.
- Apply relevant disciplinary knowledge and competencies appropriate to their program of study.
Note: The BBA Program Outcomes apply to all BBA majors, including Accounting, Business Administration (accelerated program), Finance, Human Resource Management, Logistics, Management, and Marketing.
Intended Student Learning Outcomes of Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program
By the end of the program, students will:
- Apply critical thinking skills to solve complex business problems and make decisions.
- Solve problems in a collaborative work environment incorporating diverse perspectives.
- Communicate using advanced oral and written communication skills necessary for success in the business environment.
- Analyze the impacts of core concepts, theories and practices within business functions in an integrated manner and apply to business problem solving and decision making.
- Collect, analyze and interpret complex data using quantitative and qualitative tools to support business decision making.
- Analyze the strategic planning process, and develop and assess strategic plans.
- Evaluate the legal, ethical, social, economic, cultural, and global environments of business.
- Integrate research in complex business problem solving.
- Evaluate and apply leadership strategies in complex business environments.
Broad-Based Operational Goals of College of Business
- College of Business will offer quality academic programs that prepare students to be career ready.
- College of Business will attract and retain career-oriented faculty who are experts in their field.
- College of Business will support a student-centric service model providing student services that are prompt, practical, and reliable in an inviting and professional environment.
Program Performance
Public Disclosure of Student Achievement
In accordance with IACBE accreditation requirements and in an effort to measure student achievement, the College of Business at Baker College collects and reports program retention data. The 2021–2022 academic year’s data can be found using the link below.
Public Disclosure of Student Achievement 2021–2022
For more information about the IACBE’s Public Disclosure of Student Achievement requirements, please visit http://iacbe.org/accreditation/compliance/public-disclosures.
