Weihai, China | BS Management Information Systems | Assessment of Learning

Core Learning Goals & Objectives

Program Goal #1: Project Proposal - Demonstrate the ability to analyze business processes, obtain business requirements, design a system meeting those requirements, and prepare a professional project proposal.   

  1. Analyze business processes.
  2. Obtain business requirements.
  3. Design a system meeting specific requirements.
  4. Prepare a professional project proposal.

Program Goal #2: Roles and Tools in Technology and Decision Making - Demonstrate knowledge of the roles, tools, and practices for managing information systems and technology to support organizational operations and decision making.   

a) Demonstrate knowledge of the roles, tools, and practices for managing information systems and technology.

Program Goal #3: Data Models and Database Management - Demonstrate the ability to use data models and database management systems to support the business processes of an organization.   

  1. Demonstrate the use of data models to define and organize data to be captured in a database management systems.
  2. Demonstrate the design and development of a database management system to support the business processes of an organization.

Outcomes Data

We have compiled data to assess competency objectives through our BS Management Information Systems program courses, These course serves as a comprehensive tool for evaluating progress toward our key objectives and AACSB accreditation standards, as it is a mandatory requirement for all undergraduate students. We have outlined various assessment methods across different areas of the course, which allow us to collect data and measure performance against established benchmarks.

See program outcomes data here: Weihai, China | BS Management Information Systems

Closing the Loop & Continuous Improvement

When program objective assessments are submitted, the submission form includes a section for a "closing the loop" discussion. This allows for reflection on potential adjustments that could be made to enhance the ongoing improvement of the BS Management Information Systems program. These discussions, along with other efforts, have highlighted areas where changes could be implemented.

Student performance

  • One outcome of the pandemic was a reduction in the engagement of Chinese students, which was noted by Chinese educators in the program. This led to 1) enhanced grading rubrics 2) creation of a faculty/student taskforce to recommend new engagement strategies 3) Creation of a global humanities conference, Research Consortium, and 4-year Portfolio Project to empower students to apply their learning to societal issues and enhance the program’s societal impact.

Potential changes to assessment methods

  • Norming Process Implementation: After Program Goal 5: Project Proposal was assessed with 100% of students meeting or exceeding the benchmark, a norming process was implemented across all program courses with the faculty to ensure that scoring was commensurate with actual student achievement.
  • Student Faculty Conferencing: After Program Goal 5: Project Proposal was assessed in MGIS 450 Enterprise Systems, faculty implemented a series of faculty/student conferences to increase student engagement in a course with a synchronous online delivery mode.
  • Assessment Tool Improvement: Program Goal 6: Roles and Tools in Technology and Decision-Making was assessed in MGIS 550 Capstone course with high levels of student achievement.  Because the delivery mode was online, faculty determined that a different method of student assessment for online courses needed to be created to ensure that students were doing their own work.

Assessment Tool Improvement: Program Goal 7: Models and Database Management was assessed in MGIS 330 Systems Analysis and Design with a high level of student achievement. Oral Assessments were implemented as a process improvement to ensure that each student was achieving the benchmark and that students were not collaborating on these online written assessments. Additionally, a similar assessment format was implemented in MGIS-320 Database Management Systems for similar reasons.