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"To advance the success of individuals and organizations primarily in Idaho by providing responsive, accessible and high quality educational services in business and economics. "
 -- COBE mission

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"To prepare graduates to be innovative leaders who are technically competent, professionally current, continually learning, and who exercise responsibility toward themselves, their organizations, and society"
 -- COBE undergraduate mission

Core Resources: The proposal Undergraduate Core Team (concluded 3-98) BSU Core Curriculum Committee Document Tips on writing outcomes
Date Outcomes Testing Core Syllabi Other
Spring 1999   Proposal passed by the Executive Council for outcomes in syllabi and online syllabi. Click here. Conducted a content analysis of the undergraduate core (click here for table), sent a cautionary note to the  AACSB Committee concerning match with AACSB requirements.
Letter to Core Instructors (3-2-99)
Fall, 1999 Developed a series of outcomes tasks designed to test the competencies of our core.    
Spring, 2000 Prototyping and preliminary testing of outcomes testing process. Outcomes website and websiteb. Report: "Outcomes Testing for the Undergraduate Core" (pdf)    
Fall, 2000 Utilized the designed outcomes tasks to test students in GENBUS 450.     
Spring, 2001 Ten faculty/businessperson pairs assess outcomes data. Final report (pdf) (doc) Synopsis (pdf) Spring core review 4-23-01  (pdf) Revised MGMT301 responds to outcomes testing concern about unstructured problem solving. (pdf)
Fall, 2001   Fall core review  
Spring, 2002  -- Assessment of Core Skills Report 5-3-02. (pdf)
-- Supplemental Report on Results of the Defining Issues Test (pdf)
Spring core review 3-11-02 (pdf)
Fall, 2002 -- Letter to faculty on core recommendations
-- Letter to chairs on new teaching guidelines
Fall core review   
Spring, 2003 -- MLK business-faculty assessment team pictures
DB for 2003 (mdb) 1-14-03
-- DB Entry instructions (doc)
-- Evaluation Protocols Forms  (xls) 1-14-03
-- Assessment of Core Skills Report 4-21-03 (pdf)
Spring core review 2-10-03 (pdf doc) -- Communication proposal passed by faculty 5-6-03 (pdf)
-- "College of Business and Economics Implements Writing Styles Guide." Assessment News (19) (pdf)
Draft Guide (pdf doc)
Communication in Syllabus Study 6-12-03 (pdf doc)
Spring, 2004 -- Assessment of Core Skills Report 4-23-04 (pdf) TOC is clickable Spring core review 03-02-04 (pdf) -- Flowchart of Annual Outcomes Assessment (pdf doc)
Fall, 2004 Mark Buchanan's handout for the 10-20-04 brownbag on ethics (doc)    
Spring, 2005 -- Assessment of Core Skills Report 4-22-05 Draft N (pdf) TOC is clickable Spring core review 04-22-05 (pdf)  
Fall, 2005 "Year of Change"    
Spring, 2006 "Year of Change" Spring Core review 03-20-06 (xls)  
Fall, 2006 "Year of Change"
Annual Report for 2006 (pdf)
   
Spring, 2007 "Year of Change"    
Fall, 2007     Course Coordinator role clarified for COBE

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