2001 - 2002 BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OUTCOMES

DEGREES/CERTIFICATES/PROGRAMS: The Business Department offers five degree and two certificate programs, as follows:

AAS, Accounting
AAS, Business Management
AAS, Computer Programming and Networking
AAS, Microcomputer Business Applications
AAS, Office Systems, with options in Office Management, Legal Word Processing, and Medical Word Processing
Certificate, General Office
Certificate, Microcomputer Applications

Accounting Outcomes:
1. Students will demonstrate competency with accounting procedures and practices.
2. A majority of program graduates will report satisfaction with the Accounting education received at Clatsop.
3. Eighty percent (80%) of students receiving an Accounting degree will be employed in a related field within six months of completing degree requirements OR be continuing in a four-year degree program.

Business Management Outcomes:
1. Students will demonstrate competence with personal productivity software by satisfactorily completing coursework in specific disciplines and by using those skills in general classes.
2. Students will demonstrate oral and written communications competencies across the disciplines as instructors teach and require those skills in a variety of classes. Students will practice standard forms of communication such as resumes, letters, and reports.
3. Students will practice across the curriculum ethical and effective interpersonal skills in their relations with fellow students and instructors. They will demonstrate those skills in classroom and small group and workplace settings. Work experience supervisors will report satisfaction with studentsí skills, performance, and judgment during their cooperative work experience.
4. Students will demonstrate familiarity with economic and managerial concepts and quantitative controls in the business environment by satisfactorily completing specific coursework.
5. A majority of the students who begin the program will complete the AAS degree requirements within three years.
6. A majority of program graduates will report satisfaction with the Business Management education received at Clatsop.
7. Eighty percent (80%) of students receiving a Business Management degree will be employed in a related field within six months of completing degree requirements OR be continuing in a four-year degree program.

Computer Programming and Networking Outcomes:
1. At least 50 percent of the students who begin the program will complete the AAS degree requirements within three years.
2. A majority of program graduates will report satisfaction with the Programming and Networking education received at Clatsop Community College.
3. Work experience supervisors will report satisfaction with studentsí skills, performance, and judgment during their cooperative work experience.
4. Students will demonstrate course content integration through the successful completion and presentation of a professional-level directed project in their final term.
5. Eighty percent (80%)of students receiving a Computer Programming and Networking degree will be employed in a related field within six months of completing degree requirements OR be continuing in a four-year degree program.

Microcomputer Business Applications Outcomes:
1. A majority of the students who begin the program will complete the Certificate requirements within two years and the AAS degree requirements within three years.
2. A majority of program graduates will report satisfaction with the Microcomputer Business Applications education received at Clatsop Community College.

3. Students will demonstrate knowledge of various application programs by multitasking and integrating the programs while
solving problems.
4. Work experience supervisors will report satisfaction with studentsí skills, performance, and judgment during their cooperative work experience.
5. Eighty percent (80%) of students receiving a Microcomputer Business Applications certificate or degree will be employed in a related field within six months of completing degree requirements OR be continuing in a four-year degree program.

Office Systems Outcomes:
1. A majority of the students who begin the program will complete the Certificate requirements within two years and the AAS degree requirements within three years.
2. Students will demonstrate growth in skill development, knowledge, and professional workplace behavior as they progress through the Office Systems program.
3. A majority of program graduates will report satisfaction with the Office Systems education received at CCC.
4. Work experience supervisors will report satisfaction with studentsí skills, performance, and judgment during their cooperative work experience.
5. Eighty percent (80%) of students receiving an Office Systems certificate or degree will be employed in a related field within six months of completing degree requirements OR be continuing in a four-year degree program.

Computer Programming and Networking Outcomes:
1. At least 50 percent of the students who begin the program will complete the AAS degree requirements within three years.
2. A majority of program graduates will report satisfaction with the Programming and Networking education received at Clatsop Community College.
3. Work experience supervisors will report satisfaction with studentsí skills, performance, and judgment during their cooperative work experience.
4. Students will demonstrate course content integration through the successful completion and presentation of a professional-level directed project in their final term.
5. Eighty percent (80%)of students receiving a Computer Programming and Networking degree will be employed in a related field within six months of completing degree requirements OR be continuing in a four-year degree program.

Microcomputer Business Applications Outcomes:
1. A majority of the students who begin the program will complete the Certificate requirements within two years and the AAS degree requirements within three years.
2. A majority of program graduates will report satisfaction with the Microcomputer Business Applications education received at Clatsop Community College.

General Education Outcomes | Business Department Outcomes
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updated 6/22/01