Abstract
This study describes how Mount Olive College, a four-year liberal arts college in Eastern North Carolina, designed and successfully implemented an MBA degree program. This led to the establishment of a graduate school, change of status from college to university, and development and offering of additional graduate degree programs. The University of Mount Olive (UMO) started offering this MBA degree program in spring 2014. This online degree program has been offered in an accelerated one-year format and in a traditional two-year format. This program has been very successful and enrollment continued to grow. As of fall 2017, the UMO MBA program was the 9th largest MBA degree program in North Carolina. A two-year assurance of learning and outcomes assessment was recently completed and the results showed that the UMO MBA faculty successfully aligned the course Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) with the MBA program goals and Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs). This assessment provided valuable insights that are presented in this study. UMO has planned to soon offer a hybrid (face-to-face seated plus online) MBA degree program and a healthcare MBA degree program.
Highlights
A two-year assurance of learning and outcomes assessment was recently completed and the results showed that the University of Mount Olive (UMO) Master of Business Administration (MBA) faculty has successfully aligned the course Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) with the MBA program goals and Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
A two-year assurance of learning and outcomes assessment was recently completed and the results showed that the UMO MBA faculty has successfully aligned the course Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) with the MBA program goals and Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
A curriculum map, which was produced by the Curriculum Committee, was a vital part of this report due to its establishment of the Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs), which were later translated into more specific Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) in related courses
Summary
Educational institutions often seek opportunities for growth in enrollment and by program development and one way to accomplish this goal is by developing undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Successful degree programs would be benchmarked against national standards and designed to meet stakeholder needs. Such programs would be regularly assessed for their quality and for their alignment with program goals and program learning outcomes
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