Bachelor of Arts - Administration
- Competency 1: Specific Business Knowledge and Skills
- PLO 1: Each student should obtain specialized knowledge of business fundamentals for the creation of value through integrated operations and distribution of goods, services, and information.
- Competency 2: Business Communication Skills
- PLO2: Each student can effectively communicate in the business environment, either written or oral.
- Competency 3: Problem Solving using Information Technology
- PLO3: Each student can work through the problem-solving process using information technology to identify a problem, evaluate solutions, and devise an innovative strategy to achieve a desired goal in the business environment.
- Competency 4: Social Responsibility Awareness within Global Context
- PLO 4: Each student can identify and evaluate ethical issues and sustainability implications inherent in a global and diverse business environment and articulate a realistic recommendation to inform socially responsible decision-making
Bachelor of Arts - Applied Business
- PLO 1: Fundamental Business Knowledge and Skills: Each student should obtain foundational knowledge and skills of business that are highly applicable for the creation of value through integrated operations and distribution of goods, services, and information.
- PLO2: Business Communication: Each student can effectively communicate in the business environment, both written and oral.
- PLO 3: Ethical Reasoning and Social Responsibility within a Global Context: Each student can identify and evaluate ethical issues and sustainability implications inherent in a global and diverse business environment and articulate a realistic recommendation to inform decision makers on ethical decision-making and social responsibility.
- PLO4: IT-enabled Business Problem Solving using Information Technology: Each student can work through the problem-solving process using information technology to identify a problem, evaluate solutions, and devise an innovative strategy to achieve a desired goal in the business environment.
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems & Technology
- Specific Information Systems and Technology Knowledge and Skills: The student is able to apply technology skills to access, organize, and synthesize information to solve organizational (profit or non-profit) problems. Mastery of computer skills and/or information systems to access, organize, or synthesize information to solve organizational (profit or non-profit) problems.
- Communication: Each student can effectively communicate, either written or oral.
- Problem Solving using Information Technology: Each student can work through the problem-solving process using information technology to identify a problem, evaluate solutions, and devise an innovative strategy to achieve a desired goal.
- Ethical Reasoning within a Global Context: Each student can identify and evaluate ethical issues within a global context and articulate a realistic recommendation to inform decision-making.
Bachelor of Arts - Public Service
- PLO-1: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the historical roots and theories of public
- service in the US with an emphasis on the State of CA
- PLO-2: Students will demonstrate knowledge in the legal and regulatory foundations of government and nonprofits in the US with an emphasis on the state of CA.
- PLO-3: Students will demonstrate knowledge in research strategies, data collection, and analysis for public service practice.
- PLO-4: Students will demonstrate a working knowledge of various public service workplace practice areas: including human resource management; budgeting and finance; grant writing and fundraising; personnel management; urban systems planning and public infrastructure management.
- PLO-5: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the public policy process and democratic decision making in public service.
- PLO-6: Students will demonstrate awareness of their role in the global and local community by studying democratic and inclusive methods of effective citizen engagement.
Bachelor of Arts - Tourism & Hospitality
- PLO 1: Students will develop a broad understanding of the knowledge, skills, and abilities expected of managers in the tourism and hospitality industry.
- SLO 1:
- 1.1 Have a broad understanding of business information and knowledge
- 1.2 Demonstrate the skills to interpret financial and operational data
- 1.3 Be capable of assessing problems and developing strategic solutions
- PLO 2: Students will learn to communicate effectively in written, oral, and digital modes in diverse tourism and hospitality organizations.
- SLO 2:
- 2.1 Demonstrate effective written and oral communication across genres and cultures
- 2.2 Exhibit effective presentation and listening skills
- 2.3. Be capable of effective communication in digital mode
- PLO 3: Students will have demonstrated ethical management techniques and leadership behaviors in a global context in tourism and hospitality organizations.
- SLO 3:
- 3.1 Show awareness of ethical management principles in emergent situations
- 3.2. Display those attributes expected of leaders in global organizations
- PLO 4: Students will learn how to innovate and utilize information technology working in teams to manage complex tasks in tourism and hospitality service organizations.
- SLO 5:
- 4.1 Demonstrate facts and evidence-based decisions to inform logic and reasoning
- 4.2 Utilize information technology to innovate and think critically
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Competency 1: Specific Business Knowledge and Skills
- PLO 1: Each student should obtain the required specialized knowledge of business fundamentals for the creation of value through integrated operations and distribution of goods, services, and information.
- Competency 2: Business Communication
- PLO2: Each student can effectively communicate in the business environment, either written or oral.
- Competency 3: Problem Solving using Information Technology
- PLO3: Each student can work through the problem-solving process using information technology to identify a problem, evaluate solutions, and devise an innovative strategy to achieve a desired goal in the business environment.
- Competency 4: Ethical Leadership within Global Context
- PLO 4: Each student can identify and evaluate ethical issues and sustainability implications inherent in a global and diverse business environment and demonstrate an understanding of the leadership skills necessary to build team effectiveness for making ethical decisions and accomplishing positive social changes.
Master of Public Administration (MPA)
- Competency: to lead and manage in public governance
- Objective 1: Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to achieve predetermined goals in diverse groups or organizational settings
- Objective 2: Demonstrate self-awareness and empathy toward others while assessing contextual challenges and opportunities and facilitating effective public governance and democratic values
- Objective 3: Demonstrate knowledge of leadership styles and contemporary management techniques for public sector agencies
- Objective 4: Demonstrate ability to manage financial, human, and information resources of public sector organization
- Competency: to participate in and contribute to the public policy process
- Objective 1: Identify major policy areas
- Objective 2: Articulate the policy-making process and its political context
- Objective 3: Apply the key steps of policy management
- Objective 4: Demonstrate ability to make policy recommendations supported by rationale
- Competency: to analyze, synthesize, think critically, solve problems and make decisions
- Objective 1: Identify challenges, opportunities and stakeholder interests in public sector decision-making situations
- Objective 2: Critique and evaluate alternatives for decisions
- Objective 3: Select appropriate tools for decision making to meet management objectives
- Objective 4: Recommend an action supported by evidence and reasoning
- Competency: to articulate and apply a public service perspective
- Objective 1: Identify distinctive features in the environment of the public sector
- Objective 2: Articulate the unique responsibilities and dilemmas of public service professionals
- Objective 3: Define public service motivation and explain how to support that motivation
- Objective 4: Apply ethical and public service values to policy and management
- Competency: to communicate and interact productively with a diverse and changing workforce and citizenry
- Objective 1: Demonstrate empathy, sensitivity, and responsiveness to people with diverse characteristics
- Objective 2: Articulate the concepts, skills, and procedures for managing diverse work forces
- Objective 3: Present information, in writing or in speech, in both in-person and virtual environments, accurately, and clearly tailored to the audience’s needs
- Objective 4: Demonstrate an understanding of how to productively work in teams demonstrating professionalism while understanding the concerns of others
Master of Science in Information Systems & Technology (MSIST)
- Specific Information Systems and Technology Knowledge and Skills: The student is able to apply technology skills to access, organize, and synthesize information to solve organizational (profit or non-profit) problems. Mastery of computer skills and/or information systems to access, organize, or synthesize information to solve organizational (profit or non-profit) problems.
- Communication: Each student can effectively communicate, either written or oral.
- Problem Solving using Information Technology: Each student can work through the problem-solving process using information technology to identify a problem, evaluate solutions, and devise an innovative strategy to achieve a desired goal.
- Ethical Reasoning within a Global Context: Each student can identify and evaluate ethical issues within a global context and articulate a realistic recommendation to inform decision-making.
Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA)
- Accounting-Specific Knowledge and Skills: Each student should obtain required knowledge and skills in the area of Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Auditing, Taxation and International Accounting.
- Communication: Each student can effectively communicate, either written or oral.
- Problem Solving: Each student can apply knowledge in new and unfamiliar circumstances and devise innovative solutions to cope with unforeseen events.
- Ethical Reasoning: Each student can recognize/analyze problems and choose/defend resolutions for practical business situations.
Master of Science in Financial Analytics (MSFA)
- Specific Finance Knowledge and Skills: Each student should obtain required knowledge and skills in the area of Financial market and environment, Financial statement analysis, corporate finance, portfolio management, global equity investment, fixed income, and derivative & alternative investment.
- Communication: Each student can effectively communicate financial analysis, either written or oral.
- Problem Solving using IT: Each student can apply statistical methods to analyze financial data and develop quantitative techniques to assist financial decision-making.
- Ethical Reasoning: Each student can identify and evaluate ethical issues and articulate a realistic recommendation to inform sustainable decision-making.
Master of Science in Entrepreneurship & Innovation (MSEI)
- Communicate persuasively and effectively, both verbally and in writing, in a wide variety of formats and contexts.
- Frame problems, think creatively, and exhibit the presence necessary to form actionable solutions.
- Define, discuss, and apply the key principles of entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial process and the entrepreneurial mindset.
- Identify and differentiate the key startup and business models available to the entrepreneur, and assess the appropriate context for their use in the startup environment.
- Identify the inherent risk involved in the startup venture and deploy proven startup models and guerrilla approaches that can mitigate such risk.
- Identify the key tangible and intangible resources available to the entrepreneur, construct resource plans and startup valuation, forecast funding and operating requirements, and design and formulate a founding team.
- Effectively explore the feasibility of potential business opportunities using a variety of exploratory and hypothesis testing methods (e.g. lean startup, business road test). This will entail an innate understanding of the role of the customer, product development and testing, and the ability to construct, perform and assess input from customer interviews.
- Define and navigate the process of commercializing innovation in the startup and large organization environment. Understand and navigate the barriers to technology commercialization, assess intellectual property and construct basic proposals for licensing.
Master of Science in Human Resource Management
- HR Expertise. Understand HR principles, practices, and functions
- Business Acumen. Apply HR expertise to a real-world project
- Critical Evaluation. Analyze HR principles, practices, and functions
- Communication. Demonstrate effective written and oral communication
Master of Science in Industrial & Engineering Management
- Understand advanced knowledge of industrial and engineering management. Use operation management, product planning and commercialization, and project management theories into real world scenarios.
- Analyze cost structures, budget, and investment options in industrial and engineering context, and make informed business decisions
- Develop organizational and team leading strategies and skills, ensuring effective conveyance of complex engineering concepts and project requirements for the organizational and environmental context.
- Develop problem-solving and decision-making skills using quantitative methods and information technology, including recognizing problems, identifying stakeholder roles, diagnosing causes, generating, and evaluating alternative solutions, and designing an implementation plan to achieve the desired goals.
- Comprehend environmental and organizational sustainability, social inclusion, and ethical governance (ESG) issues. Understand ethical implications of decision and promote responsible engineering and management practices.
*PLO = Program Learning Outcome | **SLO = Student Learning Outcome