Program Review for Business Administration
Program Review Framework & Criteria
I. Connection: From interest to application (Qualitative, program head and dean)
1) Please provide a description of any changes to the program since the last cycle and the appropriate updates to the catalog (general education changes, program requirement changes, ancillary program costs for students, hours/credits of credentials, etc.).
1. The college enacted a mass course change in replacing SDV 108 with SDV 100.
2. The college enacted a mass course change in replacing ITE 115 with ITE 152.
Total credits for the program is 60-62.
2) How do students find out about the program? Please provide examples of advising activities, marketing materials, or other outreach and engagement events designed to recruit students to the program.
The program is not traditionally marketed in a significant manner. This program is a general studies degree designed for business students. The catalog indicates to students it is for those who wish to enter into a 4 year business program. The program fulfills requirements needed for the first 2 years of a baccalaureate degree. Information about the program is made available to students at SEED nights and while advising at local high schools each spring. A new A.S degree with the VCCS common curriculum for business administration will take effect for the summer of 2024. The implementation of several new A.S. degrees and the conversion to a new website design will facilitate more intensive marketing efforts (e.g., brochures, career pathways website design, etc.)
For the fall semester of 2023, SIS indicates the A&S program in business administration has 55 active students. This makes it the 8th largest program at P&HCC.
II. Entry: From application to pathway entry (Qualitative, program head and dean)
1) Please provide a description of your program credentials and how they stack into one another.
There are no sub-credentials for business administration.
Questions for consideration:
1.a. What is the employability (or transferability) of each credential?
The business administration degree is designed as a transfer degree program to all four year Virginia business schools. Our main transfer partners are Virginia Tech, Radford, Old Dominion, and Liberty.
1.b. Do all credits from a sub-credential transfer into the parent credential?
N/A
1.c. What is the timeframe of completion for all credentials within the program (i.e. is the program setup to award sub-credentials prior to the parent credential)?
We do not have sub-credentials, but the business administration associate degree is scheduled to be completed in two years to transfer to a senior institution.
2) Program enrollment, if applicable, disaggregated by specialization (Quantitative, IE)
The enrollment in the program has fluctuated in recent years, but has remained relatively high as one of the most popular transfer programs. The headcount in 2022-2023 was the highest it has been since 2016 and the FTE was the second highest in the last nine years.
a. Annual program FTE and HC over the last review cycle (To include SCHEV program ratios and SCHEV class ratios)
|
Code |
Program Name |
2022-2023 |
2021-2022 |
2020-2021 |
2019-2020 |
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|
HC |
FTE |
HC |
FTE |
HC |
FTE |
HC |
FTE |
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|
216 |
Business Administration |
85 |
55.57 |
82 |
58.67 |
64 |
37.80 |
79 |
47.47 |
Previous report data below
III. Progress: Pathway advancement (Quantitative, IE)
1) Student learning outcomes data
| Business Administration, AA&S | ||||||
| Year | Outcome | Assessment | Course | Criteria | Data | Action Plan for Next AY |
| 2020-21 | apply the principles of financial accounting | Test 2 | ACC 211 | 75% or higher | 65% (33 of 51 students) earned 75% or higher | Conversion of modality due to COVID-19 |
| define key terminology associated with microeconomics | Test 3 | ECO 202 | 80% or higher | 75% (27of 36 students) earned 80% or higher | Conversion of modality due to COVID-19 | |
| apply the key principles associated with macroeconomics | Test 3 | ECO 201 | 80% or higher | 85% (35 of 41 students) earned 80% or higher | Conversion of modality due to COVID-19 | |
| 2021-22 | apply the principles of financial accounting | Test 2 | ACC 211 | 75% or higher | 48% (35 of 72 students earned 80 or higher | Split classes to create hyflex approach to meet distance requirements |
| define key terminology associated with microeconomics | Test 3 | ECO 202 | 80% or higher | 29% (10/34) earned 80% or higher | Split classes to create hyflex approach to meet distance requirements | |
| apply the key principles associated with macroeconomics | Test 3 | ECO 201 | 80% or higher | 41% (22 of 53 students) earned 80% or above | Split classes to create hyflex approach to meet distance requirements | |
| 2022-23 | apply the principles of financial accounting | Test 2 | ACC 211 | 75% or higher | 66% (41 of 62 students) earned 75% of higher | Converted assessment to now be online to maximize class time |
| define key terminology associated with microeconomics | Test 3 | ECO 202 | 80% or higher | 42% (19 of 45 students) earned 80% or higher | Implementing second year of text to grow sample size before making decision about assessment modifications | |
| apply the key principles associated with macroeconomics | Test 3 | ECO 201 | 80% or higher | 53% (34 of 64 students) earned 80% or above | Implementing second year of text to grow sample size before making decision about assessment modifications | |
| 2023-24 | apply the principles of financial accounting | Test 2 | ACC 211 | 75% or higher | ||
| define key terminology associated with microeconomics | Test 3 | ECO 202 | 80% or higher | |||
| apply the key principles associated with macroeconomics | Test 3 | ECO 201 | 80% or higher | |||
Business administration outcomes are based off of one content area objective that has been misaligned over the past several academic years. For 2019-20, this outcome was realigned with hopes of increasing applicability with student performance, thus increasing overall success rates. Unfortunately, student learning outcomes data indicate a mixed bag in performance. Only one of the three program outcomes was up in 2022-2023 compared to 2020-2021. The percentage of student meeting the outcome of successfully applying the principle of financial accounting was up 1%. The other two student learning outcomes were down significantly from 2020-2021, but up dramatically from 2021-2022.
Business Administration Outcomes
2) Program credit attainment (15/12 in one semester, 30/24 for those who enrolled in two consecutive semesters)
|
Program |
N |
2022-2023 AY |
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|
One Term |
Two Consecutive |
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|
12 |
15 |
24 |
30 |
||
|
216 - Business Administration |
85 |
9 |
14 |
25 |
13 |
|
Program |
N |
2021-2022 AY |
|||
|
One Term |
Two Consecutive |
||||
|
12 |
15 |
24 |
30 |
||
|
216 - Business Administration |
82 |
17 |
5 |
25 |
18 |
|
Program |
N |
2020-2021 AY |
|||
|
One Term |
Two Consecutive |
||||
|
12 |
15 |
24 |
30 |
||
|
216 - Business Administration |
64 |
9 |
2 |
17 |
8 |
|
Program |
N |
2019-2020 AY |
|||
|
One |
Two Consecutive |
||||
|
12 |
15 |
24 |
30 |
||
|
216--Business Administration |
79 |
6 |
2 |
20 |
13 |
Program students enrolled at least one semester as a full-time student is up the last two years over 2020-2021. The same is true for those students enrolled two semesters as a full-time student. This is a transfer program, so the pathways model should help students to complete in a more timely fashion.
3) Program retention and persistence relative to the start date of the program (subsequent term calculation)
|
Program |
N |
Fall 22 |
|||
Persistence F2S |
Retention F2F |
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|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216
- Business Administration |
28 |
17 |
60.71% |
10 |
35.71% |
|
Program |
N |
Fall 21 |
|||
Persistence F2S |
Retention F2F |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216 - Business
Administration |
38 |
34 |
89.47% |
22 |
57.89% |
|
Program |
N |
Fall 20 |
|||
|
Persistence F2S |
Retention F2F |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216 - Business
Administration |
15 |
13 |
86.67% |
4 |
26.67% |
|
Program |
N |
Fall 19 |
|||
Persistence F2S |
Retention F2F |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216--Business
Administration |
36 |
30 |
83.33% |
19 |
52.78% |
Both persistence (fall to spring) and retention (fall to fall) in business administration was mostly down in fall 2022 in comparison to the previous three years, though retention was up slightly from the previous years. Business administration has been a popular program for athletes. This can skew numbers because the primary goal for many athletes is to move on the other institutions to play sports at a higher level.
Persistence and Retention Table
IV. Completion: Credential attainment (Quantitative, IE)
1) Sub-credential attainment and timeframe (are students completing sub-credential prior to or at the same time as parent credential?)
N/A
2) Parent credential attainment and timeframe, if applicable, disaggregated by specialization
|
Plan |
N |
AY 2022-23 |
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|
Grads |
150 |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216 -
Business Administration |
85 |
15 |
17.65% |
15 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan |
N |
AY 2021-22 |
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|
Grads |
150 |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216 - Business Administration |
82 |
10 |
12.20% |
9 |
90.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan |
N |
AY 2020-21 |
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|
Grads |
150% |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216 - Business Administration |
64 |
6 |
9.38% |
5 |
83.33% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan |
N |
AY 2019-20 |
|||
|
Grads |
150% |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216--Associate in Arts &
Sciences Degree in Business Administration |
79 |
3 |
3.80% |
1 |
33.33% |
There has been a substantial increase in the percentage of students attaining a credential over the last three years.
a. Are students completing within 6 semesters (150% of graduation time)?
Yes, the percentages completing in 150% are remaining steady at a high level and have increased over the last three years.
V. Transition: Employment or transfer post-credential (Quantitative, IE)
1) Transfer outcomes (students who transfer with associate degree, students who transfer without)
|
Plan |
N |
AY 2022-23 |
|||
|
Grads |
Transfer |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216 -
Business Administration |
85 |
15 |
17.65% |
0 |
-- |
|
Plan |
N |
AY 2021-22 |
|||
|
Grads |
Transfer |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216 - Business Administration |
82 |
10 |
12.20% |
4 |
40% |
|
Plan |
N |
AY 2020-21 |
|||
|
Grads |
Transfer |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216 - Business Administration |
64 |
6 |
9.40% |
1 |
16% |
|
Plan |
N |
AY 2019-20 |
|||
|
Associate |
Non-Associate |
||||
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
||
|
216- Business Administration |
79 |
|
0.00% |
8 |
100.00% |
2) Student perspective/satisfaction
Data not disaggregated by program.
|
IN1: The courses I took at PHCC
prepared me for my educational goals. |
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|
Responses: |
47 |
Average: |
82.81 |
|||
|
Rating |
# of Responses |
% of Total |
||||
|
<60 |
9 |
19.15% |
||||
|
60-69 |
2 |
4.26% |
||||
|
70-79 |
4 |
8.51% |
||||
|
80-89 |
4 |
8.51% |
||||
|
>90 |
28 |
59.57% |
||||
|
IN2:The faculty at PHCC are fair and
supportive of students. |
||||||
|
Responses: |
47 |
Average: |
82.17 |
|||
|
Rating |
# of Responses |
% of Total |
||||
|
<60 |
9 |
19.15% |
||||
|
60-69 |
3 |
6.38% |
||||
|
70-79 |
1 |
2.13% |
||||
|
80-89 |
2 |
4.26% |
||||
|
>90 |
32 |
68.09% |
||||
|
IN3: The faculty at PHCC demonstrate
thorough knowledge of the subject matter. |
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|
Responses: |
48 |
Average: |
80.4 |
|||
|
Rating |
# of Responses |
% of Total |
||||
|
<60 |
11 |
22.92% |
||||
|
60-69 |
1 |
2.08% |
||||
|
70-79 |
3 |
6.25% |
||||
|
80-89 |
3 |
6.25% |
||||
|
>90 |
30 |
62.50% |
||||
|
IN4: In the courses I took at PHCC,
classroom activities and outside assignments were appropriate and meaningful. |
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|
Responses: |
47 |
Average: |
79.87 |
|||
|
Rating |
# of Responses |
% of Total |
||||
|
<60 |
9 |
19.15% |
||||
|
60-69 |
5 |
10.64% |
||||
|
70-79 |
3 |
6.38% |
||||
|
80-89 |
1 |
2.13% |
||||
|
>90 |
29 |
61.70% |
||||
|
IN5: I would recommend the faculty
at PHCC. |
||||||
|
Responses: |
48 |
Average: |
82.23 |
|||
|
Rating |
# of Responses |
% of Total |
||||
|
<60 |
8 |
16.67% |
||||
|
60-69 |
2 |
4.17% |
||||
|
70-79 |
4 |
8.33% |
||||
|
80-89 |
5 |
10.42% |
||||
|
>90 |
29 |
60.42% |
||||
The survey means are aligned with where they should be.The responses are not for the program specifically, but are based on students who are Business Administration majors.
VI. Sustainability: Future Program Outlook (Mixed methods, IE, program head and dean)
1) Program forecast (major expenditures, changes, personnel needs, etc.); any future costs should be explained in this section)
The business administration program will be going through significant changes beginning with the summer of 2024. The A&S degrees are being eliminated by the VCCS. The new degree will be the Associate of Science (A.S.) in Business Administration. This is a VCCS common curriculum and will include fie courses with a BUS prefix and one MKT course. The degree will have 62 credits. The common curriculum was developed as part of Transfer Virginia and should improve transferability.
General Education Requirements
• CST 110 - Introduction to Communication Credits: 3
• ECO 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
• ENG 111 - College Composition I Credits: 3
• ENG 112 - College Composition II Credits: 3
• HIS EEE - History Elective Credits: 3
• MTH 161 - Precalculus I Credits: 3
• MTH 261 - Applied Calculus Credits: 3
• ENG EEE - English Literature Elective Credits: 3
• HUM EEE - Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credits: 3
• NAS EEE - Natural Sciences Elective Credits: 4
Total Credits: 31
Program Requirements
• ACC 211 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
• ACC 212 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
• BUS 100 - Introduction to Business Credits: 3
• BUS 200 - Principles of Management Credits: 3
• BUS 224 - Business Statistics Credits: 3
• BUS 240 - Introduction to Business Law Credits: 3
• BUS 280 - Introduction to International Business Credits: 3
• ECO 202 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
• ITE 152 - Introduction to Digital and Information Literacy and Computer Applications Credits: 3
• MKT 201 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: 3
• SDV 100 - College Success Skills Credits: 1
Total Credits: 31
Minimum Required for Degree: 62 Credits
a. Any other pertinent information relevant to the review process should be provided here (e.g. community need, state/federal requirements, external accreditation, SCHEV low enrollment warning, etc.)
We will need to hire a master's prepared adjunct faculty for the MKT 201 course. In addition, a math instructor will teach the BUS 224 - Business Statistics class.
b. Employment forecast for program (Analyst data)
|
Management of Companies and Enterprises in Patrick
& Henry Community College, 2023Q11 |
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|
Current |
5-Year History |
5-Year Forecast |
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|
NAICS |
Industry |
Empl |
Avg Ann Wages |
LQ |
Empl Change |
Ann % |
Total Demand |
Exits |
Transfers |
Empl Growth |
Ann % Growth |
|
55 |
Management of Companies and
Enterprises |
524 |
$97,614 |
0.69 |
204 |
10.4% |
223 |
90 |
153 |
-19 |
-0.7% |
|
|
Total - All Industries |
48,857 |
$41,329 |
1.00 |
-431 |
-0.2% |
26,572 |
11,617 |
16,186 |
-1,232 |
-0.5% |
Source: JobsEQ®
Data as of 2023Q1
Note: Figures may not
sum due to rounding.
1. All data based
upon a four-quarter moving average
Exits and transfers
are approximate estimates based upon occupation separation rates.
The business administration program is designed as a transfer program. The data show the potential for students that use the degree to continue on to a four-year institution and complete a business degree. This will put them on a pathway to obtain a career as an executive where this salary is attainable.