Degrees:
Master of
Professional Accountancy Program (M.P.Ac.) (excluded from AACSB accreditation
application)
Accounting
(B.S.)
Computer Information
Systems (B.S.)
Management
(B.S.)
Marketing
(B.S.)
Economics
(B.A.)
Finance (B.S.)
Minors:
Accounting
Computer Information
Systems
Economics
Management
Marketing
Finance (pending
approval)
Participation/Independence.
Independence is
achieved when 25 percent or more of the teaching for an undergraduate program
or 50 percent or more of teaching for a graduate program is in traditional
business subjects.
At RIC, only programs
in the School of Management meet these criteria. Each major requires 120
credits total, and of these credits Accounting requires 66 in SOM (55%),
CIS requires 63 (53%), Economics requires 36 (30%), Finance requires 51
(43%), Management requires 60 (50%), and Marketing requires 63 (53%).
Branding/distinctiveness.
Students, faculty,
and recruiters can easily distinguish SoM programs from programs from other
RIC programs.
The School of Management
is independent from other Rhode Island College programs in terms of location
and administration. Location: All SOM offices are located in Alger Hall,
and no other academic departments or administrative offices are located
in Alger Hall. Administration: The SOM dean is independent of other deans,
and only the three SOM departments (containing seven degree programs) report
to this dean. All offices on campus, from the records office to the library
and student advising recognize SOM as a distinct entity.
Publicity:
Rhode Island College
makes the distinction between SOM and other schools clear in its catalog
(pages 304-322), where SOM is discussed as a distinct entity. In addition,
the RIC web site at http://www.ric.edu/academics/schdept.html, lists SOM
and its department separately from other departments and schools. Further,
RIC publicizes SOM as being distinct from other schools during open houses,
orientations, and in the freshmen advising process. Last, SOM maintains
its own web site at http://www.ric.edu/som/, and the three departments
maintain their own sites at: http://www.ric.edu/acctcis/, at http://www.ric.edu/ecfin/,
and at http://www.ric.edu/mgttech/.
Control/Autonomy.
The level of administrative
control the faculty and administration of included programs have over the
program in such areas as program design; faculty hiring, development, and
promotion; student selection and services; curriculum design; and awarding
of degrees.
Faculty governance
responsibilities include: program requirements; curriculum design; course
content; course scheduling; faculty hiring; faculty development and promotion;
and student advising. Some of these areas are governed by faculty independently,
some are governed by faculty committees, and some are governed by the chair,
who is a faculty member.
These items are later
approved by college-wide committees and the administration prior to approval.
Degrees Included
in AACSB Accreditation application:
Accounting
(B.S.)
Computer Information
Systems (B.S.)
Management
(B.S.)
Marketing
(B.S.)
Economics
(B.A.)
Finance (B.S.)
Degrees Excluded
from AACSB Accreditation application:
Master of
Professional Accountancy Program (M.P.Ac).
Labor Studies
(B.A.)
The Master of Professional
Accounting requires all credits to be taken in the School of Management.
The Labor Studies
Major in the School of Arts & Sciences allows students to take up to
15 of 36 credits in SoM, but it is also possible for Labor Studies majors
to take only 3 of 36 credits in SoM. Therefore, the Labor Studies program
is independent of SoM. |
