Course Specific Research Support for BA 292: Home

The purpose of this page is to link curriculum requirements, for developmentally-appropriate and discipline-specific research skills, to matching library instruction and information literacy support outcomes

Accounting Capstone course outcomes related to research skills

Other indicators of required research or information seeking:

From the Course Activities:

  • Completing an ethics case study. 

From the Course Content:

  • Professional communication
  • Financial analysis

Bridging competencies to support research and information seeking at this level:

  • Differentiate fact from opinion and identify bias
  • Use background research to build context for a topic
  • Understand discipline-specific terms and concepts

Corresponding research and information seeking outcomes for BA 292

  1. Identify types of information required to support financial analysis
  2. Locate relevant examples or case studies to guide ethical decision making
  3. Identify information providers for reliable and relevant data

Librarian Instructional Objectives:

  1. Locate reliable sources for news and data to determine business performance
  2. Identify relevant examples of profitable business decisions and types of transactions
  3. Identify directories of corporate and business managers

Knowledge Practices and Dispositions

Oregon Library Standards Learning Goals

Placement of courses on an Information Literacy Continuum

Courses Instructional Stages Student's Developmental Stage

 

Connecting to 
College

1. I know where the library is located and about some of the services provided.

 

 

Information Seeking

2. I can identify a topic, and identify useful information sources to read about it.

BA 101
BA 205

Information
Literacy Skills

3. I can develop a topic statement, locate and use library sources, and begin  informational research.

 

 

BA 203
BA 223
BA 234

Academic or Career/
Technical Related

4. I evaluate the sources I have found for relevancy to my field, and I know who some of the experts are.

 
Inquiry and Exploration for
Research

5. I can identify pro- and con-positions on a topic. I can identify the perspectives of various experts in a field.

BA 289
BA 292
BA 295

Discipline- or Area
of Study Specific

6. I can support my position on an issue with evidence. I can accurately summarize the scholarly or professional conversation.

 

Librarian Liaison to the Business SAC (Subject Area Committee)

Contact: Chau Hoang,  Librarian at the Southeast campus

For information about this page:

To update Course outcomes, contact: Pam Kessinger