Schroeder Mission Statement

We prepare undergraduate students in a liberal arts framework to become globally aware business professionals. We are distinctive in experiential learning, career support, and a complementary mix of faculty who pursue their passions through scholarly and professional activities in and out of the classroom.

Measures of Impact

The Schroeder School's Measures of Impact are mission driven and are evaluated (i.e. targets, inputs, and objectives). Our four strategic goals are:

Goal 1: Produce globally aware business professionals
Achieve distinction in:
Goal 2: Experiential learning
Goal 3: Career Support
Goal 4: Scholarship reflective of a teacher-scholar focus

Assurance of Learning (AoL) Goals

Learning Goal 1: Business Knowledge

• Learning Objective 1: Students will demonstrate knowledge in the basic theory and practice of business.
• Learning Objective 2: Students will systematically analyze complex business problems and propose viable solutions across the value chain.

Learning Goal 2: Communication

• Learning Objective 1: All business students will produce and deliver professional quality business documents.
• Learning Objective 2: All business students will produce and deliver professional quality oral presentations.

Learning Goal 3: Ethical Decision Making

• Learning Objective 1: Students will demonstrate the ability to identify ethical issues, enumerate possible ways to approach these issues, and develop well-reasoned potential solutions that ethically and transparently address the interests of the stakeholders involved.

Learning Goal 4: Global Perspective

• Learning Objective 1: Students will demonstrate knowledge in the basic theory and practice of international business.
• Learning Objective 2: Students will be able to identify and address global problems in a business context.

Learning Goal AG1: Accounting Knowledge

• Learning Objective 1: Students will demonstrate knowledge in the theory and practice of accounting.