Concentrations in:
-Business
-Visual Communication
-Information Systems
-Criminal Justice
-Human Resources
-Healthcare Administration
-Medical Billing and Coding

The Associate of Arts Degree in Business Administration allows students who already possess the career-focused knowledge and skills from a diploma or certificate program to gain the critical thinking, communication, and career advancement objectives found in an associate degree completion program. The liberal arts curriculum supports the critical thinking and communication skills necessary to business operations. Upon successful completion of this program, graduates may assume entry-level positions in their chosen field of concentration.

1. Demonstrated knowledge, understanding, and ability to apply the principles and processes involved in the career focus of the transferred diploma or certificate program of study.
2. Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of economic principles and practices, financial markets, banking, and the business economy.
3. Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and application of the structure and content of the English language.
4. Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and critical thinking ability to understand and organize a problem, using the principles of mathematics and/or natural science, to propose solutions to solve the problem.
5. The ability to use knowledge of technology to adapt to a technologically advancing society and to use computer applications and systems as learning tools and in the work place.

AIU has developed a unique assessment process to assess the quality of student work in four major areas throughout our program. Every class has one common assignment that is used to rate each student's abilities in Business Program Content, Effective Communication, Critical Analysis, and Research and Information Literacy. These criteria are linked to course, program, and institutional level learning outcomes. The data from these assessments are used to gauge the progress of learning within our program.

Business Program Content: This assessment measures the mastery of appropriate, relevant, and innovative content in the fields of functional areas that include, where applicable: Leadership, management, innovation and teambuilding, operations and marketing, finance, economics, qualitiative and quantitative tools, technology and internet, ethical and legal issues, and international issues.

Effective communication: This assessment measures the mastery of appropriate approach and purpose, organization, style, grammar, mechanics, format, presentation and delivery (where applicable).

Critical Analysis: This assessment measures the mastery of the ability to analyze assumptions and evaluate evidence, complexities of issues, and alternatives and to use creativity and originality in problem solving.

Information Literacy and Research: This assessment measures the mastery of the ability to select and use high quality, credible, and relevant sources to support the ideas that are appropriate for research papers, cited under required documentation (APA).

The results shown below reflect student achievement for all courses within the Associate degree of Business Administration (AABA). The figures represent the percentage of students who received above average (exemplary or accomplished) ratings for rubric criteria. The results are for the second quarter of 2010, with a total of 996 students in 57 course sections.

Program Content = 65%
Effective Communication = 65%
Critical and Creative Thinking and Problem Solving = 65%
Information Literacy and Research = 56%

Not Applicable