College of Business

Student Satisfaction Survey

Survey: Fall 2014

Analysis: Spring 2015

Researchers: Jessie James and Kristine McCarty

Faculty Advisor: Dr. William Magnus Northington

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary 3

Background 4

Research Objectives 4

Development of Questionnaire 4

Results 5

Recommendations 35

Future Research 36

What was Learned/Limitations of the Study 37

Conclusion 38

Appendices 39

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Executive Summary

The College of Business (COB) assigned graduate students in Dr. Northington’s classes to

create, distribute, and analyze a survey for current COB students. This survey was developed and

distributed during the fall semester of 2014, and the results from the survey were analyzed in

January and February of 2015.

The objectives of this survey were to:

Understand the demographics of the survey respondents.

Determine how students perceive the College of Business.

Learn more about how students feel about class offerings.

Find out how students feel about advising in the COB.

Learn student opinions about COB clubs.

Determine what students think about the facility.

Learn more about what students think of COB involvement on campus.

Find out student opinions of the Professional Development services and events.

Determine how students value their degree from the COB.

Understand why students choose to remain in the COB.

Learn more about freshmen experiences with the COB.

The analysis of this survey yielded a great deal of information. Recommendations from this

analysis are focused on improving student experiences and making changes that directly respond

to the needs of students. These recommendations include:

Offer course electives that match student interests.

Create a framework to provide consistency to online courses.

Ensure faculty advisors are adequately prepared and provide accurate information.

Post course syllabi online for students to view.

Send 4-year plan and advising information to incoming students.

Create yearly seminars for club leaders.

Create study areas and printing labs in COB.

Foster connections with businesses outside of Idaho.

Recommendations for future research are also included. Primarily, the researchers feel it is

important to create an opportunity for students to provide feedback to the College of Business

year-round, not just at the end of the semester through course evaluations. The COB could also

repeat this survey in the future and create detailed exit surveys for undergraduate students.

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Background

During fall semester 2014, the College of Business served 969 undergraduate students and 184

graduate students, in addition to those from other colleges earning minors. In order to more

effectively serve these students, the COB needs to understand their opinions about the current

state of the College, both the praises and the criticisms. To fulfill that need, a survey was created

and distributed to current students during November and December of 2014 to gauge their

opinions of the COB.

Research Objectives

Dr. Ottaway and Dr. Northington developed a list of information that would be helpful for the

COB to know in order to better serve students (See Appendix A). Some of this information could

be more easily gathered through qualitative studies, such as interviews or focus groups, of

prospective, incoming, and current students. In particular, determining how students and the

community perceive the COB may be gained more effectively and fully in a setting which allows

individuals to talk and share their full opinion.

After reviewing the list, we created a more concise list of objectives:

Understand the demographics of the survey respondents, including age, gender, and

GPA, among others.

Determine how students perceive the College of Business, and how their perception has

changed over time since becoming a student.

Learn more about how students feel about class offerings (types of classes, online classes,

in-person classes) in the COB.

Find out how students feel about advising in the COB and what could be done to improve

the experience when registering for classes.

Learn student opinions about COB clubs.

Determine what students think about the building- classrooms, study areas, etc.

Learn more about what students think of our involvement on campus.

Find out student opinions of the Professional Development services and events.

Determine how students value their degree from the COB and how they believe

employers value it.

Understand why students choose to remain in the COB and what we can do to retain

them.

Learn more about how freshmen students view the COB and their experience in being

recruited to ISU and the COB.

Development of Questionnaire

The survey was developed using Qualtrics for distribution online (via email and social media) to

current COB students, both graduate and undergraduate (majors and minors). Many open-ended

questions were included to allow us to receive more complete opinions on the objectives

addressed. While this does make the results more difficult to analyze quantitatively, the

information gained is still valuable to understanding what students think and feel in regards to

the COB.

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The survey was pretested by faculty and staff members. The graduate students involved in its

creation took the survey several times in an effort to ensure the questions made sense from a

student’s perspective. Based on the pre-test, some changes were made to formatting.

Once the final survey was developed, Dr. Northington requested certain faculty and staff

members distribute it to their students. Heidi Wadsworth sent it via email to graduate students,

John Ney sent it to students in his weekly professional development updates, and it was posted

on Facebook several times during November and December.

Results

The analysis of this survey was completed in January and February of 2015. The analysis has

been divided into 11 sections which match the research objectives above. They are:

demographics, perception, classes, advising, clubs, facility, involvement, professional

development, value, why COB, and freshmen.

Prior to performing the analysis, some responses were removed. The survey received 262 total

responses, but 93 were removed for the following reasons:

six respondents indicated that they did not agree to participate in the survey,

eight respondents were not COB majors or minors,

18 respondents did not answer any questions after whether or not they were a COB

major,

52 respondents did not answer past the agreement question, and

freshmen respondents (nine total) were removed from the analysis.

Responses from freshmen students were excluded from the analysis of the first ten sections due

to the small sample size of this demographic, and more importantly, they were excluded because

they have not had as much experience with the College of Business and may not have been able

to answer the questions accurately and honestly. (Remember, for many of those freshmen

students, it was their first semester at the time the survey was distributed.)

Though 169 responses were usable, questions in this survey were not forced, meaning

respondents were able to skip questions.

Demographics

Over 93% of survey respondents were business majors or graduate students and just less than 7%

were minors. This analysis included responses from sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate

students. Figure 1 below shows how many of each classification responded.

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Figure 1: Student Classification

The age of respondents ranged from 19 to 59, but most students (71.2%) fell between 19 and 29,

with the most common age being 20 (16 respondents). The average age for undergraduate

students was 25.8 and the average age for graduate students was 30.8.

During the Fall 2013 semester, 33% of our students were female. In this survey, 47.7% of

respondents were female (see Figure 2), which means that female respondents were slightly

over-represented in this survey when compared to the actual student population. (The percentage

of female students was likely higher in 2014 than 2013, but not by a significant amount.)

Figure 2: Gender of students during Fall 2013 compared to gender of respondents

Most students attended classes in Pocatello, with a small portion attending mainly in Idaho Falls.

A very small percentage took classes in Meridian or only online.

Sophomore, 18, 11%

Junior, 29, 17%

Senior, 50, 30%

Graduate, 70, 41%

Other, 2, 1%

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Figure 3: Where students attend classes

No respondents had a GPA under 2.0. 40% were in the 3.5-4.0 range, 40% were in the 3.0-3.49

range, 17.5% were in the 2.5-2.99 range, and only 2.5% were in the 2.0-2.49 range.

Figure 4: GPA of respondents

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Most students, 78.9%, selected Caucasian or white as their ethnicity. 6.4% were Asian, 3.9%

were Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% were black, and 7.1% selected “other.” A more useful question

may have been whether the students were domestic or international.

Perception

Figure 5: Perception prior to starting at COB

As shown in Figure 5 above, prior to starting at ISU 73 students had a positive view of the

College of Business. Thirty-two of those students changed their view after starting, but only six

changed to a negative view. Of these six, two were graduate students who are displeased with

online classes. Despite negative comments, most respondents seem to have a very positive view

of the COB. Twelve respondents started at ISU with a negative view of the COB. All but one

changed their view, with eight of them having positive experiences.

Positive comments range from discussing the excellent faculty, classes, clubs, and professional

development opportunities. Here are a few examples:

“The professors are awesome and the programs offered prepare students for the real

world. The amount of professional development offered outshines every other college

within the university. I have shown my critics and others outside the university these

qualities of the program and changed their views as well.” (Male, Senior, age 23)

“I am amazed at how many of the professors have taken personal interest in my future

and guiding me despite the fact I am a "non-traditional student". I feel like genuinely

want me to be successful.” (Female, Senior, age 29)

“I have had an amazing amount of opportunities to experience real world application of

what I'm learning in my business classes through my internship, Bengal Solutions, class

projects, and assignment research. This has made my learning experience more

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enjoyable and, I believe, made myself that much more competitive in the real job world.”

(Male, Graduate, age 27)

“I love the COB. The teachers are great and personable. The course work is applicable.

The class schedule works well. Its ran very smoothly. The teachers are easy to

communicate with and to get ahold of. The administration is knowledgeable, kind, and

always helpful. I have learned a lot and grown in my knowledge of the business world.”

(Female, Senior, age 21)

There were trends in the negative comments. Three respondents indicated that professors seem to

have too much going on to give their students the attention they need. Three complained about

email response time from professors and difficulties reaching professors. Three felt that there are

too many business requirements for the CIS degree, and one expressed frustration at the change

to Informatics. In addition, one student complained that professors discouraged the use of laptops

during class. Here are examples of negative comments:

“I feel that most of the professors that I have had have too much going on to effectively

teach their classes. I pay thousands of dollars to be taught by professionals, I don't think

it's asking too much for them devote most of their time to worrying about teaching rather

than the 1700 boards that they are chairman of. I want professors that are mainly focused

on teaching their students.” (Female, Junior, age 21)

“I cannot say that I like the online classes so far. I would prefer a traditional class. I learn

better that way. Narrated power points are not a great way to teach me.” (Male, Graduate,

age 28)

See Appendices B and C for a full list of open-ended responses from students concerning their

perception of the COB prior to starting classes at ISU and afterward.

As shown in Figure 6, most students either agree or strongly agree that they “feel good about

their decision to enroll in the COB.” Only one student strongly disagrees with that statement.

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Figure 6: Responses to perception questions

On whether or not students are happy with the experiences they have had in the COB, 83.4%

strongly agree or agree, and 82.8% strongly agree or agree that they are happy with the

experiences they have had with COB staff and administration. (See Figure 6.)

Classes

As shown in Figure 7, most students are satisfied with the course offerings in the College of

Business. Only 15% are not satisfied.

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Figure 7: Satisfaction with course offerings

The COB should already have a strong understanding of which classes students like or dislike

from end-of-semester course evaluations. Out of 160 respondents, 57.5% indicated that there

were COB courses they did not like. (61.3% of undergraduates and 52.3% of graduate students.)

The most commonly disliked courses were technical or math related courses, such as accounting,

finance, and CIS classes. See Appendix D for the full list of courses. (Students were also asked

about classes they liked in the COB. Please see Appendix E for a full list of responses.)

55.6% of students said there are new classes they would like to see offered in the COB. Many

ideas for new courses were suggested, including:

a basic Excel course, so professors do not need to teach it as part of other courses

international business (including marketing and accounting)

more accounting electives

forensic/fraud accounting

an entrepreneurship/small business track for students to learn how to create and run a

small business

graphic design courses

market research and data analytics

See a full list in Appendix F.

When asked how easy or difficult students find their College of Business courses, most selected

“somewhat difficult.” As shown in Figure 8, only 3.75% said they were very easy and only 5.6%

said they were very difficult.

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Figure 8: Difficulty of courses

Respondents were selected to ask how much they agree or disagree with three statements for

traditional classroom instruction classes and online classes. Figure 9 shows that students tend to

like the classes taught via classroom instruction, believe they are high quality, and that they learn

a great deal. Very few respondents disagreed with those statements.

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Figure 9: Opinions on classes with traditional class-room instruction

As shown in Figure 10, 24.9% do not like online classes in the College of Business. 21.5%

believe they are not high quality, and 29% feel they do not learn a great deal from online courses.

Figure 10: Opinions on online courses

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Students were asked if they had any additional comments about online classes. Out of 84

responses, 26.2% were positive and 38% were negative. The positive comments expressed

satisfaction with online classes, especially in regards to ease of scheduling and making it easier

to take classes while working. Here are a few examples of positive comments:

“They are greatly helpful to me because I am working full time and I have a family to

manage so my time is limited. Please keep offering as many online options as possible. I

know I’m not the only one in this situation.” (Female, Senior, age 32)

“Online courses are the preferred method of learning for me. I prefer to work at my own

pace with broad deadlines and not waste time sitting in the class room. Class room

discussion with other students is basically pointless, as many don't have real world

experience. I would prefer to spend the class discussion time learning from the professor

or delving deeper into the course material at hand.” (Male, Graduate, age 27)

“I don't think there is any decrease in teaching quality as it is the same information just

presented online. I think personally I learn better in the classroom than in an online

environment. I do think that the professors in COB do a nice job with online courses and

making sure to be available online for student assistance.” (Male, Senior, age 23)

Negative comments addressed many issues including difficulty contacting professors (18.75% of

the negative comments mention this as an issue) and frustration with how infrequently materials

were posted (12.5% of the negative comments mention this). Four negative comments that

capture the essence of many of the complaints are:

“Some standardization would be nice to see. Currently, it is the wild west with online

courses. As a student I just never know what the pacing will be like. Certain faculty have

bi-weekly due dates for assignments while others are weekly, and when it comes to

exams, the availability window (open period) swings drastically from course to course. If

there was some kind of overarching framework that could guide and inform how

instructors structure their classes, it would be helpful. Part of the allure of online courses

is the ability to work in a more self-guided manner. I feel that component is lacking in

certain courses.” (Male, Graduate, age 34)

“Some of the online classes are good. However, the reason we take online classes is so

we can fit the work around our schedules. When a professor doesn't post required

assignments, lectures, etc. , until the end of the week he/she said they would be posted in,

it's sometime really hard to keep caught up with the material. Also, Connect for

Accounting is terrible.” (Female, Graduate, age 24)

“Professors need to be more consistent in their communications with online students. If

the professors are not replying to emails quickly the students get lost more easily, and

some feel as if the professors don't care about their class.” (Male, Senior, age 22)

“Teachers need to answer within a day for online courses (a week is too long). You don't

have a chance to ask them in a classroom and as a student you rely on that for

clarification on expectations and material.” (Female, Senior, age 25)

See Appendix G for a full list of responses.

Advising

Undergraduate Advising:

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Eighty-eight percent of undergraduates said they had been advised by someone in the COB,

either the undergraduate advisor and/or a faculty advisor. Over 70% of students are either very

satisfied or satisfied (Figure 11).

Figure 11: Undergraduate student satisfaction with advising

Respondents were asked what would be helpful to them when registering. Some took this as an

opportunity to complain about advising or praise advising in the COB. Some did provide

information on what would be helpful. All of the responses were organized into three categories,

positive, negative, or neutral. Neutral comments gave advice, helpful suggestions, or expressed

no opinion either way; these respondents did not seem to be either upset with the current

advising system or overly pleased with it. Positive comments were glowing comments that either

praised a person or the way we do advising. Negative comments expressed frustration with the

current system or specific advisors- faculty and general.

Of these 52 comments, 36 were neutral, six were positive, and ten were negative. It should be

noted that the negative comments are not necessarily referring to general undergraduate advising,

as some refer to a faculty advisor. Two of the ten are about general undergraduate advising, four

of the ten are about faculty advisors, and the remaining four are about other aspects (desire for an

advisor in Idaho Falls, for example).

Figure 12 shows the GPA of the respondents and whether their comment was positive or

negative. Not all of the negative comments were from low GPA students, and not all of the

positive comments were from high GPA students.

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Figure 12: GPA compared to positive and negative open-ended responses

In the responses to this open-ended question (see Appendix H), certain suggestions were

mentioned multiple times, these include:

a need for more time slots, as the Tuesday/Thursday 11:00-12:15 time slot is common for

many classes, making it difficult to create a schedule when multiple required courses are

offered only at that time (5 respondents mentioned this),

having more course information available at registration, like the syllabus or student

reviews (3 students mentioned this),

knowing which semesters classes would be offered (3 mentioned this),

more career-oriented information, such as how a class could help with a certain field,

skills that will be taught, career advising during course advising sessions (3 mentioned

this), and

more individualized help from advisors, such as with time management and schedule

planning (3 mentioned this).

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93.8% of graduate students indicated that they had been advised. Of these, 78.6% said they were

satisfied or very satisfied with advising (Figure 13).

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Figure 13: Graduate student satisfaction with advising

When asked what would be helpful when registering, responses were again assigned positive,

negative, or neutral. Thirty-two students answered the question. 11 were positive, 19 were

neutral, and only 2 were negative. Both negative comments were from students in the 3.5-4.0

range. The two negative comments were:

1. Actually knowing what the heck is going on and how to register, what classes are offered,

etc. I felt like I had more knowledge than the adviser and ended up doing it on my own

anyway since they had no clue what they were talking about.” (Female, Graduate, age 27) 2. “It's frustrating that MBA core classes are only offered 1 semester a year.” (Male, Graduate,

age 33)

Many of the 11 positive comments were similar to this one: “The current course advisor for the MBA

program (Heidi Wadsworth) does a fantastic job getting me ready for courses in the upcoming

semester.” Five of the 11 comments praise Heidi Wadsworth specifically.

Of the nine individuals who indicated they were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with advising,

only six responded to the open-ended question about what would be helpful when registering.

One comment (from a graduate student, age and gender not answered) said, “Nothing, Heidi is

awesome.” It is possible this respondent mis-clicked when he selected very dissatisfied. The

other five comments from dissatisfied students were:

1. “A reminder of what courses I need to register for, or ought to register for.” (Male, Graduate,

age 38) 2. “Actually knowing what the heck is going on and how to register, what classes are offered,

etc. I felt like I had more knowledge than the adviser and ended up doing it on my own

anyway since they had no clue what they were talking about.” (Female, Graduate, age 27)

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3. “Knowing what will be offered during the summer really helps plan for Spring.” (Female,

Graduate, age 31)

4. “less redtape in the admissions/ registration and financial aid offices.” (Male, Graduate, age

40)

5. “More liberal policy of credit transfer to meet requirements.” (Male, Graduate, age 43)

Graduate students made similar suggestions to the undergraduate students (See Appendix I). In

particular, four students requested having more additional class information (topics covered, a

previous semester syllabus, and the like), particularly for elective courses. Six students requested

knowing which future semesters a class will be offered in.

Overall, both undergraduate and undergraduate students seemed pleased with the advising they

receive in the College of Business, but there were some suggestions for improvement.

Clubs

The next area of analysis is club involvement and satisfaction. Students were first asked what

clubs they are involved in, and the following figure gives a breakdown of their responses:

Figure 14: Club involvement

Of 171 respondents, the majority of students 65% (112/171) are not involved in clubs, but the

most popular club appears to be Beta Alpha Psi, with 11% of students being members.

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Figure 15: Opinions about COB clubs

The above figure shows that 87% of students agree or strongly agree that they enjoy participating

in clubs and believe they enhance educational experience, aid in networking and prepare them

for employment. It is worth noting, however, that more students voted neutrally as to whether

COB clubs prepare them for employment. Within the clubs section, we also asked students to

provide us with any comments they may have about College of Business clubs. Only seventeen

out of 169 students provided their opinions for this question; our responded positively saying that

clubs were helpful. Two students complained of the lack of involvement from advisors and poor

club leadership. Five students responded neutrally. One student wished there were business

clubs. Two more students wrote that location and time constraints in their schedule make it

difficult to participate. Overall, our analysis showed that students are satisfied with College of

Business clubs.

Facility

The Facility portion of the survey contained two questions, the aim of which was to gain students

opinions on the adequacy of the College of Business facility on the Pocatello campus, including,

but not limited to classrooms, study areas, and available technology.

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Figure 16: Adequacy of the COB building

A total of 159 students responded to the question about the adequacy of the COB facility; as

shown in Figure 16 above, when asked about the adequacy of the COB building as a whole, only

43% (69/159) responded that it is completely adequate, while 30% disagreed and 19% were

neutral toward this claim.

The next question posed to students was a scaled question about their opinions on the facility,

classrooms, study areas, space for students, ease of laptop use, access to technology, and ease of

studying and learning In the COB. Figure 17 below shows an analysis of the responses from 146

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Figure 17: Opinions about the facility

Overall, 69% (102/149) of students liked the College of Business building on the Pocatello

campus, while 21% (31/149) were neutral toward it, and the remaining almost 9% responded

negatively. Almost the same amount of students liked classrooms, and the same 21% again

responded neutrally, while 13.01% disliked classrooms. Students were definitely dissatisfied

satisfied with study areas available in the facility; only 17.81% (26/149) of students liked study

areas; 41.10% disliked them, and the remaining 41.10% remained neutral. Along these same

lines, students were also unhappy about the amount of study areas offered. Over half of students

did not believe there are enough study areas available, and 32.19% were neutral toward this

claim. These two questions make it clear that the COB needs to be more accommodating for

students’ studying needs. In terms of laptops and technology, approximately 50% (74/149) of

students believe they have adequate access to technology, while 22% (33/149) disagreed. Not

surprisingly, results for ease of use of laptops in the COB were similar to access to technology:

48% believed it is easy to use laptops in College of Business classrooms, and 24% disagreed.

Finally students answered questions about the COB environment itself, whether they believed

the building has enough space to accommodate students, and the ease or difficulty of learning in

the facility. Slightly over half of students believe there is enough space for students in COB

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classrooms, and only 30% responded negatively to this claim. Almost 60% (88/149) of students

think it is easy to learn and study in the college of business, while only 10% disagreed.

The Facility portion of the survey also included a qualitative question, where students were able

to provide any feedback they may have had about the COB facility. There were ninety total

responses: six comments of praise, fifty-eight complains/suggestions, thirteen “no, or none”

responses, and seven neutral responses, which consisted of students who had never been to the

Pocatello campus, or who complained about the elevator construction. Of the positive responses,

students especially liked the Cooper Norman room, believed the rest of the COB facility is nice

and professional-looking, and one person liked the big screen TV’s throughout the building. A

twenty-seven year old male who attends on the Pocatello campus wrote:

“The Cooper Norman room is awesome and very comfortable. Plus the acoustics

in the room make it very easy to give presentations”

The negative responses were further broken down according to the most common key

words/trends present in students’ responses: study areas, computer lab, updating/remodeling,

outlets/plug-ins, and temperature control. Figure 18 shows a graphic breakdown of these

categories:

Figure 18: Comments about the facility

In terms of study areas (37% of negative responses), students want more study areas overall,

more isolated quiet areas (including study rooms), and more areas for group work. Several

students’ complaints are as follows:

“…The college of business has plenty of tables to study at, but most are in open

areas that are frequently disrupted by the flow of students coming and going to

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Negative/Suggestive Comments About the COB Facility

Study Areas Computer lab Updating/remodeling Outlets Temperature

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classes. This makes it hard for students to concentrate on their own world.” (Male,

Senior, age 22)

“It amazes me that in our upper level classes there is so much group work

required yet there is nowhere in the BA for us to do a break off study group.

When I show up early and want to study before a class starts I have to hope that

there is a classroom open or study at the end of the hall and deal with all the

people coming through…” (Female, Senior, age 29)

Overall, students want more study areas (including study rooms), more isolated quiet areas, and

more areas/rooms for group study. Although the basement is a quiet study option, students

complain that that the basement is not a very comfortable or welcoming environment in which to

study.

The next major category of complaint deals with the lack of a computer lab and printing options

(both color and black & white). Several students wrote:

“…we really could use a computer lab that has both black and white AND color

printing options, rather than having to go to a completely different building just to

find a computer lab and color printing.” (Female, Graduate, age 24)

“There should be a computer lab that can accommodate the students. Only having

three computers in the basement can get hectic when there’s 10 students trying to

print stuff.” (Male, Senior, age 22)

Students want a computer lab that can accommodate a good amount of students, and that offers

both color and black & white printing options.

Students also expressed their belief that the College of Business and/or its classrooms need to be

remodeled. A few of their complaints are as follows:

“…While the outside of the building is nice, the classrooms look unclean. Ceiling

tiles are dirty, or mismatched, and the rooms overall look dingy. The podiums for

faculty are always messy, with wires running all over them. It’s concerning to me,

as a COB student that this is the image we present to the student body. We are

frequently encouraged to “dress for success,” or dress in a business appropriate

manner. It seems that the classrooms should present the same standards as the

students are asked to follow.” (Male, Senior, age 28)

“It’s old and some classrooms and equipment are disgusting. Some rooms are

really nice, and the lobby is really nice, but some classrooms and areas are gross.

Sometimes I don’t even want to sit on the chairs, or the tables and chairs are

broken. The building needs to be updated and the fabric chairs need cleaned. The

elevator is slooooowww. I feel unsafe in it.” (Female, Gradate, 27)

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Lack of available (or functioning) outlets/plug-ins were another major concern for students:

“…I have a ghetto laptop that has to be plugged in at all times so when I am in a

class that only has a few plugs around the outside I have to sit on the outside

which makes it more difficult for me to pay attention and learn,” wrote a female,

twenty-nine-year-old senior.

“…The College of Business requires students to use laptops for many of its

sources. This becomes an issue when the vast majority of classes have 4 power

outlets at most,” wrote a twenty-nine-year-old male who attends on the Pocatello

campus.

A number of students compared undergraduate classrooms to the Cooper Norman room, citing

the MBA room’s comfort, updated technology, as well as easy access to power outlets, and

suggesting that more classrooms offer a sufficient amount of plug-ins.

The final category of complaints deals with temperature. Students want better temperature

control, because rooms are either too hot or too cold:

“If anything fixing the heating and cooling would be a great enhancement to the

building. No classroom is ever able to hold a temperature. Some are extremely hot

and some are extremely cold.” (Female, Senior, age 45)

COB Involvement

The next portion of the survey questioned students about their opinions on how welcome they

feel by the College of Business, as well as the COB’s involvement, both on and off campus.

Results of these questions can be seen in Figure 19 below:

Figure 19: COB Involvement

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A total of 158 students responded to this question and in general, the majority of respondents (a

little over 85%, or 135/158) feel the COB is very welcoming and answered either “agree” or

“strongly” agree to this statement. Students were next asked if they would attend more college-

wide, community, and on-campus events should the College of Business provide them, and for

each of these questions between 43%-54% of students neither agreed nor disagreed. This

suggested that although students were happy with the COB’s current level of involvement, they

may not necessarily attend more events if more were available.

Professional Development

The next section of questions addressed professional development events, specifically

attendance, ease of access to information, enjoyment of events, and preparation for future

jobs/internships. All 137 respondents stated that they were either somewhat or very aware of PD

events, which suggests that the COB is doing a great job advertising events. As can be seen in

Figure 20 below, 80% also believed it was at least somewhat easy to access professional

development information and activities.

Figure 20: Ease of access for professional development events

In terms of actual attendance of Professional Development events, Figure 21 shows that only

61% (97) of 158 respondents have actually attended Professional Development activities.

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PD Ease of Access

Very Easy Somewhat Easy Somewhat Difficult Very Difficult

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Figure 21: Attendance of PD activities

Students were next presented with a scaled question about the helpfulness and degree of

enjoyment of PD events as well as if these events set the College of Business apart Ninety-seven

students responded to this question.

Figure 22: Opinions about professional development

Overall, the majority of students were satisfied with PD activities hosted by the COB; slightly

over 74% (76/97) students reported that they like PD activities; only 4.12% of students disagreed

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that professional development events were not fun. Over 60% of students believed PD events set

the College of Business apart from other colleges on campus. Seventy-four percent (72/94)

responded that these events were helpful in preparing for a career after college, but only 34.02%

of those students stated PD events actually helped them secure a job or internship; more students

voted in the neutral category of this question.

Value of Degree

In terms of degree value, out of 157 respondents, only one person did not value their degree

highly.

Figure 23: Value of the degree

When asked why this person did not view his degree as highly, he answered:

"The MBA is a degree I can complete in my evenings and spare time. It does not

hold high value to me personally because I am not excited by the content. If I can

use the degree to land a better job than I have had previously, only then will it

have been a worthwhile experience. "

Students were next asked if they believed employers would value their degree highly, and six

students did not think employers would highly value their degree.

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Figure 24: Employer value of the degree

Four of the six students who did not believe employers valued their degree highly based their

opinions on the fact that ISU has a low national ranking/is not a notable university. Another

student wrote that ISU should do a better job helping students find employment after graduation,

saying that it is difficult to attain a job with this degree. The last student wrote that she is

“…unsure why they should”

When asked if they believed a degree from ISU would adequately prepare them for job

opportunities post-graduation, 89% (140/157) said “yes,” as can be seen in Figure 25.

Figure 25: Preparation for job opportunities

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Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree

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Seventeen students disagreed, and of these seventeen, eight respondents pointed to lacking skills,

inadequate preparation for careers, and class knowledge not applicable to the real world; all eight

of these respondents were undergraduate seniors or graduate students. In general, almost all

students believe a degree from ISU will be at least somewhat helpful in finding employment

after graduation.

The next question posed to students asked if they believed a degree from the College of Business

would be helpful in finding a job. A total of 156 students responded to this question, with only

five students thinking a degree would NOT be helpful.

Figure 26: Helpful finding a job

The final value of degree question posed to students was open-ended and asked if respondents

had any suggestions about how ISU could improve the value of a degree from the College of

Business. Fifty-seven students responded to this question, but twenty of these responses were

“no” or “none,” rendering them useless, so only thirty-seven were included in the analysis in

Figure 27.

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Figure 27: Improving the value of a COB degree

Two trends were found based on the responses: increased connections and more electives.

Twelve of thirty-seven respondents said that the COB needs to expand connections with other

schools and companies both within Idaho and across other US states, and to increase internships

and job opportunities. A male graduate student, age 26, from Idaho Falls wrote:

“I think it is important that ISU expand their influence past Idaho. I have applied

for jobs in other states that have told me they will not interview me simply

because they are holding those spots for students from other universities.”

Another male, who attends on the Pocatello campus, wrote:

“The college could work to increase the number of internship possibilities. I know

the college of business rarely gets many internships, and many of the ones they do

receive are for local accounting positions. The college should look for open

internships that aren’t just local, and especially summer internships around the

country to help better their student’s academic and professional development.”

Other student suggestions were to improve the value of a degree were to remodel the COB,

highlight alumni accomplishments, continue to hire good professors, offer an executive MBA

program, and develop curriculum in a way that allows students to start working right after

graduation.

30%

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Improving the Value of a COB Degree

Increase Connections More electives Other

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Why COB

The final three questions of the survey consisted of the following three questions:

1. What about the College of Business makes you remain a COB student?

2. What, if anything, would cause you to leave the College of Business?

3. Do you have any final comments or suggestions to share?

A total of 153 students responded to what made them remain a COB student; fourteen of these

responses were simply “no” or “none,” leaving 139 useful responses. Figure 28 further breaks

down these 139 responses into most common words/trends: professors & staff, courses,

convenience and/or location, needing a degree, majors/minors/interest in business, cost,

accounting, and overall quality.

Figure 28: Why remain a COB student

Of the 139 respondents, 27% of students noted professors and staff as a reason why they

remained a College of Business student; they noted professors as being helpful, friendly,

engaging, positive, encouraging, knowledgeable, professional, and good quality. A male

sophomore, aged nineteen wrote:

“Very helpful and friendly professors, always willing to help. This makes it a very

good learning experience and makes me be prepared for future job opportunities.”

Another common reason students stayed at the COB is courses; they appreciate the flexibility of

class options (in-class, online, and night classes), as well as having an adequate amount of

interesting and good quality classes. Convenience and location are another reason students listed.

A male student aged forty-three who reports that he only takes classes online wrote:

27%

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Why remain a COB Student?

Professors & Staff Courses

Convenience and/or Location Needing a degree

Majors/Minors/Interest in Business Cost

Accounting Overall Quality

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“Employer tuition reimbursement and close geographical location – the

convenient choice not necessarily the preferred choice.”

Approximately 10% of students stated their reasoning for staying at ISU is simply needing

degree; they are staying either because graduation is fast-approaching, or because a degree is

needed for jobs. When asked about why they are staying about ISU, two students responded with

the following:

“The knowledge that my degree will help me obtain a good career.” (Male,

Junior, age 23)

“I have one more semester left in the MBA program. Therefore, my money and

time investment in the COB makes me remain the COB…I’m obviously not going

to leave the COB and waste all the money that I spent.” (Male, Graduate, age 27)

The next reason respondents remain students of the College of Business is due to their interest in

business, and the availability of many majors to choose from, or the availability of their specific

major. A male senior, aged 28 responded:

“I am very much interested in CIS informatics. This major is encompassed by the

COB.”

Cost was another factor for why respondents remain students of the COB; about 7% of students

stay at ISU mainly because it is cheaper than other schools; one student did report that they

already had a scholarship, and this was their reason for staying. In terms of majors, the

Accounting program was mentioned in particular; approximately 5% of students expressed

satisfaction with the accounting major, professors, and classes as their motive for remaining at

the College of Business. In response to why they remained at the COB, a female senior, aged

forty-five wrote:

“Great business courses and the highly sought accounting program.”

Finally, about 5% of students listed overall educational quality and accreditation as their motive

for staying at the College of Business.

The next open-ended question asked students what, if anything would cause them to leave the

College of Business. There were eighty-four total responses to this question, which were broken

down into the most common response areas, many of which were the same reasons students

remained at the COB: change in life circumstances, professors, & advisors, classes, finances, and

graduation. Figure 29 is a representation of each of these categories.

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Figure 29: Top reasons for leaving the COB

Approximately 13% (10/84) of students wrote that a change in life circumstances, such as

relocating or a death in the family would cause them to leave the College of Business. Low-

quality, disrespectful, and racist professors and advisors, 25% (19/84) of students wrote, would

be reason for them to leave the COB. About 26% of students responded that lack of available

classes, change in required classes, insufficient amount of classes, and too high of a difficulty

would deter students from remaining at the College of Business. Finances was another factor,

with 14% of students stating lack of financial aid, higher tuition costs at ISU, and cheaper tuition

rates at other schools all being motives for leaving the COB. Fourteen percent of students also

cited conscious change in major, change in interests, or changes in majors offered may cause

them to leave the College of Business. Lastly, 8% of students mentioned graduation as their

reason for leaving the COB.

The final open-ended question posed to students solicited any comments or suggestions they may

have had about the College of Business. There were sixty total responses, but twenty-six of them

were “no” or “nothing”, which left thirty-four usable responses. Of these usable responses,

twenty-four (a little over 70%) were complaints/suggestions, and ten (about 29%) were

comments of satisfaction. Satisfied students commended the COB for a positive experience and

job opportunities post-graduation. One male senior, aged 22 wrote:

“I have great job opportunities after college and I give a ton of credit to my

education through the College of Business.”

Further breaking down the negative responses yielded two categories of students’

complaints/suggestions: classes (48%), professors (28%), and “other” (24%), as shown in Figure

30.

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Top Reasons for Leaving the COB

Change in life circumstances

Professors, teachers, advisors

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Finances

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Graduation

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Figure 30: Final comments and suggestions

Students requested more applicable prerequisite courses, and courses offered online as well as in

Idaho Falls. In terms of professors, respondents suggested that the COB continue hiring and

retaining quality faculty members. Students also specifically mentioned needing more one-on

one time with professors, and would like professors to be more attentive during office hours, and

when responding to emails. Other complaints/suggestions from students included upgrading

classrooms and technology, offering a computer lab, and fostering a warm and affectionate

environment in the COB, especially for international students.

Freshmen

Nine freshmen responded, and only five completed the entire survey. All 9 are business majors

(two accounting, one CIS, one finance, three management, one marketing, and one undecided).

Half of these students had a positive perception of the COB. One student said he “expected

more.” Another said that “the teachers were more serious” than he had expected. It is unclear

whether that is a positive or a negative. A clearly positive comment came from one accounting

student who said, “Everyone is much nicer than I expected, I don't feel alienated by any teachers

in the business school and everyone seems very open.”

When asked to select how much they agree or disagree with the statement “I feel good about my

decision to enroll in the College of Business,” four indicated they agree, and three indicated they

strongly agree. (Two did not answer.)

Most students had not taken more than one course in the College of Business, but those that had

were satisfied with them. When asked what classes they liked the most, students mentioned

marketing, the world of business class, and macroeconomics. Only one student mentioned a

course they disliked, a CIS course. Two students mentioned classes they would like to see. One

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requested international business courses, and another mentioned wanting more specific courses,

like hotel management.

Freshmen students were also asked questions about the contact they received from ISU and the

COB prior to starting at ISU. Figure 10 below shows the type of contact students received from

ISU and the COB. Two students received welcome letters from the COB, five received emails

from the COB, and one received a postcard. When asked which type of contact would have been

most helpful to them, five students said either a phone call or an email. Three students mentioned

that receiving a 4-year plan would have been helpful.

Figure 31: Types of contact students received

Recommendations

We created recommendations that address the student needs found in the analysis.

Classes

Create elective options that match student interests. Ensure electives that are offered align

with what COB students are interested in studying.

Consider adding new classes based upon student insights in this survey, including courses

in small business development, international business, marketing research, and upper-

division accounting electives.

Ensure fast response time from faculty, especially in online courses where that is the only

means of communication between a student and professor.

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Evaluate online courses regularly to ensure they are being taught appropriately and reflect

the high standards of the COB.

Set up a framework to provide some level of consistency to online courses. Holding the

professors accountable for ensuring the timeline established in the syllabus is what they

stick to is an example.

Ensure that professors who teach online courses understand the technology, are

comfortable teaching online, and can devote the required time.

Advising

Ensure faculty advisors are adequately prepared and understand changes in the catalog

that affect their department.

Ensure faculty are aware of resources that their student can use.

Post syllabi from classes online.

Consider adding an advisor in Idaho Falls, or encourage students to video chat with their

advisor here.

Provide additional advising help during registration.

Send email reminders to students suggesting they meet with an advisor.

Indicate which semesters courses will be offered in the future.

Send 4-year plan to incoming students.

Clubs

Encourage faculty advisors to be more involved in the clubs they oversee.

Provide yearly seminar to club leaders on leadership techniques and club information.

Facility

Increase and improve study areas in the College of Business building.

Increase access to outlets in and out of classrooms.

Provide options for printing within the College of Business.

Professional Development

Create connections with schools and businesses outside of Pocatello.

Value of the Degree

Showcase what successful alumni have done with their degrees.

Future Research

In order to improve retention, generate ideas for recruitment, and find ways to best serve current

students, the COB should absolutely continue to do research to learn more about the student

body. Apart from helping the COB gain knowledge about their clients, allowing students a

means to provide feedback lets them feel as if their complaints are heard and that their opinions

are valued. That alone is enough reason to continue even basic research into student attitudes and

perception of the COB.

Here are concrete suggestions for future research:

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A modified version of this survey should be repeated, perhaps every two years. If this

survey is to be used again in the future, certain changes need to be made, including

ensuring students are asked what their major is. Students should also be asked if they are

a domestic or international student.

Provide students an easy, quick method of providing feedback (good and bad) to the

COB on a regular basis. This could be a permanent survey created in Qualtrics, Google

Forms, or Survey Monkey. This survey should be short, and it should provide a comment

box allowing students to share their comments or concerns. A link or QR code to this

survey could be posted on signage throughout the COB, posted to Facebook, or sent out

to students in regular updates. This will allow students to provide feedback year-round,

rather than just at the semester-end with faculty evaluations. (If there are issues with a

certain course or instructor, the COB may be able to learn about it ahead of time and

address the problem quickly.)

If this survey is used, an employee (GA, staff, or faculty) should be charged with

regularly monitoring the responses. This person would alert the affected faculty or staff

members if a problem arises that requires attention. This survey could have the option for

the respondent to leave their contact information, in case they would like to be contacted

about the issue.

More qualitative studies of COB students should be done to better understand how they

perceive the COB and gain new ideas regarding retention. Focus groups could be held

during the lunch hour, or in-depth interviews could be set up.

If possible, conducting a focus group with local high school seniors to learn more about

what they think about the COB. This could shed some light on recruiting efforts.

Detailed exit surveys for graduating seniors (similar to what the graduate director does

with MBA and MAcc students) should be conducted.

What was Learned and Limitations of the Study

As graduate students, we learned a great deal from creating the survey and analyzing its results.

We learned the importance of specifying objectives, which when done allowed us to more

quickly outline and develop the survey. In addition, we learned how essential it is to ensure that

the skip logic in the survey is set up appropriately. This brings us to the first major limitation of

this survey.

In the section of the survey for sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students, we did not

insert a page break after asking if respondents were COB students. This meant respondents were

unable to see the question that asked what their major was. This limited the analysis we could do,

since we were unable to compare responses to a particular major. However, since COB students

take classes in many departments other than their specific major, we feel the data is still valuable

and informative without that. The area that would have most benefited from being compared to

major was the section about classes that students disliked. As noted, many undergraduate

students dislike accounting courses. In this instance, it would have been helpful to see what those

students majors were. (However, class evaluations should give a pretty clear idea of how

students feel about accounting courses. So, we did not lose out on too much here.)

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Another limitation of the study was in regards to the freshmen section. Sending the survey out

via professional development announcements and Facebook was not enough to reach these

students. (Only 9 respondents were freshmen.) In the future, we suggest surveys for freshmen be

taken directly to the BA 1110 class, where students will fill them out on paper.

The final limitation of this study was the open-ended questions. It was difficult (and time-

consuming) to attempt to quantify the results from these questions. Furthermore, how the

responses were categorized (positive, negative, or neutral) was up to the judgement of the

individual doing the analysis. Analysis of the open-ended questions by another individual could

yield different results. Regardless, the information in many of these comments, even those not

directly referenced in this report or in the presentation, is very valuable and should be reviewed

further. They provide deeper insights than the multiple choice and scaled questions.

Conclusion

Overall, the COB appears to be doing very well in most areas, and it is clear that students

appreciate the supportive environment fostered by the faculty and staff. Some areas, such as the

facility, could use improvement, and further research should be conducted into determining the

opinions and needs of the COB student body.

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List of Appendices

Appendix A: List of ideas from Dr. Ottaway; pg. 40

Appendix B: Perception of COB Prior to Starting at ISU, Open-Ended; pg. 41

Appendix C: Perception of COB After Starting at ISU, Open-Ended; pg. 46

Appendix D: Courses Disliked, Open-Ended; pg. 51

Appendix E: Courses Liked, Open-Ended; pg. 59

Appendix F: New Courses, Open-Ended; pg. 66

Appendix G: Comments Regarding Online Courses, Open-Ended; pg. 69

Appendix H: Helpful when Registering - Undergraduate, Open-Ended; pg. 74

Appendix I: Helpful when Registering - Graduate, Open-Ended; pg. 76

Appendix J: Clubs, Open-Ended; pg. 77

Appendix K: Facility, Open-Ended; pg. 78

Appendix L: Why Students Do Not Value their Degree Highly, Open-Ended; pg. 82

Appendix M: Employer’s Value of a Degree, Open-Ended; pg. 83

Appendix N: Taking Advantage of Job Opportunities, Open-Ended; pg. 83

Appendix O: Improving the Value of a Degree, Open-Ended; pg. 84

Appendix P: Remaining a COB Student, Open-Ended; pg. 86

Appendix Q: Leaving the COB, Open-Ended; pg. 91

Appendix R: Final Comments; pg. 94

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Appendix A: List of Ideas from Dr. Ottaway

General:

· Is the university or the COB just considered the “4th High School in town?”

· What is the perception of the COB?

· What is the perception of the majors offered?

· What is the perception of our…[this can get personal and that is okay]

o Faculty

o Administration (college and university level)

o Advising/advisors

o Support services

o Professional development

o Job opportunities

o Clubs offered

o Community engagement

o Other outside engagement

· What can we do to improve…

o Majors

o Facilities

o View of the college

o Feedback

o Curriculum

o Activities

· What are the perceptions of teaching quality?

o How can this be improved?

· What are the perceptions of our advising (undergrad and grad)?

o How can this be improved?

Current Students:

· What do our current students “think” about us?

· How do they view us?

· What is the value of the degree to them?

· Why are they here?

· What is there affinity for the COB?

Potential Students:

· Can we also get some of this information from future students

Alumni:

· Affinity for us

Community:

· Affinity for us

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Appendix B: Perception of COB Prior to Starting at ISU, Open-Ended

I thought it was a great program that would provide me with the opportunities I was looking for.

Was not really aware of it

I didn't have any. I just wanted an affordable MBA.

I figured it would be better than doing an online MBA.

It's convenient, cheaper than leaving state, and has all the credentials necessary.

I didn't have any, good or bad.

My opinion always has been good.

Average or at par with other comparable universities.

I had positive thoughts about the College of Business.

I really had no opinion either way.

I had no prior knowledge

Meh.

I knew I was getting an excellent education. I have grown even more fond of the COB and what they do since I have started.

Good Program and cheaper

I didn't really have any specific opinions.

I knew that it was an acredited program.

None. Seemed like a hard school to get into to.

It is a good school, with one of the best MAcc programs.

Below neutral. / /

I thought that it would probably be somewhat of a mediocre school because it's a state school, and has fairly lax admission requirements.

I didn't have any prior opinions of the COB

ISU COB program especially the accounting program is one of the best!! It is the best in Idaho!

I had no perception of the college

I had heard mixed things about the college and the instructors.

I had no prior thoughts or notions regrading the College of Business

I think the College of Business has some strong programs and provides a good education.

Decent school.

Accredited, quality MBA program on par with that of Boise State University and University of Idaho. Affordable education especially compared to University of Utah, Utah State University, and Montana State University.

none

I thought it was a good program and liked the requirements for entrance.

I was not familiar with the COB before I started. I earned my undergrad in Zoology. Considering the limited contact I have had with those from the COB I have been very impressed.

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Good

I saw ISU as a good opportunity to further develop my skills. In particular I was drawn by the possibility of obtaining my CPA in conjunction with the MACC.

I thought it was good compared to other colleges at the university, and it seemed to have a decent MBA program, especially for the region.

I didn't have a strong opinion either way.

I looked at other schools in Idaho, and ISU was my top choice

Had not heard much about ISU COB from the outside; but knew a couple of people attending

I didn't have any.

It was respectable while not a top rated progam

I thought it was a good program.

I am thrilled with all the things that COB does to help us get connected.

I thought the program was very successful, but not as highly held as Boise State or Utah State

none

That it had some of the worst teachers at ISU.

No specific thoughts on ISU's CoB, just wanted a program close to home.

I felt that I wanted to major in Business but I didn't know what major for sure. I wanted to know if there were classes I could take to give me some feel for what type of majors were offered.

It's good

I had heard good things about the c.o.b.

Honestly, that it was kind of a joke and students would have a hard time getting a job after completing their degree. I was very uncertain when I changed majors to the COB.

Had never looked at CoB or considered going for MBA.

Accounting CPA pass rate was a very pretty number.

I didn't know anything about it.

Positive - I had done some research and found reviews to be good

I transferred here because it combines the CIS major with business which is exactly what I was doing at another university but it would have required me to dual major. I thought it was pretty cool that I can have a business degree that is emphasizing the Technology field.

I had not heard much about the COB. I was just hoping that it would be a good experience.

I heard that it was a good program.

Positive. I enjoy the campus. The change from CIS to Business Informatics has been hectic.

I did a bit of research myself and found that it is AACSB accredited. So it made a good first impression.

Didn't have any at the moment.

I really had no thoughts or opinions about the COB prior to enrolling at ISU.

Prior to enrolling at ISU, I had heard ISU had an aggressive Accounting Program.

Good option for passing the CPA.

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I have only heard good things about ISU's College of Business.

That the building is old but the education is fine.

I didn't know much about it.

I thought it was a strict college that had lots of boring classes. I also felt that many of the professors and teachers were unformed not part of normal society in the fact that they had not been involved with the business world.

I hadn't really considered it as an option.

Favorable, I have grown up in pocatello and have always thought of it as being a quality education at an affordable price.

There are some made up classes that are just a waste of time.

Indifferent

Did not know much about it

Unremarkable

Average college of business. Didn't have an opinion formed yet.

Decent Graduate Program

That It would help me get where I needed to go.

I'm not really sure I didn't know much about it & still feel like I don't know much

None.

So far I think its easier that Psychology.

didn't know much about it

I had heard great things about their accounting program.

I did not think that the college had very much to offer, in the way of instruction and/or credibility.

none

I had heard great things about the professors and the program, which is why I chose to attend.

I had no idea about it

Favorable

Positive

A school takes me to business world

Great

good

impartial

My thoughts were that the COB at ISU was a wonderful program that offered degrees on the Idaho Falls campus to help students that can't go to Pocatello.

I didn't know much about it.

I did not hear much about the College of Business prior to enrolling at ISU

I thought that it was just a generic business subsidiary. Coming from the engineering college, I didn't know what to think, but I'm glad I made the change.

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I felt they had a strong Business program.

That it has a great program and professors and a degree from ISU's College of Business very well recognized and respected.

It looked like a good program

No real thoughts

I didn't know much about it just that I wanted to do Accounting

Didn't know a lot before I got to Pocatello. I learned about COB from the college's website and was excised.

Before I enroll at ISU. I heard a lot about it from some friends / I heard that most of the instructors are helpful and encourage the students

I didn't know if it was as professional as the other idaho schools. I wasn't sure how good the professors were.

I didn't know much about the college of business

No opinion

I did not have many expectations or opinions prior to attending. My main, and really only, source of contact was Heidi Watsworth. I was impressed by how motivated she was to help me get accepted and she was a great reflection on ISU's COB. Since attending for about a year now I am impressed by the quality of courses and the way they are structured which pushes me to work harder than I did during my undergraduate.

Good accounting program

I was honestly really excited to join ISU. I have lived in Pocatello my entire life and always loved the campus. The College of Business was one of the first buildings I visited when I received a tour visit. I enjoyed how kind the office attendants are and I also really enjoyed the downstairs classrooms. They appeared comfortable and very open for a large number of students. They also had projectors that can be seen no matter where an individual decided to sit. I just enjoyed the building as a whole.

That it was a good program. I had taken one business class in the department as an undergraduate and had a good experience.

I didn't have any strong opinions either way regarding ISU's COB.

I have heard great things about the COB and accounting program.

Excellent business school and close to home.

that it was boring but now I can see how it could be a fun field

I hadn't really heard a lot about the business program here at ISU. It seemed to be all about the medical aspect, like pharmacy and Nursing.

N/A

I did not realize how few time slots there were for class times.

I was neutral in my opinion of ISU's College of Business.

I originally enrolled at ISU for the physics program and changed my major after a few semesters but everything I have heard about the College of Business has been good.

I knew it was accredited and from what i had read had a good program.

I had never even considered business as a major before I signed up for the world of business class but I'm glad I did!

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I work at ISU and have enjoyed my time as a student here.

I knew a few people attending COB before I came here. So I knew it was a great program.

I thought the college would help more in my academic paths instead for pushing off onto others. I also thought they would have helped me find interns and job placement more.

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None

Initially interested in the CPA prep, and decided to do the MBA along with it.

I didn't know much. I just knew I wanted to go into business and ISU was my school of choice.

I didn't have much of an opinion. I had heard that it was a good program.

I thought it was a good program at a good school.

That it was a very good college and best in my search area.

Neutral

Nothing really

I feel as though the Accounting undergraduate and the MAcc program are a high quality education. The professors have high expectations and make sure we receive the education we need in order to be successful in the professions we have chosen.

I did not have many opinions or thoughts about ISU before I enrolled at . The only thing that i knew about ISU is that its a small college.

I'd heard that ISU had one of the best business programs offered in Idaho.

I had no premeditated feelings about the COB

That I won't be taking much of business classes for my major in CIS

I was nervous because I had heard from many people that the college of business is a tough college and requires a lot.

It seemed like a good program.

My opinions were mostly based on my image of business like people which means strict and professional. Not a very fun or outgoing environment.

I did not know the general impression of the college, I have not known anybody to enter this program.

A good program

No thoughts

I have had many family members as well as people I know tell me of the great program offered at ISU . So my opions were that I was going to receive a great business education.

Like case studies and professors helping with personal business

Didn't know much about it.

I hadn't heard a lot about the program. Mostly a neutral opinion.

Low expectations.

I have read all over the internet about COB in ISU and i found out that it is a good college.

I had heard that ISU had a really great business program.

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The college looked old

I had an open mind coming in. I knew we had a great business program though.

I had no opinion prior to coming to ISU

Didn't have an opinion.

I work with several individuals that had received their business degree at ISU and have heard positive feedback.

No opinion

My opinions about the College of Business were somewhat neutral; I didn't know much about the College of Business, so my thoughts were neither positive or negative.

N/A

I didn't have any. I wasn't sure what to expect.

The MAcc program is one of the best nationwide.

I was neutral about it.

good

Awesome teachers !

I was not really aware of the program before hand.

Not much.

great college

I thought the COB is a very good institution academically, in comparison to other colleges around.

Appendix C: Perception of COB After Starting at ISU, Open-Ended

Knowledge of available resources.

I am in the program and enjoying it.

I have really enjoyed working with professors who have a lot of real world experience in the MBA program.

So far, I am liking my professors. They have been effective instructors.

It is excellent and challenging in a good way. Feel like I am not missing out on anything that I otherwise would get from another institution.

I have had an amazing amount of opportunities to experience real world application of what I'm learning in my business classes through my internship, Bengal Solutions, class projects, and assignment research. This has made my learning experience more enjoyable and, I believe, made myself that much more competitive in the real job world.

I am now aware of the internal working of the college as well as the personalities of some of the professors.

I am slightly less indifferent.

Improved

I think a business degree is more rigorous than I thought.

Interacting with the faculty, and actually being a student in several COB programs

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Seems like an easy school to get into.

Neutral to positive

I learned that ISU's college of business is actually an excellent school with excellent accreditation, and that it really challenges it's students.

I am more aware of the faculty and staff and their efforts to assist the students in employment after college is over.

Improved. I love the college of business

I think the college is very well organized. I really like my professors and everyone is very helpful and encouraging.

Good professors.

now that I know the teachers - there is a face to the place

They are very professional, attentive, and flexible. The online option is fabulous for a busy father of five.

Many things have changed. In regards to the CPA my view has changed dramatically. I believe that the COB does their best to assist students in obtaining the CPA in conjunction with the MACC, but there is simply too much material. Students have to choose between doing well on the CPA and doing well in the MACC courses.

I suppose that I am less than pleased with some of the aspects of online classes.

I have gained a greater respect for business majors, especially finance and accounting.

The environment is different at ISU than what I was used to. / Smoking on campus, swearing in lectures, etc... I feel that behavior is inappropriate.

I didn't hear a lot about COB until I started at ISU and now I am hearing a lot of things the COB is doing to get their name out. they have been recognized a few times for the work they are doing which is fantastic.

The professors in each class offer a perspective of their subjects that prepares students for the real world.

much greater respect now that I know teachers

Most of the teachers I've had have been great!

I am a much more career driven and professionally oriented student because of my experience in the CoB

There is a lot of things that changed my view about business for example how marketing important to become successfull and increase your sale . Also other business classes that got my attention and make me like it.

For the better. The c.o.b. is great.

Everything. The professors are awesome and the programs offered prepare students for the real world. The amount of professional development offered outshines every other college within the university. I have shown my critics and others outside the university these qualities of the program and changed their views as well.

Started pursing MBA while working on PharmD. Not really thrilled about online classes. Doing business involves dealing with people and online classes take away from that experience.

I am not just here for the numbers now. I'm here for the amazing people.

I now know more about the COB, it is a good college.

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Since I have been here I find that navigating through the courses and graduating on time is about impossible. I meet with an adviser every semester yet somehow every time there is something that was missed or some mistake made that makes me stay here longer. Not only that but the teachers have no idea if an how their classes are tied into what I am learning. Then the college forces everyone to switch to Informatics which messes everything up and they get upset when you don't want to add another 3 semesters to your plan so that they can feel good about switching to Informatics. / / I guess I can sum it up with one word, disorganized.

The COB is a lot more well rounded than I had hoped. I am receiving a wonderful education.

I have learned more about the COB and about Marketing in general. Now that I am aware I wish I would have started out as a business marketing major.

I believe that the culture of the college of business has been greatly enhanced since I came to ISU. Through the help of the different professional development activities and also the teachers themselves I feel that there is a high motivation and confidence in teachers and students knowing that they will receive a job upon completion. I have also found it to be true and many of the teachers do you have outside experience and I'm trying to be as up-to-date and in the know as possible

The opportunity for credits due to work experience and actually having an advisor is knowledgeable and willing to meet with me as needed. I had tried to meet with some other departments advisor's as I was trying to make a decision with no luck.

I feel they need a business incubator for its students since many of the top schools have such resources. And I wish it had a semester where you actually created a business, i admire that in the BYU-idaho program.

Not much. I have more appreciation for certain teachers that actually care about the students success after college.

After entering the college of business, I realized who serious they were about Business education.

I love the COB. The teachers are great and personable. The course work is applicable. The class schedule works well. Its ran very smoothly. The teachers are easy to communicate with and to get ahold of. The administration is knowledgeable, kind, and always helpful. I have learned a lot and grown in my knowledge of the business world.

Easier than expected

Still think it's average. However, I think the Faculty seems overly tasked sometimes. They're difficult to get in touch with sometimes.

Been disappointed. Some classes have been fine, but had some that were a complete disappointment.

Some of the teachers have extra heavy work loads and it effects their teaching abilities. I sign up for classes and the teachers change in the last few weeks before school and they are not prepared to teach. It effects the class for the whole semester. So yes my opinion has changed negatively.

I've realized that the COB is better than I had expected. Many of the faculty are exceptional, and the Informatics department is strongly headed in the right direction.

Any business program is amazing because of the professor that teach the courses. They all want their students to succeed and learn every concept correctly. Aside from that we have a department that helps with getting jobs in our field and provide us with that information as well.

I find the faculty to be particular excellent teachers.

i find most of the instructors helpful and like the accounting program at ISU

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I am more impressed than I thought I would be.I have only had negative experiences with 2 or 3 professors so far, which is very good.

The professors, the staff, the courses provided

better than expected

That there is a accounting lab and As a student I would like to have a bigger accounting lab

have been take some good classes

The College of Business is very well organized in helping their students succeed. The professors are very dedicated to their students.

The website says that ISU offers a degree in general business completely in the Idaho Falls campus, but that is definitely not the case. That is why I chose general business. Going to Pocatello is not an option. But even though it's advertised this way, there is no way to get an entire degree at the Idaho Falls campus. It is a huge disappointment. / / However, there are many faculty members that are willing to help bring more classes down to Idaho Falls. I hope this remains the case for my last year of college so that I can complete my degree. Still, since it is advertised, it really needs to be offered in Idaho Falls and it should not be this difficult to take the classes.

I learned that ISU has a great business program and most professors are extremely dedicated to helping g students.

The COB is a fantastic college where I learned what I want to do both for a degree and later in life. I never thought that I would have so much fun and learn so much at the same time.

Nothing has changed.

More requirements

I have grown to enjoy the courses I am taking and I know that the teachers I have had (not all but many) will help me progress and develop skills that I will use in my career. Some of my teachers really enjoy the subjects they are teaching so that helps me to get interested in it. Ex. Dong Kuk in Managerial Accounting, and Alex Bolinger for all of the classes I have taken from him.

I noticed that the programs and the College of Business is a strong department and they have strong programs

Some for good and some for bad. I have had wonderful instructors whom I will never forgot in life. I also have had "unsatisfactory" instructors who made me wonder if they even love teaching and care about their students. But for the most part I am satisfied with the classes, training opportunities and information sessions.

I learned that the professors are great! And they want to help you. I've also learned all of the great opportunities that the COB offers.

Since starting at ISU I have learned more about the college of business /

Taking the classes, enjoyable for the most part

My initial impressions were that the COB was outdated and run down but after my first semester that changed. Now I view COB as doing the most with the resources they have. I feel like the education I have received would rival that of most other schools.

Professors really willing to help you out

I cannot say that I like the online classes so far. I would prefer a traditional class. I learn better that way. Narrated power points are not a great way to teach me.

All the professors are extremely friendly and very willing to help students in any capacity.

A greater appreciation for the faculty as well as content material

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its just more than what I expected

I've learned a lot since declaring a business major. The professors know their stuff. I like that most of them act like they want you to succeed and to get far in life. They do all that they can to ensure you experience real life situations and are able to prepare for them. The program is stellar I think. It very well could be comparable to the Pharmacy program.

I really like the program and the professors but I wish that there were time slots for class. I had a real struggle filling out my schedule because most of the class were all scheduled at the same times.

My experience with ISU College of Business has been extremely positive.

I feel that most of the professors that I have had have too much going on to effectively teach their classes. I pay thousands of dollars to be taught by professionals, I don't think it's asking too much for them devote most of their time to worrying about teaching rather than the 1700 boards that they are chairman of. I want professors that are mainly focused on teaching their students.

There are some great professors in the college of business

Disappointment. Except for a few outstanding instructors, I feel the main office doesn't care enough to sit down with the students to help develop an plan, instead they just tell you what you should do and direct you to do what they say instead of truly listening and helping the student. I believe the math requirements are way to high and that business statistics is not taught well enough to understand. Both business statistics, accounting, and finance are not taught well enough to understand, it is way to fast paced and then the fact that so much of the overall grade is dependent on the mid term and final is absolutely ridiculous. Why have so much homework and put that everyday stress on students then turn around and give them a tiny portion of all that hard work and stress towards their overall grade. Some people are not good testers and are better practical application individuals. There is no way that a grade should be entirely dependent on test scores. Instead give students the opportunity to excel in graded homework, written papers, quizzes, class participation, and other acceptable forms of grading instead of having lazy professors that put so much emphasis on only test scores.

I have better knowledge of my major

I found the some of the MBA classes to be helpful preparing for the CPA exam as well.

I am amazed at how many of the professors have taken personal interest in my future and guiding me despite the fact I am a "non-traditional student". I feel like genuinely want me to be successful.

The staff at ISU has changed my view on the program. They are very helpful and always willing to reply and answer the questions I have during the semester

I thought the COB was just business majors but there's so much more than that. Examples like accountants, management majors, etc

so , since ISU does not consider a big university or one of the top universities in US . I was scared that ISU does not offer all the classes during the year or ISU has only one or two professors for each class. In fact , it does offer all the classes either online or in class and some of the classes have more than 2 professors to teach.

Too many required for CIS.

I think the COB is wonderful. The teachers care and try and help you has much as they can. They push you to succeed. I still do feel that the requirements are a little tough, but it is understandable as to why.

Spending time in any program is enough to change your perception of it. I have grown to know and love a lot of the teachers. I have also grown to hate some teachers. Regardless, I now know a lot more about the program and the people, it is natural that my perceptions should shift. These minor

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changes in perception are unavoidable. One thing that has changed negatively is my perception of finance. I thought it was an interesting topic before, but now I hate it. This is because I have learned to hate finance through the business program here at ISU, because my perception of the finance classes have changed. There have been some positive changes too, such as how I have grown to love statistics.

I enjoy the outgoing professors and staff that made learning difficult but enjoyable. It gave me a different perspective on what is considered business.

I feel like the school does a great job to keep their students informed. They have a program that requires me to put in more effort than my undergraduate degree and because of that I am learning and being able to apply more concepts. The staff have been really helpful any time I have a question.

I view it higher then usu now

I have been impressed with some of the courses but mostly disappointed in the lack of engagement of the instructors. I am very disappointed in the lack of use of technology and how many instructors discourage using laptops in class. The degree program is very inflexible with the schedule but many of my classmates work fulltime.

I have found that I am ultimately responsible for the amount of knowledge and skills i acquire.

I have had some good teachers and some bad ones. It seems to be a typical college to me.

I wasn't sure how the curriculum would prepare me for opportunities for advancement in my career, but now that I am almost finished I realize that the business department has given me more confidence and knowledge. I can now make better informed real life decisions in my current job.

I find that the advisors are very helpful and accommodating for distance students. I have only taken two courses at this point, but I am enjoying them. The differences between Blackboard and Moodle have been interesting, but in a lot of ways I prefer Moodle. My only issue is the response time of faculty members to emails. That could be improved.

My views have changed somewhat negatively.

I have met many great and helpful faculty members who re great resources for anything I need. I feel more prepared for the business world each day and seem to get my most insight from professors with the most real life business experience.

I now believe that it is a good program with great professors.

The community fact ! You create link easily and everyone can and try to help you in your choice

I have heard many good things from friends who are business majors. They stress that the o program is beneficial

Appendix D: Courses Disliked, Open-Ended

Business Analytic because the professor gave boring lectures and went too fast. I did not learn much if anything.

I thought the IT (Data Analysis) class could have been a lot more exciting, but my teacher focused mainly on the mechanics of data gathering and extraction rather than management implications.

MGMT 3329. I like the subject but I did not feel like I got a deep understanding of the different concepts but I was tested based on a deeper understanding.

The Operations MGT course was my least favorite. This probably has more to do with the subject material than with the administration of the course.

Business analytics, accounting - poor instructors

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any accounting/finance classes...not a big fan of numbers

I really disliked Organizational behavior. The topics involved ranged from be nice to one another and those under you to unproven methods and ideologies completely dependent on those involved. I felt that this class was a complete waste of time. If you havnt learned to treat others with courtesy before this course, I doubt the course would do any good anyway. To have it as a requirement is ridiculous.

Marketing. I don't like marketing.

No particular courses. But I would really like to have diversified professors for same classes. The one I dislike is I do not have choice of professors because one course one professor. I suggested if we cannot increase staff number, at least please try different professors between Spring semester and Fall. In this case, the students have choice when to take and from who to take classes.

I disliked marketing 3325 because I felt that I didn't learn anything valuable in the class. To a large degree I believe that this was because it was an online course, and lacked the engagement of a traditional classroom. Unfortunately there was no other viable option to take the class, so I had to take it online.

MBA 6622. The content and instructor were good but the exams were brutal.

I really disliked accounting 201 & stats 216

Marketing, I don't see any value in this course.

6620 - Good information, but not enough practical application.

Information Technology/Big Data: Instructor was much too in depth for the average MBA student. Most of us will never utilize the information that was being taught and tested. /

operations management

The critical think class by Prof. Peppers. I think it should be an elective not a requirement. As an accountant you don't want to think outside of the box too much because that usually means you are into illegal things. As an accountant taking this class at a 3000 level when you have been focusing most of you effort in accounting type work is frustrating and I don't think it really helps you stretch your brain. It creates frustration and stress that is unnecessary.

Supply chain management, and Marketing 6613 are two examples of classes I have not liked. The reason is simple. I really do not like online classes. The supply chain class was way to difficult. It covered too many topics for me to be successful in the class. The marketing class is taught through Mcgraw Hill. My teacher occasionally sends emails, but really has outsourced the teaching to Mcgraw-Hill. I am sure this is a simpler approach to teaching, but it is not teaching. When did the text book become the expert on the subject instead of the teacher? Why am I expected to learn everything from the book and simply review the topic with the teacher in class? This teaching style does not work for me. I come to class to learn from somebody who truly understands the subject and can explain it in a simple, understandable way. Text books are horrible teachers.

Econ 2201 -- Professor Benson may be a good professor in class (don't know- never had him in person), but it is horrible to take an online class. Assignments are rarely posted on time, tests are way later in the semester than they should be, etc. He is a really nice person, though, so there's that.

I took a class online in the summer HRD 5510. The professor was nice but the class felt like a glorified english class. The teacher was very particular about APA style paper writing. It didn't seem like he cared at all about content. I didn't learn a lot.

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ACCT 6625 with Michele Obrien-Rose. This class was a literal waste of time. The material she taught in that class was covered early on in a college career. It should not be covered in a master's level course.

Business law -pointless

Accounting 2201, the teachers I feel have not been that good with answering questions. Bezik is horrible with answering questions. He will spend 15 minutes trying to answer your question with never really answering your question.

Operations Management

The English 3307 that is required. The class was a waste of time. I don't feel like I learned anything and you could tell that my teacher hated his job and didn't know what he was doing

Accounting 2201, the teacher that I had was terrible and I didn't learn anything. Also Management 3345. I feel that this class is irrelevant to anything in business and I didn't learn anything.

CIS 3301, ACCT 4403, both are computer classes that had a lack of focus due to the professor , not necessarily the course itself. But I felt in these classes for the most part I didn't get the amount of knowledge and application I was expectingand hoping for.

The 1st half of accounting was horrible. Working with the McGraw-Hill site is a pain.

MGT 2216. The subject matter is dry enough that tackling the work never seems like much fun. As such doing the homework for this class is an absolute drag.

Marketing - not something that sparked my interest

I absolutely hate doctor Picard, he once told me that I am not meant for business because I was having an issue in accounting because I took on too much on with a full time job, a wife full time in school and a newborn baby. I think he is ripping students who take his online course off since he doesn't do a single thing other than let McGraw Hill teach. I don't understand why I not only pay tuition but an extra fee for a teacher who isn't doing anything. I bet he laughs all the way to the bank. / / Another terrible experience I've had is when Tom Ottaway taught CIS 3301. He didn't teach us anything and gave everyone A's if they did the two assignments he posted. It would have been nice to actually learn the material or at least get a refund of the useless class that didn't teach anything because he was "too busy". We are all busy but in he shouldn't have been paid for a service that was never rendered.

Acct 201.

INFO 3301, I feel that it can be a small part of a class that offers more. / MGT 2216, 2217, we went over a lot in 2216 and a little in 2217. A balance in the material needs to be struck between the 2.

The class CIS 3301 Info Systems Problem Solving was a redundant course for me, I would have liked to have tested out of it, or taken another equivalent course.

Statistics because I don't seem to see how it will be used especially with all the kinds of formulas or steps one has to learn. That's what makes the class feel like there is no actual use for it.

Management control levers and corporate social responsibility or something like that. Didn't like the teacher and didn't care for the subject matter.

Microeconomics. It was hard to understand. Macro was easier.

Ones that start early in the morning, or ones that I had to take because the classes I really wanted aren't offered anymore. For example, in the MBA program there is a list of electives that you can take for the traditional MBA, but half of them are no longer offered. It's annoying. Now I have to take other classes that I have no interest in and that don't apply to what I want to do just to fill credits. At least post electives that are still offered rather than having outdated information.

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Just like is not necessarily what my intent is but I had an extremely difficult time in Sue Schou stat class. I found her teaching style to be much looser which was desirable however the ability to ask her questions and seek council was extremely difficult. The hardest point was when I try to apply the concepts that I learned in her class to my actual business. When I asked for guidance and understanding she said that she could not help me and did not offer alternative people or organizations where I can ask for help. I think what I would really like more is if we have more projects where students actually created businesses for a class and actually participated with other businesses as real consultants. I have one semester left and maybe all of those things will come into play do my final semester however I think it should have come much much sooner.

3308: I struggled to grasp the information taught, but I did like the idea of developing a personal web-page /

Mgt 3345. Completely a waste of time.

English 3308. I felt like it was a fairly basic english course with material that should have been covered in the 1101 and 1102 courses.

ENGL 3308. I usually enjoy English and writing but this class was very monotonous. The teacher was distracting and didn't explain assignments very well. Her slur of speech was unprofessional.

Financial accounting

engl 308 and comm 201 are very similar, almost reduntant

6623/6637/6621. Unclear expectations, grading too subjective, and study materials okay.

The Statistic classes.

MGT 3329 Op and Productions Management was very poorly administered online during the summer. It appeared that the professor put the class on loop-and-repeat and went on vacation for the first 2-3 weeks, which results to half of the coursework!

I really don't like economics. Also I think it is extremely unproductive that you have to take Math 1143 as a prerequisite to accounting.

ACCt 2201. It was only because of the professor. Any question asked was answered in a "are you stupid?" way, even though we were all new to the course work. I hear he is not teaching here anymore and the new accounting professors that have been hired are doing an amazing job.

I did not like ECON 2202 because I felt like I understood the concepts of the class but never did well on any of the tests because of the way the questions were asked. I reached out to the instructor several times and never received any help from her.

It was a course that replaced the IT in Business course: MGT 5534 GR Productivity and Quality. / I felt that the material was delivered in a manner that did not tie it to real world applications at all.

MGT 3329 online MGT 2215 and 2217 online. the slides are poor and hard for figure out. instructors were not very clear in presenting the material.

Finance and math 1143. I had a bad professor my first attempt and was unable to withdraw. I am still struggling this semester along with many others even with a great professor. I think finance 3315 requirements need to be lightened. Math 1143 does not even apply to accounting majors....and is the most commonly failed class last time I checked.

CIS 3301 - Too hard

ACCT 2201 and ACCT 2202~they felt more like busy work

Organizational behavior / Useless

statistics。bored

I disliked all the accounting classes.

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BA 2210 / / It is an easy class, but it is useless. There is nothing helpful in this class. We have resume reviews in other classes, I don't think we should have to make a linkedin profile just for a class (It's awkward to make a profile when I'm not looking for a job), I already meet with advisors, and it just adds a lot to an already packed schedule. It doesn't teach us anything, it just adds more work.

Individual and Organizational Behaviors/ Accounting

Finance 3317

The Cost Accounting Course that I am currently In. It is being thought by Don Herbert. It is his first semester I understand but the course is very easy and from what I understand was supposed to be deeper understanding than Accounting 2202. It's not. He teaches from the powerpoints and it's a very easy class to pass. Too easy. He's a terrible teacher and I am very disappointed by not getting out what I was expecting I was going to get out of it. I can read the powerpoints teach me what I don't know from the powerpoints and book. Run problems. Also by going over participation points for more than 30 minutes a class period and covering very little of the material wastes students time and money. Especially when it has very little to do with the actual material that is on the exams.

The courses that I have disliked usually involve a brand new teacher. Especially ones who have not had the time to prepare.

I did not like MBA 6622 from Professor Byers. My issue is with how the course was structured rather than Professor Byers' teaching. I do not do well with tests and it was difficult for me to do well in a course which is solely graded on exams. I felt like I would have learned more and had a more enjoyable experience if there were projects or other assignments throughout the semester. In contrast to this course, MBA 6620 from Professor Brown is in my opinion structured much better. Exams are weighed enough that students need to dedicate time and effort to do well but are not weighed too heavy so that if a student performs poorly they can still do well in the class if they receive high grades on the other assignments.

Professor was no help. Fin 3315

I took an Introduction to Advertising course my freshman year and I did not enjoy it simply because I felt like the class jumped around a lot and didn't really have any solid information to go with. It may have just been that I didn't quite get the teaching method of the professor but I just didn't enjoy that class.

I dislike the business statistics classes but I understand it is something that I need to know. I felt the course was very hard to understand and the tests were very hard.

MGT 2216

Business Stats, the professor isn't the best at teaching the material. Well, isn't very clear...

I dislike Business Statistics because I feel that the teacher does not teach the class in a way that allows the students to succeed. I feel that just because my professor is an expert in this field it does not qualify them to be able to teach the subject to those who do not know it.

Acct 3331 principles of taxation. I so not feel like I have learned anything. You should know there is a problem when half the class misses every question and the highest grade is a low B. / Also, statistics but only because I despise the subject.

Business Statistics, Accounting 2201-2202, Finance.

Acct

Statistics. Not at all because of Sue but because I have a hard time seeing the value in learning how to compute statistics. I would like to learn how to apply them in a business setting.

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It was a management class, I do not remember the correct name. It just felt like it was a psychology class where we had to talk about all our feelings.

MGT 2216, MKTG 2225, and FIN 3315. I like stats but business stats is a totally different thing. That and I felt that there was WAY too much information for one semester to learn. I know college is about learning, studying, and doing the work. But it was too much. Especially when you have a job and other classes that need attention. I can't put all of my focus into one class. MKTG 2225 I felt was unnecessary as well. Great professor but his tests weren't that good. His teaching is more pictures but his tests were all written. FIN 3315 I didn't like because I'm an accountant major and the way they do things is totally different than what they do in accounting. It just didn't seem relevant to me.

MGT 3312 I took this class during the summer and it was a lot of discussions papers and exams so i spent many many hours studying for it .

Economics!!!!!!!!! One should be enough but two?????

I absolutely hated Finance 3317. The teacher makes he subject seem rather horrible. She was unwilling to talk with students individually or explain concepts. Every student learns different and should be taught individually. Because of her I now associate finance with socialism and stupidity, even though the subject itself has nothing to do with those things. I can't help but connect the two. If it is my choice I will never again do anything with finance.

CIS 3310: I felt like it was all over the place and didn't understand what I was trying to learn. I felt like there wasn't a lesson plan. I also understand that this depending on who the professor was at the time.

ACCT 4403/5503 is a class that could be really useful to those taking it, however the class was of poor design. The final project was designed to have us create a database, without ever going into a database program to learn about how to create one, Accounting Information Systems, should have had a small section of looking at the different databases that might be used out future workplaces. Instead we were given a lecture from PowerPoint slides taken from our textbook.

MBA 6621 and 6626. While the class material is interesting the structure of the class could be better.

MGT 2216 - I feel as if my instructor could have been more helpful

Mgt 4460 and CIS 1170. both courses were poorly taught and no practical application was taught.

Accounting 1. The professor knew what he was talking about, but he could not articulate it correctly to the class.

Marketing 2225 because I and other students found the teacher not helpful. And could not make the time to meet with us.

Undergrad course for supply chain - I think it was online by

Statistics. Lots of information but little real world application.

CIS 3301 and ACCT 4403- both classes had instructor changes a week before the semester began. No real focus in either class. Don't feel like I learned much.

Acct 2201 was not my best experience at the college of Business and was unfortunately one of the first classes I took at ISU but I have since changed my mind on the college and didn't let one class make up my entire opinion. I felt this class was essential for a business degree but perhaps a revamp on the course would make the class more interactive. I had trouble catching on to this class and had trouble connecting with the professor. Luckily, I was able turn it around and figure out accounting in managerial.

Business Stats, Because i didn't understand the course and Business Law because of my professor.

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Graduate Students: Count of Courses Disliked

6613 1

6620 1

6621 2

6622 2

6623 1

6625 1

6626 1

6637 1

accounting 2

ACCT 2201 1

ACCT 5503 1

business analytics 3

business law 1

Business statistics 1

Critical thinking class from Peppers 1

econ 2201 1

finance 1

financial accounting 1

HRD 5510 1

Information Technology/Big Data 1

Management control levers and corporate social responsibility?

1

Marketing 2

MBA accounting 1

MGT 3329 1

MGT 5534 1

MKTG 3325 1

Operations Management 2

Organizational Behavior 2

Supply Chain Management 1

Undergraduate Students: Count of Courses Disliked

Accounting 4

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ACCT 2201 8

ACCT 2202 2

ACCT 3311 1

ACCT 4403 2

BA 2210 1

Business Law 1

Business Statistics 10

CIS 1170 1

CIS 3301 5

CIS 3308 1

CIS 3310 1

ECON 2202 2

Economics 1

ENGL 3307 1

ENGL 3308 3

FIN 3315 2

Finance 2

FIN 3317 2

INFO 3301 1

Introduction to Advertising 1

Management 1

Marketing 1

MATH 1143 1

MGT 2215 online 1

MGT 2216 5

MGT 2217 1

MGT 2217 online 1

MGT 3312 1

MGT 3329 online 1

MGT 3329 online 1

MGT 3345 1

MGT 4460 1

MKTG 2225 2

Organizational Behavior 1

online accounting class 1

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Appendix E: Courses Liked, Open-Ended

All of the ones that have helped get me ready for the CPA exam.

I have liked most of them, in particular most of my business minor courses

Marketing. / I was not a fan of marketing before I took the MBA marketing class.

Change Management (Jolly's class): Great conversations in class and good cases to illustrate the challenges leaders face. / Strategy (Murphy's class): Similar to above, very useful conversations and topics / Finance (Byers): The material is difficult, but Byers makes class fun and the tools and valuable.

Organizational behavior was great. I'm also enjoying MBA 6626 quite a bit. I enjoy reading about many different cases and perspectives.

I have only taken one MBA course thus far, so I don't feel that I have enough experience to provide a response.

Graduate Program because that is who I interact with.

I have liked them all.

MBA 6622. It was in this course that I believe that I learned extremely relevant information that can be applied to real world situations.

MKTG 4421 Services Marketing (John Ney was one of my favorite professors) / MBA 6621 Managerial Decision Making (the topics were very thought provoking) / MGMT 3312 (Alex Bolinger had so many amazing hands on activities that helped in the application of the business theories he was teaching)

I like taking classes online and those have been the ones that I have enjoyed the most. To narrow it down to a single course I would select Managerial Accounting (although I am not an accounting major). This class was offered online, covered interesting materials, and allowed students to work at their own pace.

Negotiation - excellent instructor /

The professors and also how I don't have to jump through hoops to get something done. I usually have to just go to 1 or 2 people at the most to get help with anything.

CIS classes since that's my concentration and Marketing classes

I've enjoyed my finance classes.

I enjoyed both finance courses as well as several of Murphy's management classes. They were content rich classes which covered topics applicable to everyone.

Finance, less busy work...

any of Alex Bolingers' classes he makes the environment fun. Tax and Advanced Tax with Dawn Konicek has real work experience, and she cares about her students.

ACCT 201, Fin 315 , MGT 217, MBA 620 / / The basics are the essential parts and once mastering the fundamentals, there is a higher chance to do well in upper division classes and other disciplines.

I liked all of my accounting and finance courses, as well as all of my management courses. I liked them because I found the information interesting, and the professors well informed and engaged in the classroom.

Mainly the management courses because they align more heavily with my interests.

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I really am enjoy ACCT 3331 - Principles of Taxation. I actually like all my course and the professors, they are amazing.

Negotiations. Any course by Bolinger or John Ney really

I liked MBA 6610. The subject matter is very interesting, but I think that I really liked this course because of Joann. She is an excellent teacher. She is very organized and helps students understand the topics covered. The textbook is very well written and interesting. Overall it was a great class.

Issues in Business-I enjoyed the material and the application / Supply Chain and Negotiations- Material /

I enjoyed Healthcare Finance and Quantitative Information for Business Decisions.

6622 - Byers - Great Informaiton and good instructor. / 6637 - Ottoway - Great information

Finance: Practical Application that pertains to my career. /

Org Behavior / / small business and entrepreneurship / / issues in business /

FIN 5552 - Ken is awesome and the material was fun

Marketing is fun and much more involved than I realized.

Accounting. That is what I want to become.

I am not sure I can name a specific course that I really loved. I can, however, point out things that I really like in the courses I have taken. I like the teachers I have had that teach on a high level. The details are important, but I believe that most of those details will be learned on the job. At least the important details will be learned on the job. The classes that help me to understand the big picture of business, as well as the skills necessary to succeed in the business world, are the classes I really enjoy.

Services Marketing from John Ney - It was a ton of fun and really hands on. We learned a lot. and Consumer Behavior from Sandra Speck - it was really interesting, and she is an engaging professor.

I have enjoyed most of the management classes. Discussing management strategy and change has been enjoyable.

This is my first semester, and so far MBA 6610 is my favorite. Professor J Tokle is very organized and extremely helpful.

Still in my first semester, but I like my classes so far.

MBA 6626 with Greg Murphy. He gets straight to the point. / MBA 6622 with Steve Byers. He doesn't waste your time.

Managerial Decision Making because we discussed real world situations and really learned how to manage change in the future / / Business Policy and Strategy because the topics covered were very interesting and Professor Murphy asked a lot of good thoughtful questions.

Web Development-really useful / Advanced business stats-same reason

I haven't had a lot of courses yet but I have really enjoyed the Intro to business course. It had all the different majors come in and talk to us and tell us more about the different options we have. It was a great eye opener and it is the class the class that made me change my major.

none in particular

Creative Problem Solving (Peppers Class) / Small business and entrepreneurship / Bolinger - org/ behavior

Acct 2201 ONLY because of Michele o'Brian rose. She was amazing! I had taken it previously with an awful teacher and she really helped me through the course

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Dr. Cathy Peppers' critical thinking course helped me acquire a more well rounded skillset to complement my education in accounting. It was also a very enjoyable course.

I really enjoyed Marketing 2225. It was very enjoyable and the teacher was great. I learned a lot of information, and the class was actually applied to real life situations.

Accounting

Accounting. The professor that I have is great.

Accounting and capstone managent classes. I like my accounting classes because its my major and I love it! But I do like the capstone management courses because they are more involved and application of concepts. They do not seem as standardized and require thinking to occur, not just the regurgitation of information for an exam.

Marketing with Dr. Zach Johnson. Great instructor in a real classroom. Sadly, he left ISU.

I've enjoyed both my accounting courses so far (2201 with Bezik and 2202 with Herbert) and I am also enjoying 1110 with Murphy.

MGT 3312-I liked it because of the books I got to read in the class and also it seemed very realistic and less theory.

Statistics - great instructor / Accounting classes

I liked my stats classes taught by Sue Schou, I feel like you can't pay her a high enough salary to pay for how much she does to try and help the students.

World of business- this was a fantastic course that gave me a better understanding of all aspects of business.

I haven't had many that stand out above others.

Accounting 2201 and 2202, Because of my professors, Pete Frishmann, and Michelle Rose.

MGT 2217 because Dr. Joanne Toke was teaching it. Very calm, understandng and helpful personality.

None because some don't feel like they will be useful for the future or even for certain majors.

I am thoroughly enjoying the upper level accounting classes.

So far, as a transfer student, I have only taken two classes in the college of business- Intro to Business and Organizational Behavior. I could not say in all honesty that either of the two is a class I have liked "the most." However, if Macroeconomics can be counted as being part of the COB, then I would say that is my favorite class so far. I have it with Professor Hamidah, and I enjoy his method of teaching and the quizzing and testing process he uses.

Tax, Audit, Advanced accounting. Good CPA prep and good teachers.

Marketing 2225

The ones taught by Greg Murphy, James Jolly, Kenneth Khang, and Cathy Peppers. The professors really have an impact on learning and successful classes, and these guys are outstanding. They've enhanced my learning and made class fun; they make me want to stay at ISU.

I love the professors in the COB! I appreciate all of their efforts to help students succeed. However I do feel the entrance to the COB should be handled differently. I think students should have the opportunity to meet with a business advisor first. It would help students get a better idea of how the program(s) work, instead of completing the pre-reqs and getting assigned an advisor after admittance.

I like intro to Marketing with John Ney. It help me realize for marketing was and highlighted the amount of fun I could have while doing my career. I also enjoyed greatly Terry Peterson's stats

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class. It was difficult however I felt that the concepts I was worried it would help me. I have found that it is very hard to continue and maintain the skills that I learned in her class due to the fact that most other teachers do not use Minitab or have projects were many tab is available. If I could offer any suggestion it would be that the stats class though they are hard be applied in other classes with specific projects that are applicable to students. I understand this is a difficult task however it wouldn't help me greatly.

I like the opportunities for the online courses. I haven't had direct experience with them yet as I have been working on my generals. Spring 2015 will be my first opportunity to actually take College of Business courses.

MGT 2217, BA1110, Econ 2201 and Econ 2202, Cis 3301

Intermediate accounting. I'm a nerd.

Organizational Behavior. Dr. Bolinger made the class interesting and made sure all students were involved in the class.

Business Statistics. MGT 2216. This course to be so fascinating because I found that I enjoy collecting stats about real life situations and making decisions. Statistics is so interesting to me. I enjoyed this specific class because I thought my professor (Teri Peterson) did a great job. She is passionate about the subject, and explains the concepts really well). / / MKTG 2225. Basic Marketing. This class was also enjoyable. I especially enjoyed our final projects where we created a product with a group. What a fun way to experience real life application of the importance of marketing. My professor (Brigham Griffin) was an excellent teacher because he had real life experience as a marketer so he brought the class to life. / / Business and Professional Speaking - this class might be part of the speech department rather than COB but either way it is also required for business students. I enjoyed learning about new ways to express myself through speech and challenging myself with difficult topics. I also enjoy my professor Susan Sowell.

Economics

CIS 301 - Very practical and useful in work practice.

6620 and 6622. Clear expectations, good materials to study, and great professors.

The accounting classes.

Be 1110 Intro to business, I really like the teacher he has a good way to make the course more understanding

Legal Environment with Judge Smith was great because I was taught from a federal judge! I knew that the information and teaching I was receiving was correct. / / Creative analysis is very wise for business students to get away from the logic and to-do of other coursework. / /

legal environment in Business, The teacher Dave Bagley is extremely entertaining and he can explain concepts on a student level. Plus he teaches straight from the book so it makes it easier to learn as long as you buy the book.

MGT 3312. Dr. Bolinger is the professor and he knows what he's doing. Class is intriguing and even though it's not required, I am always in the mood to go. Every aspect of the course is taught well and he has many different ways of teaching that involve the whole class to participate.

I have enjoyed accounting, which is why I am majoring in it. I like how they offer the eight week fast track for ACCT 2201 and ACCT 2202.

Any of Professor Byer's courses. I find his delivery style to be particularly helpful, and entertaining.

Accounting courses and MGT 4460

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My accounting courses. I enjoy accounting and it is my major. My favorite professor is Dawn Konicek, who I also chose as my COB advisor.

Accounting 2201 & 2202 (O'Brien Rose) / Operation Management (Krumwiede) /

Marketing, Finance

MGT 3345 ~ because it made me think in a different way than I normally do.

Accounting / Useful

Accounting 2201

MKTG2225 and MGT3312 really learned some things from those courses

Dr. Speck Consumer Behavior, Judge Norman Randy Smith Business Law. Excellent professors and learned the most out of any college courses.

I really enjoyed MKTG 2225. The teacher was wonderful! Stats 2217 was also interesting.

Finance 3315 because Dr. Byers is hands down the best professor I have had at ISU to date.

MKTG 2225 It is a very involved and interesting class. I enjoy both the material being taught and the instructor teaching the material.

I haven't taken many as a sophomore, but the professional development and business statistics classes have taught me more than any class I've ever had.

Human Behavior in Organizations as it provided me with a better understanding and skills than I feel that I am currently getting in my pharmacy class that is suppose to have equal material. I am currently in applied economics and feel that Dr. Tokle makes it very understandable and it helps that she is very responsive to any questions.

Auditing with Professor Picard. He is able to show us how the principles in that class are used in actual auditing situations.

MKTG 2225 / BA 1110

The teachers because they are approachable and want to see me succeed

I have loved the BA 1110 class World of Business because it was a fun course and I have made friends in that class that has extended past the course.

Marketing 325 (Dr. Speck), Management 345 (Dr. Peppers), Intermediate Accntg II (Dr. Bezik).

I liked more than one course in the collage of business / 1. Accounting: / the way the instructor teaches the course and how helpful was he. He use to give us homework each class and handouts that we had to do in class. Also a quiz after each class. This way let us understand everything in the course. / / 2. Business Admin 1110, and marketing 2225: / The instructor is so helpful. His exams and quizzes are not hard, maybe a little bit challenging. He does his best to help you get higher grades.

Econ 1101 / Econ 2201 / Acct 2201 / The world of business / I loved my accounting class! Maybe because that is my major but I just loved it and it made me even more excited for the next accounting classes. I also loved the world of business class! I really enjoyed the business plan competition.

Most CIS or INFO classes. Any with an experienced teacher.

Marketing, Managing Change, Quantitative

The course that I have like the most, although it has been challenging, is MBA 6632 from Professor McCardle. I knew very little of marketing before taking this course. I am almost finished with it now and I would probably say that I learned more from this course than any other. My learning came

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from a lot of failure and hard work but I believe that the course was structured in a way to allow learning from failure without it hurting your grade too much.

Acct 3323

I haven't taken many courses in Business because I am only a Sophomore, however the Personal Finance class I am currently enrolled in and also the Digital Information Literacy class I took last year are my favorites. The Personal Finance class has opened my eyes to all of my spending and saving habits that I have been missing. Ann Hackert is my professor and she is an outstanding instructor. Also the Digital Information Literacy class helped my understanding on how to protect myself and my computer from losing personal information.

Applied economics. Dr. Tokle does a great job of explaining the concepts and helping students prepare

Marketing Management due to the broad number of topics we have covered.

I have actually enjoyed finance 3315 because I have learned many new things and my instructor is very well versed in his study and makes class fun and a great learning environment.

MGT 3325, MGT 3329 / Lot's of interaction as well amazing professors

Behavioral Mangment

Most classes have come in pretty equal for me. There are a few professors who have made them more enjoyable, like Professor McCardle and Judge Smith.

Acct 2201-Professor Dongkuk is a very helpful teacher.

There is not one class that I have enjoyed above any of the others. I am still taking the entry core requirements so they are still pretty general.

I have enjoyed most of my classes. My accounting professors have been amazing, when they aren't busy with other things.

mktg 2225, has been enjoyable so far and i like the group project aspect.

Marketing Management with McCardle because he talks about real world situations and explains it to you in a way that's interesting and understandable

MBA 6628-Neil Tocher is an excellent teacher and the curriculum applied to an actual business setting which was very exciting.

I am still just in the beginning classes, so I don't have much to reference from.

Marketing, Organizational behavior, critical analysis, informatics and analytic's.

Ind and org behavior. I liked the professor.

I have just begun my courses, so I don't know about future courses yet.

Finance, Accounting, and Supply chain Management/Negotiations

I really enjoyed my organizational behaviors class with Bolinger. I have also enjoyed my business communication with Prof. Cole (content and professor)

I have enjoyed the finance and change management courses because they apply a lot to my field of work and I find them interesting.

I have really liked my upper division management classes. They aren't as focused on tests and grades. They really want us to learn the material and apply it to our lives.

Service Marketing, Consumer Behavior

I have liked ACCT 2202. ACCT 2202 was super logical, easy, and fun! I had a great professor which was Michel O'brien-Rose. She was extremely helpful and made accounting simple compared to other professors.

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I have enjoyed all of the accounting courses I have taken.

Business Statistic 2216 ,finance 3315 and accounting 2201

I enjoyed my Business Professional Communication course. I found it very applicable to endeavors outside of school.

Anything with Dr. McCardle. He makes the lectures interesting and really wants his students to succeed.

World of Business because it covers most of matters in short span and boost my confidence in business world.

I have enjoyed intro to business and marketing management. I think the intro class was really fun and had a great project. The teacher made both classes very interesting.

I have enjoyed a variety of courses, such as Business Statistics, Advanced Business Statistics, Operations and Production Management, Project Management, and International Business. I loved these courses because they were taught by amazing teachers. A teacher is the ultimate reason students love or hate any class. One bad teacher can make a student hate a course for life, but a good teacher can help them learn to love it.

MGT 3345: After taking this course, I became more creative overall on how I see and solve problems. It changed my way of thinking and looking at things which, so far, has helped me with other classes.

I have really liked Marketing 6623, Mike is a great teacher that keeps the class excited to learn. His lessons are all current and practical and though the case studies are difficult, they make me think about real problems and how I would handle them.

MBA 6620. Interesting class but not overbearing.

Accounting 2201 , while it is very challenging , I have enjoyed learning the topic.

Real estate finance, very applicable

Mgt 3345. So useful and was taught exremely well. Most college majors could benefit from this class.

Mkt 2225 / CIS 1120 / / Great teachers

I've enjoyed my marketing management class.

Accounting 2201 because my professor helped me a lot

Consumer Behavior - Dr. Speck did a great job of teacher us and made class enjoyable to attend. / Marketing Research - Dr. Northington is very knowledgeable in the field and a great professor. He does alot of hands on work that would apply to the real world. / Services Marketing - Dr. Ney is extremely enjoyable to have as a professor and it was awesome how we got pizza just to show how domino's' online service worked.

MBA 6623 - Pharmasim / MBA 6622 - Teacher was awesome and challenging

My major degree courses.

Organizational Behavior is the most important class I took. It is the glue that ties everything together. Working in teams and dealing with conflict are the most challenging aspects of any large organization. It is not just about being a manager. It is about being a leader and bringing everyone else in the organization to higher levels. Making it a win win for everyone will ensure success. I also like the Marketing class. It was well structured and allowed time for understanding the concepts and applying them correctly.

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Accounting. I like the interactive component used in the accounting course. It is through the book publisher and enhances the online learning environment. It may have an additional expense, but it is worth it to me. I wish my other course had something like that utilized.

I have liked MBA 6621 and MBA 6626 the most because I believe the professors are very knowledgeable, and I enjoy the class material.

Accounting- I like the subject. Finance 315- Dr. Brookman is awesome

MGT 3329 provided an outlook on business I had never considered. Operations are a crucial fundamental of business and I felt Krumweide was just the man to teach it. Great class structure and fun teacher. /

Tax Accounting & Governmental Accounting... they were so practical and easy to understand.

Mktg 2225, because this is my major and Mr. McCardle is a great professor.

Web development

Services marketing with John Ney was a really good class! 3 hours class.. but John made it interesting and interactive ! Each hour, it was something different. / Operations and supply chain management with Dennis Krumweide was really good also, this class treat many subjects and Dennis likes give personnel advice. Also he gave us the opportunity to use Dreamspark. / Consumer Behavior with Sandra Speck was a good class. A lot of questions-responses, and it was a dynamic class by presentation and marketing examples!

None stand out to me.

maraketing

MGT2217

Appendix F: New Courses, Open-Ended

Graduate level Accounting Information Systems class

More hands on, I dont really like lectures

I am pleased with the offerings, but it is difficult to discover when all courses are offered. For example, many of the elective I am interested are only offered in fall, but i have core classes i need to take during that time.

Fraud accounting

Some international business classes would be great!

More and better elective courses for graduate students that are offered online.

I'm all for always expanding the offering. I just started so I'm not that familiar with all the classes.

maybe more management or entrepreneurial classes not sure though

more integrated classes like statistics and data analysis with finance or accounting.

Company valuation, a full negotiations course, graphic design, applied analytics, possibly a market research course and an entrepreneurship cohort track

I would like to see more hybrid classes that can be applied to multiple areas or fields.

A class on detecting fraud or forensic accounting.

The course catalog has Web Development classes listed but the department no longer offers those classes. An expanded 6637 would be great as well for more in depth big data analysis.

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Supply Chain Management courses.

more creative classes

More in-depth marketing research / marketing classes focused on the non-corporate world (maybe for non-profits, service organizations)

courses focused on Data Analytics

International business classes

Big data analysis / mobile app developement / networking lab

something with a grater pupose - or a class that allows students to express their real interests

I would like to see some earlier entry level classes designed to give students a feel for the different types of fields. Designed to give students information about what you can do with each degree, I personally didn't really have anything like this and it made deciding my major difficult.

Priciples of Tax broken into two semesters so information can be covered better. If possible a managerial accounting emphasis that has more focus on industry than CPA. a CMA focus would be nice.

Love to see more on international accounting.

I would like to see classes that are not outdated and are not geared towards going into the medical profession. Believe it or not I want nothing to do with the medical field, just because there is money to be made in mining or drilling for oil that doesn't mean everyone wants to do that for a living. Instead teach me useful classes that are actually going to help me be more marketable for me in the future. Let me decide what I want for electives and keep the core classes general and broad.

Much more specific topics. Even the 4000 level classes still, generaly speaking, glance over broad topics in a diseplin.

33 or 44 level elective classes. Currently there are not enough classes for me to take that interest my major for graduation. I am limited to 1 option, which is Healthcare Related.

Classses that focus on bringing students together through fun group activites and project. Classes that teach students how to develop thier overall personality, and how to form bond and friendship with others.

Forensic Accounting.

Masters of taxation

More international classes that offer global perspective on business. Also stuff that focuses more on diversity in business, and diversity among employees and people.

Business starting class. The class or you would literally start a business for that semester/year. / / Graphic design classes. As I have question people about getting an MBA or not. Consistently people have said and asked about my skills and graphic design. I know if I wanted to be a graphic designer I should go into that however I think it is very important that as a marketer I should have design skills. It is a blender to me that we do not have any of the sort for the marketing majors.

-Understanding how to use BIG Data / -A business creation course as previously mentioned / -I am terrible with technology, but I know mobile technology, app and website design are important into todays business world. /

I hear that 4417 was kind of an introduction to 4478. That would be nice to have back because 4478 is my very first introduction with investments so it is full of difficult to understand topics. So a more basic introductory level to 4478 investments would be nice. / Also, not new but I think that personal finance should be required (for ALL students-as a general) because it has such useful information.

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Leadership experience approved by COB for credit.

Its not that we need new ones, I wish we could have some of the same ones offered in the spring as in fall. Also I believe they really need to look at the classes and see if the prerequisites have a high enough correlation to be considered a prerequisite.

Courses focused on regional and local business development and growth.

Additional accounting electives, and more course on excel, access, and other data based courses.

Electronic communication class.

A class about knowledge regarding competition in the corporate world

IT related classes

Finance engineering

Class that could increase our knowledge in business

practical

More general business classes

I would just like classes to be available at the Idaho Falls campus as advertised.

I would love to see an international marketing class offered.

Maybe something tailored for getting people into certification programs in accounting, finance, etc. There's probably already something like that though, but maybe a study hour where students can go and talk to a professor who can help study

More online and/or night classes. I work 40 hours a week at a 8 to 5 job but i have to take time out of my work schedule to attend my 4400 level Accounting courses as there are only one each of those classes in a semester. Boise State usually has two classes for the same course each semester with one during the day and the other either at night or online to accommodate people who have full time jobs.

Supply chain management concentration. / I know that topic is covered in other classes but having classes focused mainly only supply chain management which leads students be experts in that area would be nice.

More Elective classes for CIS/ Informatics students.

Project mangment major

I have not looked at all classes offered

More entrepreneurial focused courses as well as learning more on how a small business operates

I would like to see a wide variety of classes, maybe more international business classes

Business in Sport

I would like to see more course for Human Resources.

A basic class that teaches excel so that professors aren't trying to teach basic excel functions on top of everything else they are teaching.

More hands on stuff working with businesses. Not just as an intern an actual class where we receive credits for working with these businesses. I feel like we will learn more out in the real world than just reading about it. I think with a good balance of real world situations and class room settings would be very beneficial for all of us students.

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Less classes geared towards math. More class that involve sales techniques, understanding behaviors, and managing people.

With all of the M & A work that is a part of the business environment, it would be good for the Finance and/or Accounting department to offer a course in Business Valuation.

More about communication. Interpersonal communication, negotiation communication, corporate communication. I think a huge part of business these days is information and communication based. Therefore, more information analysis classes. How to take information and turn it into a tool.

Classes more focused toward specific programming languages or specific programs

Less of business classes required and more of CIS required.

I don't know, but it is always good to tech new things.

Business website designing class (I took the website design class in the COMM department, but it was too artsy and concentrated more on photography blogs and personal websites.) / / A class that concentrates on only PHP. (Can't learn more in depth when you have to learn two or more languages in one class) /

MBA classes in the summer

More specific human resource management courses.

Unsure. But the course options are lacking. especially for CIS/INFO

I don't have any specific examples, but adding more classes to the college would provide students with more vast options for education.

I would like to see more Process Control classes (SPC). Lean Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing specific classes as well.

I would like to see more international course offerings, and possibly an International Business MBA emphasis.

Accounting electives beyond the required courses. Personal finance for business majors. Split principles of taxation into 2 semesters

My interest in business comes from my passion for live events. Music concerts, party planning, festivals, etc. are all exciting to me and I would find it very interesting to have a course that focused on the business aspects of this type of work. Some insight on how to advertise for these as opposed to a simple product or service, tips on catering to such large crowds, and other things along this line would be great help for me and hopefully others who are interested in this type of business.

More specific Marketing categories

any

Preinternship and postinternship in related field of study.

Appendix G: Comments Regarding Online Courses, Open-Ended

I really dislike the offering of online courses at the graduate level

I've had a few classes online, some of which were helpful (mostly in Healthcare Administration). I took a finance class online that was very good. Recorded, short lectures that got right to the point. I took an operations class online with the professor from Georgia and the lectures dragged on and on. My recommendation: online courses are best when lectures are short and when written

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communication is incorporated as a learning tool (I enjoyed posting on forums in healthcare classes). What works in a face-to-face class may not be as effective in an online class.

They are convenient, and I think some subject matter are easier to take online versus others. I like the option to do online stuff, but again, some subjects are easier than others.

None

I like the flexibility that comes with taking a College of Business course online.

I do not believe it was the quality of ISU's online classes so much as my attitude towards online classes in general. My learning style is very compatible to the in-class environment where I can ask questions right then and there, there is the time structure which helps in remembering when assignments and exams are due, and I can interact with students which also helps deepen my understanding of subject concepts.

Some standardization would be nice to see. Currently, it is the wild west with online courses. As a student I just never know what the pacing will be like. Certain faculty have bi-weekly due dates for assignments while others are weekly, and when it comes to exams, the availability window (open period) swings drastically from course to course. If there was some kind of overarching framework that could guide and inform how instructors structure their classes, it would be helpful. Part of the allure of online courses is the ability to work in a more self-guided manner. I feel that component is lacking in certain courses.

/n/a

None in particular but maybe more online offerings especially from 'core II' classes might help

My online courses have varied significantly in quality.

I have been incredibly disappointed with both classes I have taken online. They have both had little to no instructor interaction and you pay an extra $100 dollar fee for the class and then end up using moodle which is free and having far less instructor interaction. What the heck does that $100 dollars get you. The instructors for both classes have not set out the course load in their syllabi so I have no idea when the next assignment is coming. In the graduate level online course I am taking this semester the instructor has failed to post lectures till 1 or two weeks after the in class class received them. I have no idea when the next assignment is coming or what it will be and am thus unable to plan with my work and courseloads from other classes. I understand that the instructor is fulfilling multiple roles but that is no excuse for this kind of instruction.

I do not feel that they are as effective as a classroom setting. /

I don't like online classes in general. But I want to have the choice to have them for classes are easy for me, in that case I can save a lot time.

I think that there are too many online classes in the college of business. There have been several occasions when an online class was the only available option, or the only option that didn't conflict with other classes.

I have taken two class online and struggled with it to start, but once I had an understanding on how the Professor taught and what was expected I started doing better in the class. If this was mote clear and how to navigate moodle was clearer from starting then I think that I would have done better at the start. This is the my first semester at ISU and Moodle was unclear from the start to me.

I have never taken any online courses and I am hesitant to take online courses. I believe there is value in the interaction that occurs in the classroom and I think you lose that in an online course.

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Offer more classes online and add the ability for students to post questions to the instructor. I'm sure that I'm not the only one with certain questions in the class that other students would benefit from as well.

Online courses are the preferred method of learning for me. I prefer to work at my own pace with broad deadlines and not waste time sitting in the class room. Class room discussion with other students is basically pointless, as many don't have real world experience. i would prefer to spend the class discussion time learning from the professor or delving deeper into the course material at hand.

online classes no matter what people say... are just not the best way to learn. / / Please do not start doing the majority of classes online

none

I would like to see more HCA classes offered online.

No

I feel like teachers use online classes to cram information in which could not be covered in a class room setting. I also do not like working in groups online. I feel like they are especially ineffective.

Some of the online classes are good. However, the reason we take online classes is so we can fit the work around our schedules. When a professor doesn't post required assignments, lectures, etc. , until the end of the week he/she said they would be posted in, it's sometime really hard to keep caught up with the material. Also, Connect for Accounting is terrible.

I wish the Core 2 classes were all offered online. The leadership and strategy classes would be difficult but I think it could be done.

I really like the recorded sessions so I can refer to them later.

Good so far

Online classes bottom line are just not the most effective way to learn

I don't believe that if it's an online class you shouldn't be able to meet with your professor. I had technical difficulties and fell 3 weeks behind in the beginning of the semester and then had to withdrawal from the class because the teacher refused to help me.

Online classes are difficult for me and I avoid them if possible. The CoB offers good quality online classes, and they are a great choice for students who do well without classroom instruction.

Teacher availability is somewhat limited, but that is to be expected with an online course.

I don't think there is any decrease in teaching quality as it is the same I formation just presented online. I think personally I learn better in the classroom than in an online environment. I do think that the professors in COB do a nice job with online courses and making sure to be available online for student assistance /

Prefer attending class and directly interfacing with people.

I have only taken professional development seminars online (2210 and 3310).

I like them because it offers the opportunity to take classes during the summer which is very, very helpful.

Online classes help with scheduling but are challenging because there are fewer opportunities to interact with the instructor and other students.

Like I said before, look at Sue's online classes and compare them to Dr. Picards' and go towards Sues'. Its not hard, teaching is not busy work and its not letting the book teach for you. Its helping student's learn useful information that will make them money. If it wont then don't teach it.

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I don't do online classes.

I prefer to attend class/lecture at a specific time. Online coursed tend to not give me enough face-time with my professor.

Can be difficult if you aren't keeping up with the work.

I understand that the COB wants to know students on a more personal level than is possible with strictly online classes, but online classes offer flexibility that is not available with onsite classes.

There needs to be more offered. I live in Idaho Falls and there are not enough classes offered at University Place. I would love to have more offered at University Place or online.

They're not effective. In class meetings are better. Wish that less MBA classes were offered online, or had two options; some are only online so I'm forced to take them there.

No

NA

Teachers need to answer within a day for online courses (a week is too long). You don't have a chance to ask them in a classroom and as a student you rely on that for clarification on expectations and material.

Professors need to be more consistent in their communications with online students. If the professors are not replying to emails quickly the students get lost more easily, and some feel as if the professors don't care about their class.

Online is hard because it takes more effort on the students part to learn the material. I chose them this semester only to work with my schedule but I much rather prefer classroom setting.

Better up front review of rooks and processes needed

No

I strongly dislike the online courses. Not only was I disengaged during the course, but I felt as though my professors were also disengaged as I often would not receive replies to my emails in a timely manner. / / I avoided online classes as often as possible, but I am very frustrated when the only two options for a required course are one onsite and one online. The onsite course is almost always offered at the popular COB times, 9:30 or 11, so another course takes precedence.

I think that the instructors of online classes should be required to post lectures over the materials covered in the notes. There is not enough information in just PowerPoint notes

I feel that the interactivity of the online courses is still very limited. Not sure if that is a function of the medium or design.

I think math based courses don't translate online very well.

Mr. Brookman was a horrible online instructor. Not only was he on sabbatical in another country, his weekly quizzes did not match the material covered for the week. He was unreachable by email, and when I finally got a response, he told me I needed a tutor. There are no finance tutors! He is a bad professor.

I don't feel like I am really taking a class. I feel like I am watching a video over youtube. I learn more if I am in physical class. Sometimes with online class, I skip certain parts of the video and miss something that I really should not.. Online classes are very easy to procrastinate.

They are greatly helpful to me because I am working full time and I have a family to manage so my time is limited. Please keep offering as many online options as possible. I know I"m not the only one in this situation.

No

no

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Online classes can be very successful if the professor is engaged. I have had to do as much as possible of my college through online classes and would like to see more offered for non traditional students such as myself.

If the COB cannot make all classes available in Idaho Falls, surely each class can at LEAST have an online section available. There are also distance learning classes that would be wonderful! / / Online class teachers do need to be more understanding about the amount of work they schedule. It's so easy for teachers to just pile homework on, not realizing how much time it takes because there is no time restriction like there is in a regular class.

Sometimes presentations or quizzes can be misleading and lead students to pick an incorrect answer come test day because the quiz told them differently

Just that there is a need for more classes online or in the evenings for students who work during the day.

The professors work well with the students and communicate well.

I didn't learn well from a online course so I don't believe my stance reflects other classes and other teachers. My teacher was terrible online teacher but I believe it had to do with more my learn style than anything else /

In general, I don't like to take online courses except if there is only online course available

I find class instruction is much better learning environment for the more technical classes. I have heard that some instructors do not respond to texts and are not very helpful with the online courses versus the in class instruction.

Lot's of content and you can learn at your own pace.

no

I wish more were offered over the summer time too. Like Micro Economics or even some of the others so that I could take more classes and get done quicker.

I think the teachers are too disconnected from the students

I took MGT2216 online from Sue and I loved it. I felt like I learned a lot. I also took FIN3315 online and it was way better than I expected it to be.

I think the classroom environment is an important part of the Graduate program experience. Learning how to interact with people on business related topics and projects is critical to the preparation for a role in business management.

This is a hard section because I took Schou's statistics class online and loved it but I am currently taking Brookman's finance and I think it is pretty bad.

If the courses are structured appropriately they are just as valuable as a classroom course. The one benefit of the classroom course is that its easier to generate discussion amongst students which is valuable for the learning experience.

Any class online is hard to participate in, but I think the best online class I toke was MGT 2216. It was well put together and easy to follow, plus the lectures were class length and easy to follow.

I get that you have to network and everything but I feel that the professional development classes are redundant. If they could change it up a bit, that would be great.

I feel online classes are very helpful for people who are working. It makes it much easier because of the flexibility an online class offers with people's schedules.

online classes are more difficult than regular classes

I feel, that a professor requiring online resources to each for them because they either don't know the material or simply being lazy, are stealing my tuition money.

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some have been taught very well and make great use of technology. The online courses I have been most disappointed with were because the instructor wasn't comfortable with the technology.

I prefer in class courses but online classes are great for summer courses or for students who have jobs.

For major classes I think that learning in the classroom is much more effective. it gives motivation to go and learn during class. Online courses are easy to forget about and I find it more difficult to learn online than I do in the class room

Some teachers are very good at online courses and some are terrible. That is why I'm neutral on COB's online courses.

Faculty should utilize online resources and/or interactive components when available through the publisher to enhance teaching and learning.

I would like to see more online course offerings over the summer!

Appendix H: Helpful when Registering - Undergraduate, Open-Ended

I think it would be great to make it a requirement to meet with an advisor before every semester to make sure you are on track and taking the classes needed.

A nicer advisor. When I went in, I went to be ADVISED as to what my major should be based on the classes I like, skills, etc. the advisor acted annoyed by me and tried to rush me out of the room. I would much rather go to the advising center in the museum building.

There are a lot of upper level business classes that are offered at the same time. It would be helpful if all the courses I need to take were not only offered on T Tr at 11 or online.

Statements that address the benefits and disadvantages about double majoring, classes that can double count between each and course descriptions in more accessible places.

not haivng to take unnecessary General Education courses when I already know what I want to study

what is the best choice

Having a COB advisor up on the Idaho Falls campus would also be wonderful. There are many students up here, and most of us just hope we are on the right track for graduation. I have talked to the academic advisors that are available in Idaho Falls, but they can't help me at all when it comes to the College of Business.

A plan of a typical degree path would be nice. Looking through the catalog to pick upper division classes is hard because some classes haven't been offered in quite a while. A current list of available upper division classes offered would be wonderful.

Everything is already so clear.

I make an appointment with my undergrad business adviser every semester to plan the next one and I find it extremely helpful. It's just a matter of taking the initiative

It would be good to have classes available during the summer period

Before I would suggest an online registration planner but now that degree works has been released I am a solid supporter and I believe all registration advising efforts should be used to maintain and proactively build in that direction.

Just talking to my advisor

The difficulties of the class / and the subject treated in this class

knowing what classes are offered in spring and fall and what pre-reqs are required

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Having an advisor help me plan my program of study was important, and I wish I had sought advice from my advisor earlier in my academic career so I could have graduated sooner.

Notification in the college of business itself to speak with advisers. Whether it be the teachers telling us when registration opens, or having some sort of advising booth on the first floor a few weeks prior to the registration dates.

Knowing nuances of some classes, such as alternating campuses, in advance. It would have saved me headaches overhauling a plan of study as much if that was better known.

Student ratings about professors taking the class.

I think the College needs to figure out what they are doing then let the rest of us know.

nothing, I already had things mapped out before I ever meet with an advisor.

A universal place for me to look at what major-specific classes will be offered, on a webpage or email. Its difficult to look at the class lists on BengalWeb.

The pre-requisites and knowing which classes have been dropped or added so you know which you don't have to no longer take or add to your register plan.

It would be VERY helpful to know what semesters classes are offered.

I believe if you are going to be pre-business (accounting, management, marketing, etc.) you should meet with an advisor from that specific major. Susan Hooks is helpful, but can be discouraging sometimes.

Get another general adviser dedicated to the college of business during registration time. Susan Hooks seems to get overwhelmed when dealing with so many students, and is known to make mistakes when advising students on the course enrollment.

See a list of my required courses. Understand my prereqs, know which classes are going to be removed from the COB.

Updated 'ISU DegreeWorks' program in BengalWeb. Mass emails explaining courses no longer offered and alternatives in order to fulfill graduation requirements.

What Dr. Parker has up on his website for preparation.

Better description of the course that is being offered.

My advisor needs to help me more with how to manage my time. When I told him what courses I was thinking of taking he said, "Um ya. Sure. Those look good." He didn't give me any real advise or how I could better manage my time.

If the advisor contacted the student.

Not sure.

More classes more sections

Talking to my advisor

The advising that is currently available is sufficient in my views.

knowing for sure which classes are available and maybe more choices for times. Some of my classes are only offered at one time and it conflicts with other classes that have only one time offered.

Better communication

Having more one on one time with the advisers. Getting a better sense of accomplishment after leaving an advising meeting. Have them listen more instead of telling me what they feel I need to do and how to do it. I personally, have been advised to take classes that I did NOT need. It not only wasted my money but also my time.

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More class times. Although I am sure that is something that is difficult and costly to arrange.

Only thing I would suggest is to tell the professor's to keep an eye on their email. Some of them don't check it that often in case a student has trouble registering for their classes.

The university is doing a fantastic job preparing me for upcoming classes and guiding me in the right direction.

Knowing what courses are offered the folliwing semester sooner. Having the option for online advising.

For low income students who struggle financially give some leeway for registration. Im nervous about not getting into a capstone class because of a small fee.

Better knowledge of how to complete school effectively.

Faculty advisers who actually care and don't act like you are interrupting their day.

Knowing what classes can satisfy both general and my major. /

In another year it would be helpful to meet with the advisor again just to make sure I am headed the right direction.

More information on the possible career choices

first thing you will need to do is, make yourself a schedule and then, set an appointment with your advisor.

Just being able to meet with an advisor, that has helped me.

It would be pretty helpful

I think having more time openings for classes would help in registering for upcoming semesters.

More specific information about the course and the professor.

Appendix I: Helpful when Registering - Graduate, Open-Ended

I think it is easy and straight forward. Heidi makes it easier by sending out the list on classes available and when they are offered.

I had a Program of Study right away, and when I approached Sam about finding a way to graduate a semester earlier, he immediately found a way to make it happen.

It's nice knowing when classes are offered and when they aren't to plan around them; but it still seems like the core needed classes get in the way over electives.

not sure

Having the staff do the data entry for me

I find it very easy to register

more details of the class pretty much like a syllabus sheet offered when the class officially begins would help to know more about what we are getting into/going to learn

Having fees post in a timely manner would be helpful. I had a fee for software I purchased through the college almost a month ago not post to my account till the day before registration. This prevented me from registering even though the office wasn't even open for me to pay the fee by the time it posted.

Have choices among different professor for same classes at different schedules.

I have had everything lined out for me on what I need to take during the semester since I am a graduate student.

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Mandatory advising

Knowing when the courses will be offered again

I like to have my course planning done for my entire program of study. Heidi Wadsworth has been very helpful with this.

Future semester classes so that I could plan better. Not knowing what classes are going to be offered makes things very difficult.

The current course adviser for the MBA program (Heidi Wadsworth) does a fantastic job getting me ready for courses in the upcoming semester.

elective options clarified

It's frustrating that MBA core classes are only offered 1 semester a year.

Nothing I can think of. I know if I have a question it will be answered.

Having an adviser check to make sure I am going to accomplish my degree on time.

A basic understanding of the topics covered, as well as an idea of the time commitment required for the class. Some classes require more time and others less. Knowing this would be the best piece of information I could ask for.

An overview of what elective courses will be about

Having a more concise list of what online classes are offered when would be nice, just to make it easier to plan out classes in advance.

Knowing what will be offered during the summer really helps plan for Spring.

The help I received from Heidi was excellent. She reviewed my plan, and then helped prepare and print a plan of action.

More online classes to fit a busy schedule

Nothing really comes to mind. However, when the whole dual PharmD/MBA program started there was a huge amount of misinformation and confusion about fees, procedures, etc... Hopefully, that has all been ironed out because if I had to go through all that again, I wouldn't do it.

Actually knowing what the heck is going on and how to register, what classes are offered, etc. I felt like I had more knowledge than the adviser and ended up doing it on my own anyway since they had no clue what they were talking about.

More liberal policy of credit transfer to meet requirements.

A reminder of what courses I need to register for, or ought to register for.

As an undergraduate I always met with my adviser right before registration. It helped keep me on course and made sure I was on track with my degree.

Nothing, Heidi is awesome.

It would be great if the graduate catalog (or another resource) specified which SEMESTER(S) each class is available.

less redtape in the admissions/ registration and financial aid offices.

Appendix J: Clubs, Open-Ended

There should be more

It was a good idea to resurrect the MBA Club, however, the effort seems to have fallen flat.

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No

Finance Association is great. This year they have their stuff together and the website is cool. They seem more active than other clubs.

no

I have not been involved long enough to give well informed information.

No

No

It is difficult to participate because I live in Idaho Falls

I wanted to be part of a club and my time is precious. If I am there then I am missing out on something else important. They should try and figure out what they are doing instead of just going and hanging out. Not only that but what are my benefits. I asked and not one person could tell me what I would get out of it. When I signed up and paid my fee's I went to the sites list of benefits like access to Dreamspark professional and they don't even offer it anymore. Needless to say I cancelled.

No

I found that the lack of involvement from advisers can be detrimental to him organization. I tried joining a organization but that student leadership and it was very strict and rude to me. Due to the personality that person I didn't join the club. I understand that I will face people like this in the workplace however I do not always choose to work in places where people treat me poorly.

leadership is poor in clubs and they don't get involved with ASISU.

They help me keep the prize in mind. (Diploma and hopefully great job to follow)

Bap rocks

I have math 1143 during ACM meetings every Wednesday. Makes it difficult to grasp the full nature of the club. Nobody's fault. Just makes it difficult.

I think they are great and every student should at least join a club for the experience.

Appendix K: Facility, Open-Ended

The only study areas I am aware of are in the 1st floor, which is not very inviting.

I don't know where I would study. There are only tables in the hallways.

I hardly ever went there, I was in Idaho Falls most of the time.

It is old and falling apart and it looks its age. Please spend some money on routine maintenance. The donor plaques in the hallway are askew and faded with time. Little details like that matter. It looks like nobody cares enough to make an effort beyond the large and very visible (and very expensive) classroom and elevator makeover projects.

Are there study areas in the college of business building? I am not away of any. There is an electrical outlet dearth throughout the building making it quite difficult to use a laptop.

No

no.

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The biggest issue is this. The college of business requires students to use laptops for many of its courses. This becomes an issue when the vast majority of classes have 4 power outlets at most. The hallways and study areas have almost no access to power.

Need more outlets and a class room big enough to comfortably hold 50+ people.

I do not understand what does "study space" mean and where is it in COB except the classroom(which have classes all the time) and hallway (which has about 7 chairs each floor) ? /

In general there needs to be much more access to electrical outlets in most college of business classes. The Cooper Norman room is an exception, and other classrooms could use outlets within the tables in a similar fashion.

Quite a few of the rooms need to be updated, there is a computer room in the basement of the COB but it's not preferable to the rendezvous. There are a few study rooms but I find the sub to be more user friendly.

I really like the Cooper Norman room. It is great, however the white board is in a challenge location to see for those professors who choose to use it .

The tech doesn't allow for hdmi or micro hookups. Not compatible with modern laptops. No where to study. Most of my classes are over full. Room temperatures are often too hot or too cold. No dedicated writing, math or accounting labs. Lack of directional signage for students to know where they are going. Poor lighting especially in the halls.

It is too cold.

More student oriented areas would be beneficial .

The Cooper Norman room is awesome and very comfortable. Plus the acoustics in the room make it very easy to give presentations.

It would be nice to have a computer lab where we could print stuff.

I don't attend on the Pocatello Campus, so I cannot offer an opinion about it.

I attend the Idaho Falls Campus so I do not have any comments for the Pocatello campus

Other than taking the one Marketing class, I have really no experience in the CoB.

It's old, and some classrooms and equipment are disgusting. Some rooms are really nice, and the lobby is really nice, but some classrooms and areas are gross. Sometimes I don't even want to sit on the chairs, or the tables and chairs are broken. The building needs to be updated and the fabric chairs need cleaned. The elevator is slooooowww. I feel unsafe in it.

I have managed to do all of my course work thus far at the Idaho Falls campus, a fact which I am grateful for.

COP needs a computer lab for students

Need more self study rooms

Some of the classroom tables are wobbly. Need more plugin strips for everyone's laptops

The Cooper Norman room is the only one I have been in where power outlets are available to most students. With more graduate classes going to 2 hour 45 min class periods and using laptops, it is becoming more important to provide that for the students.

I have had several course in the BA 402 room which I think is a great classroom. It's modern, comfortable and easy to use a computer. The other classrooms I believe need to be updated in a similar fashion. They are old, without adequate power outlets for computers and feel crowded.

I believe the building in Pocatello is very outdated. There are not enough quiet study areas in the building. I found myself having to go to the SUB in order to study.

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Some of the rooms could use some updating in terms of furniture and decoration. Most rooms feel cold and institutionalized. I really enjoy the Cooper Norman sponsored room, it is comfortable and inviting.

I don't believe classrooms are large enough to accommodate students; we sometimes end up stealing chairs and tables from other rooms because we don't have enough seating for students. Also, I don't believe there is enough technology for students in the COB; we really could use a computer lab that has both black & white AND color printing options, rather than having to go to a completely different building just to find a computer lab and color printing. Effectiveness and efficiency are two principles that we are are taught is important in business, but I don't believe the COB building embodies these principles.

need more study spaces.

Many classrooms do not have outlets to charge lap tops

It may not be fair to compare the COB at ISU to another university, however, I have seen the COB building at the University of Utah, and it is high tech, cutting edge, and beautiful. I would love it if ISU COB could raise it's standards in those respects, but I'm sure U of U gets more funding than ISU, so if that is the case then I get it.

The classrooms are not computer friendly as power sources are few. desks are uncomfortable and I am continually banging my knees or shins on the metal skirts beneath. there are no computer labs or study spaces for students. I have to leave the building to find somewhere to study. there are very few printing stations and not only a few in the very bottom that I have ever found. I have not found it a study or learning friendly environment. Need spaces for the quiet study students and those who like a louder atmosphere.

The elevator being put in is a large disturbance during class. Once during a test we had to move classrooms because our room was shaking. It doesn't matter where you are in the building you can feel the shaking. It seems better planning could have been done so the construction was going on during the summer instead.

I did not know they were study rooms in the college of business, unless it means the few tables in the hall.

The classrooms need more plug ins because a lot of classes require students to use laptops and the batteries do not last as long as needed.

more study areas for COB students

nope

There are a few rooms that it is easy to use a laptop but most of the rooms there are not enough outlets for everyone that needs to plug in their laptops.

If we could have Business lab with computers and printers to use at the same time good place to study.

It's a pretty building, but I think it needs to be updated

No

no

the whole is really annoying when you have a class on that side of the building.

I don't study in the BA building because the windows make the study areas too bright and warm.

What computer lab? Study areas are very limited in building. But if we need to study quietly there is the library so it's not a big deal. I think its easy to learn in COB but not so much to study, thus the neutral feedback.

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Study areas are not very study friendly because they tend to have a lot of traffic around them. I have been able to use the accounting lab this year and that has been a great study location

The building is fine

the building need a computer lap that you can print from, maybe on the entrance floor.

I am 6'4, and my knees do not fit under any of the desks. If I can fit, the chairs do not adjust properly so I am forced to sit in an awkward position. The kick plates in front of the desks often cause bruises on my shins, and should be removed. / Most of the rooms do not have adequate power plugs to use laptops, and I often have to disrupt another student to get to an outlet. / While the outside of the building is nice, the classrooms look unclean. Ceiling tiles are dirty, or mismatched, and the rooms overall look dingy. / The podiums for faculty are always messy, with wires running all over them. / It's concerning to me, as a COB student that this is the image we present to the student body. We are frequently encouraged to "dress for success," or dress in a business appropriate manor. It seems that the classrooms should present the same standards as the sudents are asked to follow.

Why is it so cold in the building?!?!

No

Classroom not have plugs inconvenient location so I can use my laptop. I would never study in the college of business because the study areas are very small and often loud. There are no computer labs available to actually use technology. I understand there is one in the basement however it is super small – three computers and there I'm not really any other facilities that are provided to regular students if I was an MBA student I would disagree because I have noticed the students have a huge classroom to themselves.

It would be nice to have a computer lab.

The campus as a whole needs more isolated study spaces. The college of business has plenty of tables to study at, but most are in open areas that are frequently disrupted by the flow of students coming and going to classes. This makes it hard for students to concentrate on their own work.

More computer labs and rooms to study in. I like the classroom setting but I would not choose to study in the COB building because there is not very many quiet places.

Only print station I know of is in the basement. Not very convenient if you spend a lot of time on the 4th and 5th floors.

I feel that a growing program is, and will be, the Informatics degree. More students than ever will be using laptops and tablets for their schooling and at times, more than four kids need to charge their device but there are only four plugins in an entire room!

I wish that the college of business would leave unused classes rooms open so that students can use them to study. Also a posting of class room schedules would be nice.

Please regulate room temperatures.

It's nice and professional looking.

No.

It looks Classic I like it

More power outlets in some of the classrooms would be nice

I like the flat screen TV that is put in the lobby and always stop to read what's on. I wonder what it would be like if the COB has a wide room (like a conference room or library) that will have current business related materials - magazine, news, opportunities, business success stores, etc. all put together. I think that kind of environment will inspire me and other business students.

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Since the students in the college are required to have a laptop, I think it would be helpful if the business building had an open computer lab.

If anything fixing the heating and cooling would be a great enhancement to the building. No classroom is ever able to hold a proper temperature. Some are extremely hot and some are extremely cold.

Better technology and maybe a computer lab. Possibly remodeling more of the classrooms

Need upgraded class rooms. More plug in's for lap tops, better study spaces that are not surrounded by ongoing commotion. / Better visual aid projectors so they are easily seen by any seat in the class. Make it in accordance to this century.

It amazes me that in our upper level classes there is so much group work required yet there is no where in the BA for us to do a break off study group. When I show up early and want to study before a class starts I have to hope that there is a classroom open or study at the end of the hall and deal with all the people coming through. The classrooms are okay except that I have a ghetto laptop that has to be plugged in at all times so when I am in a class that only has a few plugs around the outside I have to sit on the outside which makes it more difficult for me to pay attention and learn.

More outlets in the classrooms would be nice so laptop usage would be more convenient.

I am not sure there are enough study area for those of us that do not want to be sitting on each other's lap.

There should be a computer lab that can accommodate the students. Only having three computers in the basement can get hectic when there's 10 students trying to print stuff.

The whole University lacks adequate space for students to have private and/or quiet areas to study.

I always go to another building to study, such as the sub, because there is no room in the College of Business.

There are no computer labs or a room where students can study. Everyone just studies in the hallway. There is also not enough outlets in the hallway where we study and in the classrooms. Technologies in the class room are outdated and malfunctions more often than it should which disrupts class.

I like the location on campus. Make the parking passes for the business majors cheaper.

There is no computer lab in the building, there is no comfortable area for studying, the accounting lab is cluttered, dirty and locked.

I look forward to finally being able to take some classes there. I am sorry I am unable to answer some of these questions with a neutral answer as I have not yet taken Business classes.

Just the construction right now.. It's pretty noisy which is understandable, just difficult to concentrate.

Make the study areas more accessible. I didn't even know there were any /

Needs a few upgrades.

Appendix L: Why Students Do Not Value their Degree Highly, Open-Ended

The MBA is a degree I can complete in my evenings and spare time. It does not hold high value to me

personally because I am not excited by the content. If I can use the degree to land a better job than I

have had previously, only than will it have been worthwhile experience.

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Appendix M: Employer’s Value of a Degree, Open-Ended

I believe potential employers only highly value degrees from top programs at more notable universities

I don't know why they should

National Ranking is not high

because of the schools ranking is somehow very low amongst other schools in the nation

Because it seems that students with this degree have a difficult time finding job placement. There should be more help and support from COB in finding job placement.

ISU doesn't have a national reputation

Appendix N: Taking Advantage of Job Opportunities, Open-Ended

I'm not staying in the area.

probably just looking at my situation personally

Missing some skills employers are looking for,especially in IT.

never mind I have changed my answer..

As stated before, some of the classes have been disappointing so far. I felt that my undergraduate degree was the same level as my graduate classes. I feel that the classes haven't dived in deep enough and apply more to business world. Still have a year left, hopefully that will turn around. I will state that a couple of classes were very interesting and did gain some good knowledge.

Theory does not prepare someone for the work that they will be doing. The classes here are based on theory not pratical application.

because

I believe I would be equal to others

It doesn't prepare us for the real life. Yes it may teach us accounting or marketing or management, but it is still not real life and does not prepare us for things beyond school.

Like I've said on the other comments. I love learning and have been to other universities and I feel like ISU is not even trying... I know these all sound negative but I feel like no one is listening or cares. Who do you complain to? Will they listen? What can they even do. / / I am scared to death that I am not being taught what I need to know. I am currently working in an IT job that everything I know I know from teaching myself. I just feel very unprepared. / / I know the teachers will say that's my fault or find some excuse but I wonder how they would feel if they were expected to go out and find a job with the quality of education that I am getting...

feel that I am lacking the computer skills needed for the jobs of today.

I will be graduating soon, many places require education or experience. Well education is the job of the university. From what I've seen the opportunities to advance in one or two particular areas is very hard especially when the options for electives is very limited.

So much to learn

My grades do not always accurately reflect my level of understanding. The material is often very basic

There is not enough real world experience.

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Because a degree from ISU doesn't seem as good as a degree from some other more known school

I thought I clicked yes

Appendix O: Improving the Value of a Degree, Open-Ended

Maybe offering an Executive MBA program?

Expanding the companies that are involved with professional development. Reach out to Boise firms, or Northern UT firms.

Not sure, maybe more networking and study/analyze what other good and big B schools do should help

no.

Have more programs that involve internships that have the opportunity for future full time employment.

No. /

1. Get connections with employers outside ID, at least some employers from WA, UT ect. / 2. Cooperate with other universities around , be familiar with their career fair schedules and at least let student know these opportunities.

Work with employers to encourage them to value and emphasize the importance of the degree. Too many employers don't even require a degree, let alone compensate for having one

Helping coordinate internships or job opportunities with companies. /

Stay linked with business owners and leaders so that as students we are taught what businesses and organizations expect from graduates.

I think it is important that ISU expand their influence past Idaho. I have applied for jobs in other states that have told me they will not interview me simply because they are holding those spots for students from other universities.

Not yet, I am new

The classes need to be more rigorous. Nobody wants to volunteer for more work or difficulty, but in order for the classes and the degree to be more valuable, they need to be more difficult. They need to truly challenge students.

Offering a wider variety of electives that focuses on a bigger perspective, nationally and globally. Everything is always centered around the 'small town' state of mind, but a lot of students have bigger plans and need more exposure.

In my case, just a firmer understanding of my own goals and purpose for pursuing a degree from the College of Business.

Nothing I can think of at the moment.

Highlight alumni accomplishments (particularly young alumni) more to attract the interest of students. Other than just "Outstanding Business Student of the Year." That tells us little to nothing.

Just continue to bring in professors who are not only well studied but those who have successful real world experience I business.

Not in accounting. The accounting program is rigid and challenging and the amount of classes required to receive a degree is crazy. In order to obtain my degree, I will have to go approximately three and a half years total, despite the fact that I already have an associate's degree.

Making sure that the focus is reinforced that an education is about learning and not as much about getting a meaningless letter that qualifies you or disqualifies you from scholarships and

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opportunities. Boring lecture styles I don't believe are enough students need to be engaged in the learning process.

keep up with professional development workshops. That is how companies will come to know ISU and understand how the college is prepping its students for their careers. This will allow for employers to see how valuable a degree from ISU is.

not just to the college of business but to the university in general, is to try to spend more money into improving the school in general.

I said it in the last comment. Its useful because a degree is better than none but as for useful skills, there are very few that I've learned and hopefully in the next two semesters my teachers will be better than my last teachers.

It would be a good idea to focus directly on developing curriculum in a way that makes studentscapable of starting work right away after they graduate.

The college could work to increase the number of internship possibilities. I know the college of business rarely gets many internships, and many of the ones they do receive are for local accounting positions. The college should look for open internships that aren't just local, and especially summer internships around the country to help better their students academic and professional developement

I think that it is a high degree. If possible, maybe offer more upper division electives that could apply to real world. Health care finance is a good example....maybe more of these that could apply to the banking world or insurance and the like.

Continue supporting and seeking opportunities for COB students to have research or business experiences at other colleges. Thanks to Sankara, I was able to travel to Carnegie Mellon University and share a paper that I had prepared in his class. It was a great experience!

need more computer courses that deal will real world programs.

More rewards, more culture involved

Offer more electives especially for CIS/Informatics students. I have been forced to take classes that I don't want to take and that I don't care about, just because they are the only offered classes.

Remodeling the College of Business. Might potentially bring more interested students to Idaho State University.

Yes, get rid of the major math requirements and focus on leadership training, sales training, and individual behavior training. How will a student handle stress, overcoming obstacles such as misunderstandings, skepticism, draw backs or other real life situations if they are never shown how to handle them. The COB is puts to much emphasis on math that is not widely used in professional life.

Keep working with local businesses to keep up the relationships so they know we have value.

More internships/ work study/ real world experience

More classes and emphasis in CIS

ISU has a great education program and I have found that alot of employers are more likely to hire ISU College of Business students because of their education

Not sure. I feel that it holds a lot of weight with potential employers.

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Appendix P: Remaining a COB Student, Open-Ended

The teachers, classes, students, and environment.

Cost, knowledgeable professors

I like Business

I'm gaining skills and shifting the way I think about things at my job. Just the fact that I'm working on my MBA has afforded me promotions and other opportunities at work.

I started my degree here, it's easier to finish it.

Convenience - I am also employed by ISU.

NA

The quality and comprehensive material covered in the program.

The administrative staff and the knowledge of the professor in the College of Business.

The access to Professional Development, the smaller class sizes, the in-class option for almost all my classes, and the personal investment each of my professors take in me.

I'm already invested up to a certain point

It's readily available and I enjoy going to school.

The attitude of staff and professors

helpful faculty, good program overall with enough funding opportunities and cheaper

I'd like to finish my degree.

It is possible to get your MBA within a year of receiving your bachelor's degree. The faculty and staff are excellent.

Almost done

The accounting faculty

1. enough courses for my major / 2. cheap tuition / 3. ok living envirnment

The quality of education.

I'm committed to my education and completing my degree

I just started as a COB student in the MACC program and ISU is well know for this program - I will continue through it because of this.

My interest is in business

I live in Pocatello and I do not want to move. I also like the opportunity to be bale to take in class courses, not only online courses.

I really enjoy the faculty and staff and their engagement. /

The location.

Completing the degree.

This question isn't very well written. I have one more semester left in the MBA program. Therefore, my money and time investment in the COB makes me remain in the COB...I'm obviously not going to leave the COB and waste all the money that I spent.

n/a

The students and faculty are engaging and knowledgable.

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The online option and the fact it is nearby.

No

Good teachers who truly want me to succeed.

My scholarship.

The MBA program really caters to working professionals which has been very nice.

I want to graduate

Flexibility of courses, quality of instructors

I am in business.

Convenience and cost

Price and the staff.

I have enjoyed my time here

Nothing in particular.

n

The degrees offered and location/price.

Employer tuition reimbursement and close geographical location - the convenient choice not necessarily the preferred choice.

COB is in my career field and interests.

Convenience.

faculty and staff

It is a good deal since I am also in the pharmacy program.

The main reason why I enrolled in the COB is because I was able to receive my MBA within one year as I completed my core one requirements while receiving my undergraduate degree from BYU-I. I believe that partnerships like this with other schools would likely increase attendance.

Night classes

I have a BS in Accounting and a Masters will be helpful to my career

I graduate this semester.

The offering of night courses for students who are full time employees.

The quality instructors

My desire to obtain an MBA from an Idaho school that would not force me to be a Bronco.

Distance to campus.

Finish degree

Finishing what I started

Not applicable. I will be done with my classes in Dec 2014

Flexibility and quality of courses

Cheap tuition, and the fact that I live near here anyway.

THE FRIENDLINESS AND THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE FACULTY

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nothing

Great teachers and lots of extra stuff to get you involved.

The professors

The degree

I like the instructorsong that I have so far.

I am excited to take higher-level classes in my major.

The knowledge that my degree will help me obtain a good career.

The challenge of obtaining my degree tells me I will value it that much more when I obtain it.

Life circumstances, and a small sense of community pride hoping that it will transform into a prestigious 1st rate program.

The degree

The professors that are there to help me.

I need my degree and the COB offers a quality education for a cheap price.

many fair activities provided to us

The ease in talking to the faculty about offering classes, both online and classroom, in Idaho Falls. I am extremely grateful that they are willing to work with the students.

My connections that I have made with professors.

nothing

its a minor that im taking

The friendly faculty and staff.

I enjoy the high level of energy the faculty brings to the students. They want all of us to succeed.

dont make the courses difficult to students.

I enjoy the courses offered and like that it is fairly simple to double major in Management and Marketing.

nothing

Accounting classes are good.

I want to finish my degree and learn more about information pertinent to the kind of work I want to do. No other college offers that as well as the COB.

Its Professors

I don't know

yes

The job offer i got after i attain my MBA.

By having most to all of the classes offered online makes it accessible for me to remain a COB student as I am currently a PharmD student in Meridian, so online classes allow me to progress in the COB program while not being on the Pocatello campus.

Being a student studying accounting I have had a lot of professional networking opportunities that will help me get a job after graduation.

The college of business has my degree so i am in that college.

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The staff. They are very open and supportive to all students. Their personal and professional connections help students as well. They aren't afraid to assist students with any problems they are having.

The quality of teaching

I want to achieve my goal

I need a degree to get the jobs I want.

I'm almost done.

I am very much interested in CIS Informatics. This major is encompassed by the COB.

Great faculty. Teachers like Joanne Tokle and Dawn Konicek are wonderful.

Nothing specific.

It's the only game in town.

The professors

I really like the college of business major changes that need to happen that will come with time.

I'm close to my degree

My continuing education

Love it hear. Getting a quality education.

Peer interactions

Friends and fellow student leaders on campus are from COB.

I like most of my instructors and they are willing to help.

The staff and business environment

I like the course available and the fact that it feels good to have a very intimate teaching with the professors since the classes are smaller. It gives the impression to have a private teaching. It feels good.

The professors are helpful, positive and encouraging.

The organization is put together well.

No answer

No

Teachers and Course material keeps me interested

The Macc Program

I love account.

The fact that I'm nearly done

Not graduated

I see the need for a college degree.

great business courses and the highly sought accounting program.

Professors and content material. Very useful for what I want to achieve.

The degree is widely accepted by professional organizations.

90

The professors and fellow driven students.

The chance to gain a degree

The accreditation is important.

My major.

Time /

The program is excellent and has some amazing teachers. I have learned a lot, and that is what education is about.

Classes were interesting and the students were easy to talk to. Made many friends in my classes.

The advisors want you to succeed and are always excited to see you every time you visit them.

Need of diploma.

That is where my program is located

The classes are centered around what I am interested in.

My advisor!! He is very helpful and genuine.

I know I want to go into something business because I can't do science related careers

No

The ease of involvement and camaraderie are superb quality.

I have not taken many courses at the cob

I want to get a degree in accounting

As mentioned before, I very much enjoy this building and classrooms. The teachers are, for the most part, very knowledgeable and hands in with their teaching.

n/a

Wanting to attain my degree

I like different major options.

The classes are of good quality and therefore I feel that I will learn enough having achieved my degree.

The professors and my interest in business

To finish my degree.

The minor I chose will benefit me in my future career.

The fact that I find an interest in learning more about business.

Very helpful and friendly professors, always willing to help. This makes it a very good learning experience and makes me be prepared for future job opportunities.

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Appendix Q: Leaving the COB, Open-Ended

Dissatisfied with courses, professors, COB, lack of support

Nothing.

Nothing within ISU's control. If I had a job offer that required a move and my COB credits were transferrable, then i'd consider it.

Moving out of state or other personal circumstances.

NA

Nothing.

If I lost access to the in-class option to more of my classes. I really dislike online classes.

Unsure

The professors lose their quality; don't care about the students or become poor teachers (or poor teachers are hired and kept)

if it doesn't help in finding a job or more awareness of job market

Leaving the Pocatello area

Change of life forced me to quit my degree

no

1. limited choices of classes and professors /

Losing more accounting faculty members.

Interests in another field

Acceptance to a more prestigious business or medical degree program

I would leave the College of Business, if I do not feel that I am getting the education I am expecting. For instance, if I feel that the instructor is not an expert in his field.

Change of employment.

Lack of classes that I'm interested in.

Major life event: Death of a parent, loss of a job, etc.

n/a

only personal scheduling conflicts would cause me to quit my degree.

If I did not meet the minimum requirements explained to me.

Nothing

The lack of teaching that occurs in some classes due to Mcgraw-Hill and other instances where the teacher will outsource teaching to books or web services.

If I changed majors

Nothing

Nothing I can think of.

n

Lower tuition somewhere else, change in location for jobs, etc. Like if my husband moved so would I.

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Change of job or residence

Lost Accsb

Nothing

An opportunity with a good company

If they stopped offering night and/or online courses or if I moved away.

Poor grades, though I try, I fear the possibility of getting bad grades

Less classes offered in Idaho Falls

Money and teachers

Nothing

This past fall, my family suffered the loss of two family members within the same week which created some challenges in keeping up with my courses. Therefore I would have to say, that my inability to maintain my focus would be a cause for me to leave the College of Business.

If classes were to move to a different campus (i.e. Meridian), that would cause me to leave because I can't afford to live in Boise.

nothing

The professors and advising

the few arrogant teachers I've had.

Financial issues

Pornography in the classroom.

freedom from current life circumstances. If I could at the moment I would transfer to BYU-Idaho simply because I feel their business creation program has the potential to give incredible learning experiences, but even that school is not too highly ranked in my list. The building itself is a negative learning environment that provides second rate and lower class experiences in a world that is technology driven.

If all the professors hated their jobs and never taught us adequately

no

If they don't continue to make classes available online or at the Idaho Falls campus. Like I said before, the only reason I chose general business is because it was advertised on the ISU College of Business website that I can get my degree entirely from Idaho Falls. Since reading that, I have found that this is not even close to true.

nothing

changing my academic plans

If I did not feel like I was learning anything in my classes.

Dietetics major

difficult classes and disrespect from the professor will make me thinking of leaving the COB

Economic classes and all that stuff.

My visa

The loss of choice professors, or not getting through math.

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study more to be aware of the clesses

Math 1143 as a pre req for accounting

Nothing

If i decided to change my major.

Loss of staff could if the deparent left pretty much as a whole crippling the program.

If I could find somewhere cheaper I would leave in a heartbeat.

if the discontinued my major.

Lack of scholarships for deserving students.

Addition of classes to a major and higher costs to attend.

A less expensive program.

N/A

Waste of time classes

Graduation

n/a

N/A- too close to graduation to quit.

The information from advisers was wrong and ignored.

none

Lack of financial aide for the macc program.

TUITIONS FEES, Not Enough scholarship available for international students

nothing

nothing

No answer

The way how some of the staff treat Arabs student in a bad way and if one Arab student did something wrong, they will blame all of the Arabs student!! / That's really what going to make me leave this college or this university

Bad Teachers and classes that aren't necessary and won't help with future career enough

needing to move in the next few years /

I'm close to finish. None.

Graduation. If I were to stay beyond this semester, the mass amounts of new professors. I have had two new professors in the last year and a half. Both have had unclear expectations of assignments, unclear grading criteria of individual assignments, unclear assignments in general and no tentative schedule.

If our school loses accreditation, then I will need to seek a degree from another college.

Elimination of some courses as well as professors.

I am already considering it! The math requirements are to high! There are not enough tutors available for Business Statistics, Accounting, and Finance.

Nothing at this point. I am too far in my program to switch now.

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Better program in the area.

A more specific major that would benefit my career.

Unrealistic professors

FINANCE! (and bad teachers)

Nothing that I can think of at the moment.

Pocatello itself. It just is not an enjoyable place to live as a student.

Finances.

Graduation

Not offering enough classes online or in Idaho Falls at University Place.

At this point, honestly only death or if my family had to move.

No

Classes becoming too difficult and having less inclusion overall.

I would leave if I decided to change my major.

Not being able to get the classes I need or want.

I changed my mind about my major

personal interest changes.

Nothing

I was planning on majoring in the COB, but have switched to a minor instead. This is because I am not that great with math and the COB requires a lot of classes dealing with math. I knew for me that switching would be my best option so I can have a better GPA.

A change of heart in my field of study .

Appendix R: Final Comments

Keep up the great work!

More online class options in the College of Business.

I am very very satisfied to be a COB student. I did not get my undergraduate from ISU, but I'm glad I came here for graduate school.

more job networking directly with companies and maybe involve them in any course offerings like what ON does in engineering

Keep and hire good professors.

My experience so far has been very positive. I can already see the benefits of my degree choice.

Bring back the CIS/CIT classes and don't just focus on Health Care Informatics.

I appreciate all of the hard work that the staff in the COB does. It is a fun place to go to school, and the quality of the professors who teach there far surpass the cost of the education through Idaho State University. It is affordable and the schedule is great for those of us that are working full time.

Nope

n

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The advising really needs to be better. I feel like I could do a better job even when I was a freshman.

Please maintain your accredidation and keep catering to students who are full time employees in the SE Idaho community.

Overall the COB isn't bad, but it isn't great; it could be made much better if the university was to invest money in needed upgrades (such as classrooms, a computer lab, better technology, etc.), as well as expand class offerings.

I appreciate the excellent efforts of staff to help their students excel, granted that some are significantly better than others. Over all I value my education here and have had a positive experiences given the circumstances. I understand that many things take serious budgets to do, but to stay on the top of the cutting edge investing in technology and a positive and attractive learning environment are crucial. I unfortunately find the a business degree is something taken when people don't have an idea what they want. But its more than that and students need to realize it.

PLEASE offer more classes in Idaho Falls. Between distance learning, online, and in-class sections, we should be able to make it work!

Improvements will only make this COB experiences that much better for me. I am already loving it.

Need more one on one help from business teachers. accounting teachers have been wonderful however business teachers need to help me more. The school isn't very welcoming to international students also.

no

take away a bunch of the prereqs cause i believe a lot of them are useless as a prereq

Nope.

Hopefully you are actually interested in my opinion because so far I've felt like no one cares.

I am 6'4, and my knees do not fit under any of the desks. If I can fit, the chairs do not adjust properly so I am forced to sit in an awkward position. The kick plates in front of the desks often cause bruises on my shins, and should be removed. / Most of the rooms do not have adequate power plugs to use laptops, and I often have to disrupt another student to get to an outlet. / While the outside of the building is nice, the classrooms look unclean. Ceiling tiles are dirty, or mismatched, and the rooms overall look dingy. / The podiums for faculty are always messy, with wires running all over them. / It's concerning to me, as a COB student that this is the image we present to the student body. We are frequently encouraged to "dress for success," or dress in a business appropriate manor. It seems that the classrooms should present the same standards as the sudents are asked to follow.

I would love to experience warm and affectionate environment in COB.

Some of the professors could stand to improve their response time to students emails.

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No

Thank you so much! I'm excited to receive my degree this spring.

I learn from classes where the instructors are willing to give extra time to help me understand a concept. If the college of business improves it's quality ( making sure instructors are prepared for classes instead of reading for the text book, and willing to help students that take longer to grasp material) it would be a great place. These instructors are few, but it brings down the quality of the college.

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Please do not continue contracts with Mr brookman or Dongkuk Lim.

I'm grateful and happy to have a college that allows me to pursue my dream of being a college graduate in my hometown. I hope my children and their children and so on will follow in my footsteps. I am a first generation college graduate.

Yes, the degree works audit needs to meet up to the actual requirements of the general business degree.

No answer

Please know that the Arabs student are not the same. / There are a lot of good and nice students

The college of business needs to do a better job at onboarding their professors. Give a new professors time to get things prepared and ask questions.

Lower the math requirements, get more tutors for business statistics, accounting, and finance. Make the office hours for professors more about the student and not them working on other things when we are there. Make mandatory times for students to meet with advisers to ensure they are staying on track, motivated, and that their moral is high. Stop using online homework or study programs. They are confusing and complicated to understand. Ensure that all professors are understanding and compassionate towards students with special needs!

Good job!

We need a computer lab with 20 or more computers, signal could be better in the basement, bathrooms could be updated, and professors could be better. Some don't know how to teach, some don't go with the syllabus, and some are completely unprepared when it comes to teaching.

I have great job opportunities after college and I give a ton of credit to my education through the College of Business.

More classes should be offered at University Place or online. Going to Pocatello is not always feasible for students.

Love how the professors have a large range of background in business.

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some of the pre-reqs are slightly dubious to me such as Math requirements, seems slightly unnecessary really...