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constituents both to assess their needs and to address many of those needs. Therefore, the departmentintends to develop a social media presence.Goal 3 Enhancing Student Quality and Progress in the Accounting ProgramOur educational mission is to provide the highest quality education so as to graduate wellpreparedstudents who can pursue professional careers in accounting. The department recognizes thatthere are too many students who are not achieving high levels of success as accounting majors. Weintend to continue to enhance the quality of accounting majors while providing increased counseling tothose students who are not progressing satisfactorily.Goal 4 Restructuring the Master of Accountancy (MACY) Delivery SystemOur Master of Accountancy program has been growing rapidly and is a key and increasinglyimportant part of our mission. Consistent with the direction of the university, we are providing moreemphasis on graduate education. Therefore, we intend to develop delivery systems for the MACY thatprovide more opportunities to our MACY students.Goal 5 Enhanced CPA Pass RatesAt the present time our CPA pass rate is in line with that of other universities in Texas.However, reputation of accounting programs often is measured in part by CPA pass rates. Also ourstakeholders expect our students (especially our MACY students) to be prepared to succeed on the CPAexamination. Consistent with our mission it behooves us to consistently work on enhancing our CPApass rate.Goals Arising from the Interface of the Department Mission and the COB Strategic PlanAs a component unit of the College of Business, the Department of Accounting must support theCOB Strategic Plan. We recognize this by identifying sub-goals to COB goals identified in the COBStrategic Plan. The numbering of the sub-goals references the COB goals in the COB Strategic Plan. TheCOB goals are listed in the Department of Accounting Strategic Plan 2011-2016 which is included in theAppendix.COB Goal 1-1: Expand international immersion programs by adding additional program locations on arotating basis.Sub-goal 1-1: Develop an international immersion program focusing on accounting issues as anaccounting elective.Consistent with the department mission component that references a global vision, theDepartment of Accounting will work to develop an immersion program within the set of COB immersionprograms that is specifically directed toward accounting students. Plans are underway for an immersionled this summer by Dr. Dana Forgione, Janey S. Briscoe Endowed Chair in the Business of Health, toAustralia and New Zealand.COB Goal 1-3: Integrate globalization throughout the curriculum.Subgoal 1-3: Integrate International Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards (IFRS) throughoutthe accounting curriculum.11
To enhance the global component of our curriculum, the Department of Accounting will fullyintegrate IFRS standards throughout the entire curriculum and in particular in all undergraduate andgraduate financial accounting courses. These efforts are being led by a senior faculty member whoworked at the SEC and helped craft these standards.COB Goal 2-1: Continue to expand the cybersecurity program.Sub-goal 2-1: Develop a joint master’s degree program with accounting and cybersecurity components.To respond to the changing technology of accounting and to address issues arising for ourstakeholders, the Department of Accounting will develop, in conjunction with the Department ofInformation Systems and Technology Management, a joint master’s degree program in accounting andcybersecurity. This initiative is consistent with the forward looking nature of our mission statement.COB Goal 3-5: Hire the Ramsdell Chair.Sub-goal 3-5: Hire for the Ramsdell Chair.The Department of Accounting mission statement emphasizes the need for high-qualityresearch. The hiring of a faculty member for the Ramsdell Chair supports this component of themission.COB Goal 3-6: Expand number of 5 th year accounting graduates.Sub-goal 3-6: Develop a cohort, lock-step 150-hour accounting program with minority representationproportional to the undergraduate enrollment.COB Goal 5-1: Offer graduate certificate in the Business of Health.Sub-goal 5-1: Fully implement healthcare concentration in the MACY degree.A provision exists within our MACY program for students to develop areas of interest. Atpresent there are only two classes that support a healthcare area of interest. The department will workto identify appropriate courses to support that area of interest.The College of Business Strategic Plan includes initiatives that are in support of universitystrategic initiatives. The Department of Accounting supports these initiatives as well. These are shownbelow.U/COB Goal 1-1: Collaborate with the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute on energy andsustainability issues.Accounting Sub-goal 1: Recruit a faculty member with expertise in energy/sustainability/environmentalaccounting.Successful accomplishment of this goal will support the growing energy industry in the region aswell as support the university’s goal of becoming a center of sustainability research.Accounting Sub-goal 2: Develop a research interest group in the Department of Accounting to focus onenergy/sustainability research issues.The university is developing a significant research capacity in the area of sustainable/environmental engineering and sciences. The development of an interest group to join in this effort willincrease the opportunity for the department to participate in grant opportunities and do qualityresearch in an area of significant interest.12
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