Bridging the Gap in Business Education

Offering Business Degree Academic Leveling Courses

• How will you Bridge the Gap between the student's current business competency and the desired competency level you need as the students enter your business program?
• What do you do when the student's current degree is not in business and the student is entering your business education higher learning program?
• What do you do when the student has been out of school for a long period of time and now returning to enter your business degree program?
• How do you address different curriculum backgrounds of your new business students when their degrees were from a variety of institutions?
• Do you have a CAPSTONE course for your bachelor's level program?

Educational Transitions…

We provide Associates, Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral level courses for academic leveling based upon complete business topical areas with unique material for each academic degree level. Each course included online pre- and post-tests for direct learning measurement. All courses can be customized to meet your specific educational requirements, expanding or contracting content as you require. Course include custom-published e-books (~50-75 pages per business topic).

The Fit of Our Academic Leveling Courses

• Transitional course between an associate's degree and the bachelor's program.
• End of the bachelor's program as a CAPSTONE or signature project course.
• Start of the master's program as a transition from undergraduate to graduate, leveling the student to the curriculum.
• Start of a doctoral program as a transition to a business doctoral degree, leveling the student to the program of study.

Accreditation and Accountability

For ACBSP/IACBE accreditation, it is critically important that you demonstrate program accountability to your stakeholders including government regulators, students, and your governing bodies as well as for the accrediting entities. Academic Leveling Courses related to the CPC topical areas will help you maintain your accountability by providing you with direct measures and student benchmarking in business education.

Academic Leveling Course Structure

• Marketing
• Management
• Business Ethics
• Global Dimensions of Business

• Business Finance
• Accounting
• Economics
• Legal Environment of Business

• Information Management Systems
• Quantitative Business Research Techniques & Statistics
• Leadership
• Strategic Management/Business Integration

Academic Leveling Course Content

The precise content for the e-books and the academic degree leveling courses depends upon the degree level. We use custom published textbooks from Cengage Publishing. Each of the three volumes (which correspond to the course units) includes 8-10 chapters and approximately 400 pages compiled from 3-5 different textbooks.

Academic Leveling Course Pricing

Student cost for the three-volume set is $120-140. E-books are sold to your students directly from the publisher. On-line test cost (pre and post test) for each of the three courses is $20. Exam keys are purchased using our secure website or in quantity purchases based on your academic needs. Total student cost for an academic leveling course is approximately $180, which includes three textbook volumes and three sets of exam keys for the on-line pre-tests and post-tests.

The On-line Testing Process

The academic leveling courses are typically divided into three units. Each unit covers four business subject areas. Each course unit has a pre-test and a post-test. The purpose of the pretest is to establish a baseline competency level. The purpose of the post-test is to assess business topic competency after instruction by your course professors. The pre-test is used to measure the competency baseline of the learner and then their post-test is used to evaluate learning.

The pre and post test measuring process is consistent with the Malcolm Baldridge philosophy of continuous and measurable improvements. These tests also provide the direct measures required by accreditation organizations and government regulators.

Students purchase their test exam keys using a credit card from a secure website. You may also purchase exam keys in quantity format. Exam keys are single-use/single-test only for accountability purposes. Each pre/post test includes 40 questions randomly selected from a test bank that includes over 500 questions for the particular unit. Test questions are taken directly from the custom-published textbooks provided for the course. There are 10 questions for each of the four subject areas included within the unit. After the post-test has been taken, both the pre-test and post-test scores can be provided to the learner. The pre-test is not provided sooner to prevent discouraging the learner. Feedback includes total score and a score for each of the four topical areas included within the test. Completion of the test results in a PDF format completion certificate with a control number for school verification.

Testing Accountability & Program Integrity

Your university course mentors check results using a mentor password and review each student's test. Your university course mentors evaluate homework assignments and issue grades for the course according to your program. Course mentors are part of your university faculty and have no affiliation with Peregrine Academic Services. Your university program administrators can review their entire program on-line using an administrator password. Feedback to the student is immediate. You can also review monthly, quarterly, or annual statistics associated with your university students. You can generate your own assessment reports directly from our website with a user name and password.

Customization of the Leveling Course

We can readily customize our academic leveling courses to best meet your higher learning requirements. As presently offered, the 12 topics are addressed in three units. We can, however, re-divide these courses to better address your educational needs. We can even expand the content towards creating a full business curriculum, if desired in order to address all of the business degree topical areas. Ultimately, you control the course content and student assignment requirements. Our programs are designed to augment, not replace, your course instruction. We will work with you to best shape our on-line solutions to address your needs. Your faculty monitors the student progress and records grades.

Return on Investment with Our Academic Leveling Courses

• Gets all learners to the same academic level at the start of your business education program. Reduces gaps in business educational competencies.
• Establishes a clear linkage between ACBSP and IACBE accreditation requirements relative to the Common Professional Component
• Measures business topic competency in business education
• Demonstrates progression of continuous learning and quality using the Malcolm Baldrige approach
• Benchmarking students using a pre-test/post-test format.
• Demonstrated accountability with government regulators

Charting the Way Forward

If you like what you see with our Academic Leveling Courses:

• Contact us by phone (1-877-260-1555) or by e-mail info@peregrineacademics.com.
• We will send you exam keys to evaluate the online pre- and post-test program.
• We will send you a complete overview of the academic leveling courses.
• We will facilitate your contact with the Cengage Publishing to review the e-book material and arrange for a micro-site for student purchases of the e-books.
• We also need a copy of your institution's logo (JPEG or GIF file) to include on completion certificate.