I - Review of All Academic Activities

Business Degrees Offered by Business Unit. ACBSP accredits degree programs in business and business-related fields. The ACBSP accreditation process considers the traditional specializations in business, including accounting, business administration, finance, marketing, and management. Any of these specialized programs offered by the business unit seeking accreditation must be included in the self-study to be considered for accreditation. The accreditation process includes a review of all academic activities associated with the business programs. In other words, if an institution offers business degrees at the associate, bachelor, master, and doctorate levels, the accreditation process embraces all of these in the self-study.
Adding New Programs. When a new degree program in business is added after the programs have been accredited, it must be referred to in the business program's Quality Assurance report to ACBSP. The new degree program needs to be operational, with enrolled students, for at least two years and have graduates before it can be considered for accreditation.
Business Programs Not Offered by Business Unit. At the institution's written request, other business-related programs may be either included or excluded from the accreditation process. If they are to be excluded, appropriate justification should be set forth in the self-study material, and evidence must be included to ensure that the general public is clearly informed that these programs are not accredited.
Branch Campuses/Extension Centers. If an institution has a branch campus or campuses or if there are extension centers or other types of auxiliary operations where business courses are taught, then the accreditation process will include all of these locations in the self-study. On a case-by-case basis, such entities may be excluded.

If they are to be excluded, appropriate justification should be set forth in the self-study material, and evidence must be included to ensure that the general public is clearly informed that these programs are not accredited. There also must be sufficient distinction between accredited degrees and those degrees offered by excluded segments, to justify their exclusion. An institution may ask in advance of conducting the self-study for a determination of inclusion or exclusion from the self-study.

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