Program reviews, conducted once every five years, provide information that helps to enhance academic excellence as well as to improve the quality of the student learning experience. Ideally, the program review process is linked to the department's annual plans, annual reports, assessment of student learning outcomes, and other evaluations that take place on a continuous basis and are reviewed as an integral part of regional accreditation.
The program review is an iterative opportunity for the department to self-evaluate the effectiveness and relevance of the program under review and, as a result improve its operations and outcomes. This includes adherence to the program mission and the centrality to the school and Siena missions, stakeholder feedback, performance in relation to efficiency of delivery and instructional cost goals, and identification of resources- actual and necessitated as determined in the review. The process also enables department members, internal reviewers, and external reviewers to monitor program quality, to identify problems that may need corrective action, and to modify departmental offerings accordingly. The program reviews should be conducted within the context of Siena's academic values, the College's history, Siena's internal strengths and weaknesses, and the institutional need to respond to internal and external challenges and opportunities.
The program reviews scheduled within an academic year, are submitted to the Office of Academic Affairs by June 30th each year. Following this submission, a meeting will be held between the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs: Institutional Effectiveness, Department Chair and the Dean of the School. During this meeting follow up and action steps to be taken for the program within the next two years will be discussed.
2023-2024
OFFICE/PROGRAM |
LAST SIENA COLLEGE REVIEW |
NOTES (SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION, ENROLLMENT FALL 2022) |
School of Business |
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Finance | 2013 | Major (n=202) |
School of Liberal Arts |
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Communication | - | Major (n=240) Approved 2018, Implementation Fall 2018 |
Journalism | Minor (n=12) | |
Academic Affairs |
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Student Designed Interdisciplinary Major | - | Major (n=1) |
Certificate in Community Development | - | Certificate (n=33) Implementation in 2012 |
· AACSB = Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business
· AAQEP = Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation
· ACS = American Chemical Society
· CAEP = Council for the Accreditation of Education Preparation
· CCNE = Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
· CSWE = Council on Social Work Education
Notes:
1. If a minor is in the identical field as a major, then both the minor and major are done in the same year. In addition, if there are minors related to the academic department major, they have been assigned in the same year. Similarly, certificates are assigned under the related major.
2. The dash line (-) between majors/minors/certificates indicate that those programs can be done together as a single program review.
2024-2025
OFFICE/PROGRAM |
LAST SIENA COLLEGE REVIEW |
NOTES (SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION, ENROLLMENT FALL 2022) |
School of Business |
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Marketing | 2020 | Major (n=185), Minor (n=35) |
School of Liberal Arts |
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Religious Studies | 2019 | Major (n=3), Minor (n=1) |
Philosophy | 2019 | Major (n=6), Minor (n=19) |
Science, Technology and Value | Minor (n=16) | |
Sociology | 2019 | Major (n=30), Minor (n=22) |
Criminal Justice | Minor (n=74) | |
School of Science |
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Data Science | - | Major (n=25) Approved 2017, Implementation Fall 2018 |
Mathematics | 2019 | Major (n=37 BA+BS), Minor (n=32) |
Statistics | Minor (n=3) | |
2025-2026
OFFICE/PROGRAM |
LAST SIENA COLLEGE REVIEW |
NOTES (SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION, ENROLLMENT FALL 2022) |
School of Business |
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MBA | - | (n=98) Approved March 2018, Implementation Fall 2018 |
Cert. in Data and Analytics | - | (n=15) Approved March 2018, Implementation Fall 2018 |
Cert. in Fraud and Digital Forensics | - | (n=2) Approved July 2019, Implementation Fall 2020 |
School of Liberal Arts |
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Creative Arts | 2022 | Major (n=34), Minor (n=25) |
Multimedia | Minor (n=20) | |
English | 2020 | Major (n=113), Minor (n=20) |
Writing and Communication | Minor (n=30) | |
Visual Art and Design | - | Major (n=25) Approved June 2021, Implementation Fall 2021 |
Cert. in Multimedia Design | - | Cert. (n=4) Implementation Fall 2021 |
School of Science |
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Nursing* | Excluded | CCNE – Major (n=240) |
Chemistry-Business | - | Major (n=1) Approved May 2020, Implementation Fall 2020 |
Office of the President |
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Franciscan Service and Advocacy | 2020 | Minor (n=5) |
*Note: For Nursing the specialized accreditation process will substitute for the Siena College program review.
2026-2027
OFFICE/PROGRAM |
LAST SIENA COLLEGE REVIEW |
NOTES (SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION, ENROLLMENT FALL 2022) |
School of Business |
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Management | 2021 | Major (n=79), Minor (n=30) |
Human Resource Development | Minor (n=13) | |
Entrepreneurship | Minor (n=18) | |
Accounting BS | 2021 | AACSB – Major (n=167) |
Cert. in Accounting | - | Cert. (n=0) |
Economics | 2021 | Major (n=32), Minor (n=19) |
School of Liberal Arts |
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Education (certificate)* | Excluded | AAQEP accreditation |
Educational Studies | 2021 | Minor (n=97) |
Modern Languages: Spanish | 2021 | Major (n=13), Minor (n=32) |
Modern Languages: French | 2021 | Major (n=5), Minor (n=10) |
Italian | 2021 | Minor (n=9) |
Modern Languages: Classics | 2021 | Major (n=1), Minor (n=4) |
Latin | 2021 | Minor (n=1) |
Greek | 2021 | Minor (n=1) |
Social Work* | Excluded | CSWE – Major (n=71) |
Criminal Justice | - | Major (n=22) Approved May 2022, Implementation Fall 2022 |
School of Science |
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Applied Math | - | Major (n=7) Approved September 2020, Implementation Fall 2021 |
Office of Academic Affairs |
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Medieval and Renaissance Studies | 2021 | Minor (n=0) |
*Note: For Social Work and Education (certificate only) the specialized accreditation process will substitute for the Siena College program review.
2027-2028
OFFICE/PROGRAM |
LAST SIENA COLLEGE REVIEW |
NOTES (SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION, ENROLLMENT FALL 2022) |
School of Business |
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Business Analytics | Major (n=5) Approved November 2021, Implementation Fall 2022 | |
School of Liberal Arts |
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History | 2022 | Major (n=122), Minor (n=21) |
Cert. in Public History | - | Cert. (n=3) Implementation Fall 2017 |
Cert. in Revolutionary Era Studies | - | Cert. (n=1) |
School of Science |
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Physics | 2022 | Major (n=16), Minor (n=1) |
Astronomy | 2022 | Minor (n=0) |
Astrophysics | 2022 | Minor (n=7) |
Applied Physics | - | Major (n=55) Approved April 2018, Implementation Fall 2018 |
Astrophysics | - | Major (n=4) Approved August 2021, Implementation Fall 2021 |
Computational Physics | 2023 | Major (n=0), Minor (n=1) |
Computer Science | 2022 | Major (n=118), Minor (n=31) |
Information Systems | 2022 | Minor (n=19) |
Cert. in Computer Science | Cert. (n=0) | |
Office of Academic Affairs |
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Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies | 2022 (joint report) | Minor (n=20) |
Race and Ethnic Studies | 2022 (joint report) | Minor (n=0) |
2028-2029
OFFICE/PROGRAM |
LAST SIENA COLLEGE REVIEW |
NOTES (SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION, ENROLLMENT FALL 2022) |
School of Business |
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Accounting MS | 2023 (Expected) | AACSB – Major (n=26) |
Health Care Management | 2023 (Expected) | Minor (n=53) |
School of Liberal Arts |
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American Studies | 2023 (Expected) | Major (n=10), Minor (n=3) |
Political Science | 2023 (Expected) | Major (n=144), Minor (n=23) |
Cert. in Interdisciplinary Research Methods | - | Cert. (n=1) Implementation Fall 2016 |
School of Science |
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Environmental Studies/Science | 2023 (Expected) | Major (n=76 BA+BS), Minor (n=7) |
Biology | 2023 (Expected) | Major (n=307 BA+BS), Minor (n=15) |
Chemistry | 2023 (Expected) | ACS - Major (n=30), Minor (n=10) |
Chemical Physics | 2023 (Expected) | Minor (n=0) |
Biochemistry | 2023 (Expected) | Major (n=33) |
Forensic Science | 2023 (Expected) | Minor (n=25) |
Health Studies | 2023 (Expected) | Major (n=189) |
Office of Academic Affairs |
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International Studies | 2023 (Expected) | Minor (n=11) |
Pre-Law Certificate | 2023 (Expected) | Cert. (n=105) |
Film Studies | 2023 (Expected) | Minor (n=9) |
2029-2030
OFFICE/PROGRAM |
LAST SIENA COLLEGE REVIEW |
NOTES (SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION, ENROLLMENT FALL 2022) |
School of Business |
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Actuarial Science | 2023 (Expected) | Major (n=28) |
Cert. in Risk Management | - | Cert. (n=0) |
Business | 2023 (Expected) | Major (n=272), Minor (n=30) |
School of Liberal Arts |
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Theatre BA | - | Approved March 2023 |
Cert. in Theatre | - | Cert. (n=7) |
Psychology | 2023 (Expected) | Major (n=352), Minor (n=60) |