Curriculum Policies

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Curriculum Policies

• Universities should have a policy that enables
  the creation of new courses and the modification
  of existing courses in a way that ensures quality
  assurance
• It is common in American and European
  Universities for curriculum to evolve with
  changes in the discipline and in the interests of
  faculty members within the department
• American and European Universities commonly use
  faculty committees and formal guidelines to
  evaluate proposed new courses or modifications to
  existing courses

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Curriculum Development

• Typically, curriculum committees will exist at
  the department, and college (faculty) levels
• New or modified courses will be evaluated to
  determine
• Where does this course fit within the existing
  curriculum
• What student population will be served by this
  course
• What are the learning objectives of this course
• How is this course different from existing
  courses

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Curriculum Development

• The handout from Temple University (a public
  university in the U.S.) shows what questions will
  be asked of a faculty member submitting a
  proposal for a new or modified course
• The form is typical of what faculty at American
  and European universities would be asked to
  provide when submitting a new or modified course