Curriculum Revision

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Curriculum Revision

• Jenny Nellis
• Nic McPhee
• Sarah Buchanan

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WorkshopSustain and Renew Your Curriculum

• Questions to ask yourself and your discipline
• Sustaining What does my discipline do well?
• These are the strengths that you want to preserve
  and not throw out with the revisions.
• Renewing What does my discipline not do well?
• Areas to update New opportunities
• Changes in the field
• Courses that arent working, that do not have
  good enrollment, etc.
• What do our assessment data tell us about our
  weaknesses and strengths?

• How does our curriculum compare with similar
  programs at similar universities and colleges?
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• Research on-line
• Check professional organizations for curriculum
  suggestions

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Workshop

• Process

Things to consider

• How do I know that our curriculum needs revision?
• Who is invested in the current curriculum and
  why?
• Who is not included in the structure of our
  curriculum and why?
• All faculty should teach all levels of the
  curriculum to have a good sense of the student
  population, the structure of the curriculum, and
  to create a sense of fairness among faculty
  members.
• Who are my allies in curricular revision?
• Who will resist the revisions and why?
• How can I best approach curriculum revision to
  keep all faculty members involved, invested, and
  interested?

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Workshop
Process

• Consult with your colleagues and your Division
  Chair
• Research and compare curricula
• Invite colleagues who may be reticent to
  incorporate changes to participate in the
  research.
• Consult with your colleagues and your Division
  Chair
• Evaluate your assessment data
• Consult with your colleagues and your Division
  Chair
• Map out the program
• Share your ideas with all of your colleagues (and
  your Division Chair) at every step.
• Be open to ideas that may not mesh 100 with
  yours!

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