Program Review Guidelines

May 28, 1998

Program review is intended to provide an opportunity to assess outcomes related to your curriculum, faculty, program institutional support and evaluation.  It is also an opportunity to plan for the future based on past accomplishments and present opportunities.  Please address the items below in your review document.

A.  Mission – Describe the program’s/units mission, goals, and objectives and how they contribute to the respective missions of the department, division, and campus.

B.  Curriculum – Each program should have courses of study that are clearly defined, coherent, intellectually rigorous, and connected to the mission of the campus.

1.  Describe the curriculum and how it is designed to achieve the goals of          the program.

2.  Describe how the general education requirements connect with and further the programs goals of the major.

3.  Describe how your curriculum supports the campus efforts to foster a collegial environment so that mutual respect, understanding and toleration of differences may flourish.

C.  Students – Each program should be designed to meet the educational goals/needs of a diverse student population.

1.  Indicate student interest in the program, # majors, # graduates, and placement of graduates.

2.  Describe the nature and characteristics of current student body and indicate how the program meets their educational goals/needs.

3.  Describe your advising procedures and indicate how your advising is meeting the needs of the students.

D.  Faculty – The activities of the faculty should be consistent with the expected goals and intended outcomes of each program.

1.  Are teaching, research, and service activities of the faculty consistent with program and campus missions?  List faculty productivity in each area.

2.  Describe teaching styles/practices and how they further achievement of goals and intended outcomes.

3.  Describe modes of scholarship/creative work of the faculty.

4.  Describe faculty service activities.

E.  Institutional Support – Programs should have the necessary environmental and human resources to achieve their goals and intended outcomes.

1.  Describe any additional resources needed to help reach the goals of the program and describe how they would impact the program.

2.  Describe any possible program specific internal reallocation that would help achieve the program goals.

F.  Evaluation – Each program should have continuing comprehensive assessment practices.

            1.  Description of how progress towards achievement of goals is monitored.

2.  To what extent are intended outcomes achieved?  What are students learning and how do you know?

3.  Are assessment procedures adopted by program linked to program goals?

4.  What is the procedure for feedback on assessment to students and faculty?

5.  Describe the process for regularly reviewing goals, courses, and curriculum structure.

6.  Describe modifications in program and procedures since the last program review.

7.  Is the program better than, the same as or worse than it was five years ago?

G.  Planning – Each program should continuously update their strategies for improvement.  What changes are needed in your program over the next five years?

H.  Additional optional comments – Other items selected by unit that are important for the future of the program.

Review procedures

A.  Prepare program review and evaluate internally during the fall semester.

B.  Evaluate externally by individual outside of local campus during February.

C.  Prepare plan for continuous improvement based on the evaluations.

D.  Review evaluation and improvement plan with Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Chancellor.

Program Review Schedule

National program reviews for Nurs-AS and BS, Business, and Education.

Year                 Programs

2001-02            Math, IS, SPEA

2002-03            Soc, SBSC

2003-04            Psy, Com. Arts

2004-05            Eng, Hum

2005-06            Biol, BIPH

2006-07            Math, IS, SPEA    repeat sequences 02-06

2008-09            Prepare for NCA accreditation