Policy No.: 4026 Board Approved: January 20, 2015 Revised: March 17, 2020
Academic Program Review
An academic program is a series of courses leading to a college credential. The College will maintain procedures to assure end-to-end currency, quality, and efficacy standards are maintained in all academic programs and constituent courses. Standards of currency, quality, and efficacy of curriculum and instruction are based upon the expectations of peer and transfer educational institutions, students, faculty, employers, and community needs/interests. These expectations shall be continuously reviewed through ongoing routine professional contact between stakeholders. Standards of curricular and instruction currency, quality will be maintained in a systematic way. To this end, the College will: (1) maintain responsiveness to stakeholders, (2) promote subject-matter integration and reinforcement across disciplines, (3) ensure external continuity through ongoing articulation with other institutions, (4) promote the use of innovative curriculum and instructional techniques, and (5) consistently apply cost/benefits standards when assessing program viability. Instructional faculty and academic officers, supported by appropriate administrative offices and College committees, are responsible for review and analysis leading to recommendations that will improve programs of study. The program reviews are to both be part of planning and assessment activities, as well as activated when major program concerns arise. (For example: low enrollments or high costs.) The processes for program review are to be open and collaborative.
Related College Policies: 1. Contact Hour to Academic Credit (Policy No. 5052) 2. Minimum Number of Credits Required for Graduation (Policy No. 4005)
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