Programs, Curricula & Courses (PCC) Manual

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The Design of Academic Programs

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Off-Campus and
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Minors
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bullet 2008-09 Academic Planning and Programs Calendar (Please contact the Graduate School for information about spring Graduate PCC and Graduate Council meetings.)

 

PROPOSAL FOR

NEW INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND

{NAME OF PROPOSED PROGRAM}





COLLEGE OF {NAME OF COLLEGE}

DEAN {NAME OF DEAN}

COLLEGE OF {NAME(S) OF ADDITIONAL COLLEGE(S) IF APPLICABLE}

DEAN {NAME(S) OF ADDITIONAL DEAN(S) IF APPLICABLE}















{KIND OF DEGREE} ____________________

Award to Be Offered Proposed initiation Date

I. OVERVIEW and RATIONALE

A. Briefly describe the nature of the proposed program and explain why the institution should offer it. [You may want to refer to student demand, market demand for graduates, institutional strengths, disciplinary trends, synergy with existing programs, and/or institutional strategic priorities.]

B. How big is the program expected to be? From what other programs serving current students, or from what new populations of potential students, onsite or offsite, are you expecting to draw?

II. CURRICULUM

A. Provide a full catalog description of the proposed program, including educational objectives and any areas of concentration.

B. List the courses (number, title, semester credit hours) that would constitute the requirements and other components of the proposed program. Provide a catalog description for any courses that will be newly developed or substantially modified for the program.

C. Describe any selective admissions policy or special criteria for students selecting this field of study.

III. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT

A. List the program's learning outcomes and explain how they will be measured.

B. Include a general assessment plan for the learning outcomes. (In lieu of a narrative for both IIIA and IIIB, you may attach the program's learning outcomes assessment forms.)

IV. FACULTY AND ORGANIZATION

A. Who will provide academic direction and oversight for the program? [This might be a department, a departmental subgroup, a list of faculty members, or some other defined group.]

B. If the program is not to be housed and administered within a single academic unit, provide details of its administrative structure. This should include at least the following:
 

i. Participating units.

ii. Academic home and reporting relationship of the program director.

iii. Composition and authority of a faculty oversight committee. Process for appointment of this committee.

iv. Process for assigning faculty to needed courses, and agreements with departments for releasing faculty or for allowing faculty overload for this purpose. Source for teaching assistants, if needed.

v. Arrangements for student advisement. For a graduate program, arrangements for research mentoring, assistantships, laboratory access, access to other resources, etc., as applicable.

vi. Process for recommending and proposing program changes. Process and schedule for program review.

V. OFF CAMPUS PROGRAMS

A. If the program is to be offered to students at an off-campus location, with instructors in classrooms and/or via distance education modalities, indicate how student access to the full range of services (including advising, financial aid, and career services) and facilities (including library and information facilities, and computer and laboratory facilities if needed) will be assured.

B. If the program is to be offered mostly or completely via distance education, you must describe in detail how the concerns in Principles and Guidelines for Online Programs are to be addressed.

VI. OTHER ISSUES

A. Describe any cooperative arrangements with other institutions or organizations that will be important for the success of this program.

B. Will the program require or seek accreditation? Is it intended to provide certification or licensure for its graduates? Are there academic or administrative constraints as a consequence?

VII. COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

Identify specific actions and strategies that will be utilized to recruit and retain a diverse student body.

VIII. REQUIRED PHYSICAL RESOURCES

A. Additional library and other information resources required to support the proposed program. You must include a formal evaluation by Library staff.

B. Additional facilities, facility modifications, and equipment that will be required. This is to include faculty and staff office space, laboratories, special classrooms, computers, etc.

C. Impact, if any, on the use of existing facilities and equipment. Examples are laboratories, computer labs, specially equipped classrooms, and access to computer servers.

IX. RESOURCE NEEDS and SOURCES

Describe the resources that are required to offer this program, and the source of these resources. Project this for five years. In particular:

A. List new courses to be taught, and needed additional sections of existing courses. Describe the anticipated advising and administrative loads. Indicate the personnel resources (faculty, staff, and teaching assistants) that will be needed to cover all these responsibilities.

B. List new faculty, staff, and teaching assistants needed for the responsibilities in A, and indicate the source of the resources for hiring them.

C. Some of these teaching, advising, and administrative duties may be covered by existing faculty and staff. Describe your expectations for this, and indicate how the current duties of these individuals will be covered, and the source of any needed resources.

D. Identify the source to pay the for the required physical resources identified in Section VIII. above.

E. List any other required resources and the anticipated source for them.

F. Provide the information requested in Table 1 and Table 2 (for Academic Affairs to include in the external proposal submitted to USM and MHEC).

 

 

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