Accreditation Standards

15: Management of Curricula: The school uses well documented, systematic processes to develop, monitor, evaluate, and revise the substance and delivery of the curricula of degree programs and to assess the impact of the curricula on learning.  Curriculum management includes inputs from all appropriate constituencies which may include faculty, staff, administrators, students, faculty from non-business disciplines, alumni, and the business community served by the school.

The standard requires use of a systematic process for curriculum management but does not require any specific courses in the curriculum.  Normally, the curriculum management process will result in an undergraduate degree program that includes learning experiences in such general knowledge and skill areas as:

• Communication abilities.
• Ethical understanding and reasoning abilities.
• Analytic skills.
• Use of information technology.
• Multicultural and diversity understanding.
• Reflective thinking skills.

Normally, the curriculum management process will result in undergraduate and master’s level general management degree programs that will include learning experiences in such management-specific knowledge and skills areas as:

• Ethical and legal responsibilities in organizations and society.
• Financial theories, analysis, reporting, and markets.
• Creation of value through the integrated production and distribution of goods, services, and information.
• Group and individual dynamics in organizations.
• Statistical data analysis and management science as they support decision-making processes throughout an organization.
• Information technologies as they influence the structure and processes of organizations and economies, and as they influence the roles and techniques of management.
• Domestic and global economic environments of organizations.
• Other management-specific knowledge and abilities as identified by the school.

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Basis for Judgment:

• Faculty led processes actively manage curricula for degree programs.  Processes are in operation for all phases of curriculum management including development, monitoring, evaluation, revision, and assessment of learning.
• Curriculum management processes engage perspectives from a variety of relevant constituencies.
• Evidence of recent curriculum development, review, or revision demonstrates the effectiveness of curriculum management.
• Resulting curricula include an appropriate set of learning experiences to prepare graduates for business and management careers.

Guidance for Documentation:

• Document curriculum management processes.
• Show how the curriculum management processes have produced new or revised curricula.
• Provide curriculum descriptions for all degree programs included in the accreditation review.