Faculty Toolbox
The Office of Academic Program Planning and Decision Support also coordinates with other offices to help establish a cohesive workflow and framework for curriculum design. The following resources are provided to help units contemplate developing or redesigning curriculum.
Policies
The Office of the Provost maintains the official Policies and Procedures Manual for the university. The following policies pertain to the development, modification, or termination of academic programs, courses, centers and administrative units.
- ACAF 2.00 Creation and Revision of Academic Programs [pdf]
- ACAF 2.01 Establishment and Modification of Centers and Institutes [pdf]
- ACAF 2.02 Establishment and Modification of Academic Administrative Units [pdf]
- ACAF 2.03 Creation and Revision of Academic Courses [pdf]
- ACAF 2.05 Consortial Academic Contracts and Agreements [pdf]
- ACAF 2.06 International Academic Agreements [pdf]
- ACAF 3.00 Assessment and Student Learning [pdf]
- ACAF 3.50 Academic Bulletins and Planning Calendar [pdf]
Resources for Course and Program Proposals
These resources provide information about developing, designing, and delivering high quality courses and programs.
- Academic Program Liaisons
- APPS
- Carolina Core
- CTE Syllabus Templates
- Distributed Learning
- Approved Distributed Learning Courses
- Faculty Senate
- Graduate Council
- Learning Outcomes Template [xlsx]
- SMART Criteria for Learning Outcomes [pdf]
Forms
Forms used in the curriculum approval process are provided below.
- Contract Approval Form [pdf]
- Consortial Agreement Review Form
- International Agreement Review Form [pdf]
- CHE New Program Proposal Form (available upon request)
- CHE Program Modification Form [docx]
- CHE New Center Proposal Form [docx]
- CHE Notification of Change – New Certificate Form [docx]
- CHE Notification of Change Form [docx]
- CHE Notification of Program Termination Form [docx]
Assessing Academic Programs: Self-Enroll
- Log into Blackboard with your USC Network username and password.
- Go into Courses from the global menu and you will see a button for Course Catalog in the upper right side of the screen.
- Click Course Catalog.
- In the Search Catalog, type “Assessing Academic Programs” in the box next to “Course Name Contains”.
- Click [Go]. You will see a list of the courses that allow Guest access and that allow Self-Enrollment.
- Click on the dropdown beside the Bb course ID “ASSESS-DGREE-PRGRMS”.
- Choose Enroll. You will be given information about the course.
- Click [Submit] to continue. You will get confirmation that you have enrolled, and it will say to Select [OK] to continue to the course.
- Click [OK] in the bottom right side of the screen. It will take you into the course.
- Congratulations. You are now enrolled in “Assessing Academic Programs“. Please contact OIRAA at 803-576-6234 if you experience any issues with this course.