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Outline of Academic Program Self-study Report

A.  Academic Program

1. Describe the program.
1. List the majors and minors (if undergraduate) or programs and certificates (if graduate).
2. Provide the program cluster’s mission statement.
3. Describe how the program supports the mission of the university.
4. Describe how the program prepares students for career pathways and/or further study.
2. For undergraduate programs, describe how the majors support the liberal arts within the university.
1. Note how courses in program cluster majors are interwoven with general education requirements.
2. Discuss courses offered as “service courses” for the liberal arts curriculum, and note the typical enrollments in these courses. [IR will provide summarized data for recent years regarding service course enrollments.]
3. Describe how the program interacts with other majors.
3. Describe any admission-to-program requirements for students.
4. Provide a list of required courses for the majors/programs and note any recommended electives. 
5. List the  student learning outcomes, along with the measures and criteria/benchmarks for each major or program and any minors or certificates that are not “miniature majors/programs.” 
6. Create or review and update the student learning outcomes, curriculum map, and assessment plan for the current curriculum. [IR can provide guidance on creating and revising SLO’s, curriculum maps, and assessment plans.] 
7. Describe how the program advances the university DEI goals.
1. List activities and ways the program contributes to making the university a desirable place to learn, work and increase a sense of belonging for all students, faculty, and staff.
2. Describe how you systematically collect and analyze data about DEI and use it to assess the program’s ability to support the needs of the university’s increasingly diverse student population.
3. Describe what efforts have been made to support faculty development to implement student-centered pedagogies that aid faculty in teaching to an increasingly diverse student body and developing courses that include the voices of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ people.
8. Assess the structure and content of the program in comparison to current practices in the discipline. 
9. Reflection on the future potential of the program, as determined by external forces such as market demand.
1. Locate the program’s growth trajectory within the context of other similar/competitor programs using IPEDS completions data [IR will provide this information]
10. Analyze the instructional and informal environment in the program cluster. 
1. Assess the amount and quality of contact between students and faculty. [IR will provide the most recent results of the Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI) and/or Adult Student Priorities Survey (ASPS) for the program cluster’s majors/programs, including data on satisfaction with advising.]
2. Describe how support, collaboration, and cooperation among students is encouraged.
3. Assess how active learning experiences are encouraged.

B.  Faculty 

1. Present a table listing academic credentials, areas of expertise, courses taught, advisee load, years of service, and academic rank of each faculty member of the program cluster. [IR will provide an Excel file with five years of history of faculty teaching in the program cluster, including rank, degrees, advisee load and years of service.]
2. List faculty research and performance activities in the last five years.
3. Discuss any perceived gaps in faculty expertise or limitations on the number of faculty members necessary to fulfill the program cluster’s goals and courses within the majors/programs.
4. Describe the use of adjunct faculty to teach courses in the major or program. [IR will provide a five year history of course offerings, including whether courses were taught by ongoing or part-time/adjunct faculty.]
5. Describe the primary faculty service involvements within the university.
6. Describe how faculty service meets program needs and contributes to the mission of the university.

C.  Students 

1. Present a table listing the current number of students within each major and minor in the program cluster. Comment on whether these numbers are increasing, decreasing, or holding steady over the past 10 years (or so). [IR will provide a 5-10 year history of majors and minors within the program cluster.]
2. Provide the number of degrees awarded in the past five years. [IR will provide a 5+ year history of the number of degrees awarded.]
3. Describe post-baccalaureate or post-program completion pursuits of graduates of the program cluster. [IR will provide overall survey results from the most recent alumni survey for the program cluster’s graduates. IR will also provided data on graduate outcomes based on the first-destination and career services follow-up surveys.]

D.  Resources

1. Provide a 3-5 year history of the program's operating expenses and the cost of the program per student credit hour. (IR will provide data, including benchmarks when available.)
2. Assess classroom and laboratory equipment and facilities, studio facilities, etc.
3. Evaluate external resources utilized by the program cluster: grants, contracts, service fees, other.
4. Evaluate technology available.

E. Summary and Questions

Provide any concluding statements that may be helpful for the review team, along with any specific questions that you would like the team to consider in their evaluation.