Program planning is a future-oriented process in which programs assess their current effectiveness in achieving goals and student learning outcomes and evaluate trends in pedagogy, student characteristics, career opportunities, technology, available resources, and other factors that may affect the future directions of the program. Programs use this information to develop five-year plans guiding decisions in a variety of areas such as curriculum revision and development, resource management, faculty and staff hiring, student recruitment and retention, and interaction with the community. The Program Planning Committee coordinates and oversees the program planning process.
For detailed instructions see the Program Planning Guidelines (doc).
Required Data Elements for program self-studies can be found at the Office of Institutional Research Web site.
Computer Science, November 2007 (doc)
Justice Studies Dec 2007 (doc)
Programs are generally reviewed on a five-year cycle. The program planning cycle for accredited programs coordinates with the accreditation cycle, if that cycle is seven years or less. See: Academic Senate Policy F03-4.
The two files below contain the proposed five-year calendar for program planning and thecurrent activity of programs under review. These documents are organized around the due date of the self-study, and include the one year moratorium for programs without professional orientation that was proposed by the Program Planning committee and approved by the Curriculum and Research Committee in fall 2009:
Programs that require more than 120 units to graduate must reapply for the 120 unit exception at the beginning of the program report year. See: Academic Senate Policy s01-5.
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