Who developed the proposed curriculum? What process was followed to develop this new curriculum?
The new curriculum was developed by the Academic Rigor working group, established by President Davila in response to the tight deadlines imposed by MSCHE. The Academic Rigor group worked in conjunction with the Council for Undergraduate Education (CUE), which is the university body normally responsible for curriculum development, and with an outside curriculum development consultant. There were a total of 25 participants on the joint Academic Rigor/CUE working group, representing a wide range of disciplines. The process began during Spring 2007, when CUE invited experts on curriculum design to campus to share their experience with us. Before designing a curriculum, however, we needed learning outcomes (goals for student learning) to guide it. The department Chairs met in May and revised the University Goals that the faculty had adopted in 1997; then, the working group elaborated upon these goals to arrive at the Undergraduate Learning Outcomes. With the outcomes in place, the working g
