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Most, Rachel; Wellmon, Chad – Journal of General Education, 2015
The focus of this essay is to examine how general education requirements and advising are connected in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia. To do this, we begin with a brief description and history of general education requirements. We move next to a description of the advising system and general education requirements…
Descriptors: General Education, Essays, Degree Requirements, Academic Advising
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Wainwright, Barbara A. – PRIMUS, 2014
This paper focuses on the development of an actuarial science track for the mathematics major at Salisbury University (SU). A timeline from the initial investigation into such a program through the proposal and approval processes is shared for those who might be interested in developing a new actuarial program. It is wise to start small and take…
Descriptors: Program Development, College Programs, Risk Assessment, Mathematics Education
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Valenzano, Joseph M., III; Wallace, Samuel P. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2014
Changes to general education curricula are taking place across the globe. From the Bologna Process in Europe to the Liberal Education and America's Promise initiative in the United States, colleges and universities are reforming what constitutes general education for their students. At the University of Dayton, such reforms took the shape of a…
Descriptors: General Education, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Educational History
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Jankowski, Natasha; Hutchings, Pat; Ewell, Peter; Kinzie, Jillian; Kuh, George – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
There is no shortage of challenges facing postsecondary institutions in the US. One that cuts to the core of the enterprise is whether they are preparing their graduates to live productive, civically responsible lives in a dynamic global marketplace mapped onto diverse, yet increasingly interdependent, social and cultural systems. Much of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Stakeholders, Academic Degrees, Evidence
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O'Callaghan, Phyllis – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
The road to a new degree program is rarely smooth. The author describes the lengthy and bumpy path to the successful creation of and approval for the first nontraditional doctorate offered at Georgetown University, the Doctor of Liberal Studies Degree (DLS). The new Doctor in Liberal Studies (DLS) required applicants to have a master's degree or…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Program Development, Nontraditional Education, Doctoral Programs
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Hochradel, Rebecca; Long, Jamye; Johnson, Cooper – Business Communication Quarterly, 2010
In 2008, Delta State University began offering an integrated Master's of Business Administration (iMBA) degree. The program's design allows students to complete degree requirements within three semesters using an online, integrated format. The program consists of three 10-hour modules, one offered in each semester: spring, summer, and fall. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Business Administration, Degree Requirements, Teamwork
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Okoye, Ifeakandu – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
A disturbing concern that has been expressed by academic economists is the low interest in economics as a major, as evidenced by the declining enrollment in most of the economics departments in American colleges and universities. Though some college and university economics departments are experiencing or had experienced a decline in their majors…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), Economics Education, Student Interests
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Khoo, Benjamin; Harris, Peter – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
The Information Systems (IS) curriculum needs to be updated frequently due to the rapid rate of advances in information systems (IS) and the technologies that drive IS, and also industry's skill requirement of IS graduates. This paper describes a Career Skills Oriented Approach to enhance the graduate IS curriculum based on current information…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Skill Analysis
Murphy, Patrick M.; O'Shea, Edward – ADE Bulletin, 1997
Describes curriculum review at the State University of New York, Oswego, where faculty and administrators tried to develop an English major that would preserve the best traditional practices and institutionalize innovation. Concludes that curriculum revision would not have moved forward without the Modern Language Association-Fund for the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Degree Requirements, English Curriculum
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. Council for Occupational Education. – 1985
Designed to clarify the function of the Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree, this report lists and explains criteria for the degree as a means of enhancing the potential of the AAS to serve as a national employment credential and as the curricular foundation for the occupational mission of the community, technical, and junior colleges. The…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Ciofalo, Andrew – 1987
To prepare college graduates for careers in the magazine publishing industry, a magazine curriculum requires a complex array of disparate courses. Small colleges offer the best environment for reformatting magazine education. In order for a magazine curriculum to develop, grow, and thrive it must have access to students with specialized interests…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
Evangelauf, Jean – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has ruled that by the year 2000, new members must have 150 credits in higher education (a year of study beyond the bachelor's degree) due to the increased complexity of accounting. The transition to the new requirements is predicted to be disruptive. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accounting, Certification, Certified Public Accountants, Change Strategies
Lukenbill, Jeffrey D. – CSCC Bulletin, 1984
An overview is provided of recent efforts to review and redefine the associate degree, with special focus on a workshop sponsored by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) and the Miami-Dade Community College District (MDCCD) which attempted to sharpen the focus of the inquiry into the definition of the associate degree. First,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Definitions
Krumme, Ursel – 1976
A project in major curriculum revision for a baccalaureate program in nursing accomplished: (1) extensive review of the present and future educational health and nursing care needs; (2) development of a philosophy of nursing education; (3) development of a set of terminal program objectives; (4) development of a statement about the graduate of the…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements, Educational Assessment
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Bennett, Edward S.; Soni, P. Sarita – Journal of Optometric Education, 1983
Results of a survey of all U.S. and Canadian optometry schools regarding curriculum status and philosophy are reported, including requirements, clinical experience availability, instructor consultations, reading, optional coursework, continuous care, and student observation. The survey form is appended. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
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