The Academic Program Lifecycle (APL) is a centralized process system that manages academic programs from ideation to retirement. Led by the University and supported by GCE and AWS, APL ensures programs meet academic, industry, and accreditation standards across several key phases: evaluation, design, implementation, assessment, and review.
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APL enables comprehensive market research and financial analysis to assess the fiscal viability of new program ideas. By evaluating projected financial estimates and market demand, this feature helps ensure that program offerings are both strategically aligned with industry needs and financially sustainable.
APL facilitates a thorough initial program analysis to define key activities, benchmarks, and assignments. This feature ensures that programmatic competencies are closely aligned with the University's mission-critical competencies, promoting consistency and academic integrity across all programs.
APL streamlines the process of developing curriculum, building courses, and publishing class sections to the Learning Management System (LMS). This feature ensures that academic content is efficiently created, organized, and seamlessly integrated into the LMS, making it easy to deliver engaging, well-structured courses to students.
APL employs a comprehensive approach to evaluating student learning and educational outcomes within a specific program or curriculum. This feature focuses on assessing student progress over time, aligning with program goals and objectives to ensure that learning outcomes are met and academic standards are continuously upheld.
APL provides a structured process for analyzing program performance across all previous phases—viability, design, implementation, and assessment. This feature helps determine if the program has met its objectives or requires revisions. Based on data-driven insights, decisions are made to either revise, retire, or continue the program, ensuring it remains aligned with academic and industry standards.
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