Welcome

The Office of Curriculum and Assessment supports academic leaders and faculty to ensure that curriculum and assessment activities on campus:

• inform and strengthen teaching and learning
• articulate and define program and course curricula and student learning outcomes
• provide systematic, ongoing assessment of student learning
• meet the standards for degree program accreditation, as well as the Higher Learning Commission, Northern Arizona University’s institutional accrediting body, and
• accurately publish curricular requirements in the academic catalog.

We advance the academic strategic priorities of curriculum and assessment through a range of efforts, such as:

• supporting faculty and academic leaders’ development of and/or modifications to academic programs (Program Request Process)
• supporting faculty and academic leaders’ achievement of the Faculty Senate-approved Degree Program Expectations
• providing extensive support and assistance to the College Curriculum and Assessment Committees and the Faculty Senate Curriculum and Assessment Committees
• providing guidance and support for curriculum and assessment for the Liberal Studies Program and the Diversity requirements
• coordinating academic review processes and annual curriculum and assessment reporting requirements, and
• engaging at the national level with assessment and curriculum in higher education communities to sustain knowledge of trends and best practices.