Annual Program Review

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Introduction

Complete an Annual Program Review (in tandem with Curriculum Committees):

  • To put into effect, and/or account for the status of, action plans identified in the Comprehensive Program Review process.
  • To assess any new Program Standards released by the Ministry, revise the program curriculum, and update the program of studies as necessary following the College's POS change process.
  • To provide recommendations for enhancements and or amendments to the program and course outlines, in accordance with Ministry and college policies.

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Ontario College Quality Assurance Service (OCQAS)

Guided by the Program Quality Policy, the College is committed to academic programming excellence to keep pace with demographic shifts, changing employments trends, global competition, and student & employer needs.

Annual Program Review allows examining, restructuring, reorganizing, and enhancing academic programs based on the College's strategic directions, feedback from faculty on the curriculum committees, advisory committee members and students, and analysis of supporting data collected from various sources including finance, institutional research and corporate reporting.

The Annual Program Review may include the following:

  1. Review of the program curriculum.
  2. Updates to the program of studies (POS) as necessary.
  3. Addition or deletion of courses.
  4. Changes in course title, duration or scope.
  5. Changes in pre-requisites or equivalencies.

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Curriculum Committees

Curriculum committees play a crucial role in the continuous improvement of Mohawk programs through shared ownership for the quality of curriculum, teaching strategies and student assessment methodologies. These committees also assist the college to ensure that the highest quality is consistently maintained in academic offerings, thereby fulfilling all Ministry, college, and program accreditation requirements. During the Annual Program Review process, the curriculum committees provide recommendations for enhancements and or amendments to program and course outlines, in accordance with Ministry and college policies. These changes often follow the college's POS change process.

Curriculum Committees are guided by standardized Curriculum Committee Terms of Reference (Download opens as PDF, 245 KB)

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Annual Review Process

The Annual Program Review process is implemented through the work of the Curriculum Committees and managed by the Academic Quality team for every program offered by the college. This increases the frequency and structure of program review.

At the end of each Comprehensive Program Review cycle, the Academic Quality team updates a progress document, that is used for follow up and reporting on the status of applicable recommendations and action items from the Comprehensive Program Reviews.

Timely completion of these action items is accomplished through Curriculum Committees and culminates in an Annual Program Area Report.

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