Readings on Curricular Renewal

Interested in reading what others have said about curriculum renewal? Take a look at these readings we've found: Briggs, Charlotte L. (2007) Curriculum Collaboration: A Key to Continuous Program Renewal. The Journal of Higher Education, 78:6, 676-711, DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2007.11772076. Kirwin, Jennifer, Danielle M. Miller, & Margarita DiVall. (2019) Lessons Learned from Evaluating a Process for Systematic Curriculum Review. American Journal […]

Research Library

Are you looking to make changes to your curriculum? Interested in learning what have others done to support curricular innovation in the areas of content, skills, experience, and structure? This page will be an ever-growing library of articles and general readings related to curricular changes of content, skills, experiences, and structure that can support your […]

Cyclical Program Review

Every seven years, academic programs are required to undergo a review of their program to ensure it aligns with the YUQAP, or York University’s Quality Assurance Procedures. This process ensures that York's programs are of "quality," that is they meet the criteria set out in the Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) originally approved by the Executive […]

Curriculum

Curriculum is an organized plan for student learning. "Curriculum" is from the Latin currere, meaning "race" or a "race course." It began being used in the 1600s to flag an ordering of educational courses and by the 19th century the word "curriculum" commonly referred to a fixed course of study (1). In higher education, "curriculum" […]

Curriculum Development and Innovation at York

Curriculum is an organized plan for student learning. In higher education, this plan includes the courses students are required to take and the courses students can elect to take to fulfill their degree. Curriculum can also include required experiences and opportunities such as capstones and/or internships, as well as optional or extracurricular experiences and opportunities […]