{"id":2,"date":"2020-06-24T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/unit-vpacad-cridev\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:23:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:23:53","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/unit\/vpacad\/curriculum-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Development and Innovation at York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Curriculum is an organized plan for student learning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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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 such as exchanges and conferences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Being thoughtful about curriculum<\/a> can enhance students' learning and provide greater cohesion in teaching and learning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This work involves visioning<\/a> the student experience in your program, establishing Learning Outcomes<\/a><\/strong> for what they will learn, and ensuring that you have an assessment plan<\/a> for making sure students are learning what you have planned for them to learn. This is what we call the three \"Ds\" of curriculum development<\/a>: Dream, design, and determine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curriculum development is done when planning a new program<\/a>, but can also take place when engaging in the Cyclical Program Review<\/a> process, when proposing the modification<\/a> of an established program, or any time when the structure of a program could be reassessed and refreshed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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