Policy 303: CSUS Board Academic Program Review Policy

Subject: Academic Affairs

Board Policy

The campuses conduct regular internal reviews of all approved programs at least once every seven (7) years.

Each campus maintains on the CSUS website an outline of the process and schedule for program review. Based on self-studies, the review reports include:
- Brief history of program;
- Relationship of program to role and mission and success in meeting objectives;
- Analysis of continuing need, quality, and resource adequacy based on three years of data on student enrollments, student profiles, outcomes assessments ( including alumni surveys), numbers of graduates, and other pertinent considerations; and
- Plans for the future that address identified issues – i.e., weaknesses, new opportunities, and the like.
Campuses present the program review reports from the preceding year for consideration by the Academic and Student Affairs Committee and recommendation to the Board during the December meeting, including brief summaries of the reports that include plans for the future.