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Online Program Criteria

Questions for Electronically Offered Degree/Certificate Programs

1. What is the evidence that the program is consistent with the role and mission of the unit, including its goals with regard to student access?


2. Does the program take the college or campus beyond its institutional boundaries, e.g., students to be served, geographic service area, locus of instruction, curriculum to be offered, or comparable formally stated definitions of institutional purpose?


3. Is the academic and administrative staffing structure appropriate (and fully qualified) to support the program?


4. How are students provided with adequate technical support for each educational technology hardware, software, and delivery system required in the program?


5. How were appropriate learning outcomes established? How does the program design involve the demonstration of such skills as analysis, comprehension, communication and effective research?


6. What provisions for instructor-student and student-student interaction are included in the program/course design and the course syllabus? How is appropriate interaction assured?


7. What support services, including orientation and training, are available to those responsible for preparing courses or programs to be offered electronically? What support services are available to those faculty members responsible for working directly with students?


8. How do potential students learn about the electronically offered program?


9. What criteria are used to determine the student’s eligibility for admission to the program?


10. How are the following services provided to distance-learning students: information about the college, program, courses, and costs; pre-registration advising; admission application, placement, enrollment and registration; and financial aid?