SACS Compliance Report:Fayetteville State University

FSU SACS Undergraduate Programs Committee

Responsibilities• Each School or College will contribute

information to the SACS Compliance Report.

• We will collect documentation providing evidence that:– FSU provides curricula that is aligned with its

mission– FSU provides coherent collegiate-level

instruction with justifiable program length

Requests of Each Program1. Organization Map displaying order of

positions within Colleges and Departments

Requests of Each School2. Each School or College will be asked to

provide a narrative describing how the curricula of FSU programs meet SACS standards.

The Undergraduate Programs Compliance Report will ask specific questions supported by certain documents.

Compliance Report• The written narrative will be given in the

SACS Undergraduate Programs Compliance Report.

• Although some questions are directed to the institution, please answer all questions as they pertain to your programs/degrees.

Types of Documentation/Evidence

• Mission Statements• University Catalogs• Curriculum approval

policies• Approved curriculum• Minutes of curriculum

committees• Program brochures• Program review

reports

• Academic policy manual

• Degree planning worksheets

• Copies of Consortium agreements

• State curriculum guidelines

• Student learning outcomes

• Comparative data with similar institutions

Suggestion for SACS

• Each program should devise four or five main goals for student learning. (What do you want graduates to know when they leave FSU?)

• Remember, they must be measurable, quantifiable goals consistent with the mission.

Requests of Each Program

3. Curriculum Matrix indicating which courses meet specific program goals

Requests of Each Program4. Programs will receive a Course Level

Objectives Worksheet.

• It contains 3 sections:– Course Descriptions (Catalog)– Course Objectives (Syllabi)– Artifacts (Assignments, tests, projects, etc.

that are evidence of learning); TaskStream

Curriculum Alignment• Make sure that Course Objectives within

syllabi are consistent with the program goals.

• Many answers are found within the syllabi. A few may need to update the language. (Colleagues teaching the same classes should share/divide the task.)

• Plan to measure whether future graduates have accomplished these goals.

Workshops• We hope to hold workshops providing

useful information (curriculum alignment, course objectives, student learning outcomes, rubrics, artifacts, organizational map, etc.)

• Faculty members who are not able to attend may reference PowerPoint presentations and resource documents.

Undergraduate Programs Committee

• Dr. Darren Pearson• Ms. Sandra Woodard• Dr. Eugenia Almeida• Dr. Gurcharan S. Rahi• Dr. Dawn Wilson• Dr. Lieceng Zhu• Dr. Gloria Elliott

• Dr. Jairo Castillo-Chara• Dr. Charlotte Boger• Dr. Rollinda Thomas• Ms. Sarah Baker• Dr. John Brooks• Dr. Jimmie Williams• Mrs. Sylvia Ray

• Turn in electronic documents to your committee liaison.

Thank You!• Thank you very much for your cooperation

and collaboration!

• Please let us know how this process can be improved! What would make it easier, more accessible, etc.?

• Contact Rollinda Thomas: rthomas8@uncfsu.edu