Appendix II.A
Curriculum Review and Revision Plan in Component Sequence
Component 1: The MLS program Curriculum Committee sets the meeting schedule for
the academic year and develops a set of goals for the coming year, including:
 Monthly MLS program Curriculum Committee meetings
 Monthly COE Curriculum Committees meetings
 ECU Curriculum Committee meetings.
 MLS Program Advisory Board meetings
Meetings scheduled for the academic year include:
 Two MLS faculty workshops, Fall and Spring
 Launch of the annual curriculum survey
 Summer constituent focus groups
 Meeting with the MLS Program Advisory Board
Component 2: A student and former student are recruited to be members of the MLS
program Curriculum Committee.
Component 3: An MLS program Curriculum Committee workshop is held for faculty,
generally for a half day in the Fall semester, (a) to inform the faculty, especially
new and adjunct faculty, of the ECU curriculum approval process, (b) to present
the goals of the committee to the faculty for the coming year, (c) to solicit input on
those goals, and (d) to solicit faulty input on curriculum revision needs.
Component 4: Members of the MLS program Curriculum Committee are assigned tasks
to review all input from the various data gathering sources, including: (a) faculty,
student, alumni, and stakeholder information, (b) the professional literature, and
(c) a comparison of the curricula of peer MLS programs to gauge trends in
curriculum. Data gathering methods examined during this process include: (a)
student, alumni, and stakeholder surveys conducted during the previous year, (b)
reports from stakeholder focus groups, (c) reports from the MLS Program
Advisory Board, (d) faculty input from the MLS program Curriculum Committee
workshops, (e) a curriculum survey and (f) data from assessment instruments,
including:
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SOIS results of the previous year
MLS student portfolio data (portfolios contain artifacts from each course for each
student as evidence of success on course objectives and a reflection from each
student for each course that reports the benefits and concerns experienced in
each course by each student)
Data gathered for accrediting body reports, including the Southern Association of
Colleges and Universities (SACS) and NCATE/AASL
Current and recent enrollment data
Component 5: The MLS program Curriculum Committee reviews and assesses each of
the data gathering instruments for continued use as a data gathering instrument.
Timelines for the data gathering instruments are established for the coming year.
Component 6: Members of the MLS program Curriculum Committee are assigned
oversight duties for relevant data gathering instruments, such as surveys
scheduled for the year and focus group initiatives.
Component 7: Members of the MLS program Curriculum Committee report their
oversight findings and advice on conducting their assigned data gathering
instrument as needed.
Component 8: The MLS program Curriculum Committee develops proposals for new
courses and revisions to existing courses as generated from the data gathered
from the various sources identified above in the curriculum review and revision
plan and by request of departmental faculty throughout the academic year. The
committee oversees the collection and analysis of data and input from
stakeholders before initiating revisions of the curriculum. The MLS program
Curriculum Committee is the initial body of review in ECU’s curriculum review
and revision process.
Component 9: For each proposed course or course revision, the following steps occur
throughout the academic year:
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Request for comment is sent to various stakeholder groups, especially faculty,
students, alumni, and the MLS Program Advisory Board
Each proposal is presented to the MLS faculty for a vote of approval
Each proposal approved by the MLS faculty is presented to the Assistant Chair,
Department of Information and Library Science for approval
Each proposal approved by the Assistant Chair, Department of Information and
Library Science is presented to the COE Curriculum Committee
Revisions are made as requested by the COE Curriculum Committee
Each proposal approved by COE Curriculum Committee for a course in the
School Library Pathway is presented to the Council on Teacher Education’s
(CTE) Curriculum Committee. Each proposal approved by the COE Curriculum
Committee and CTE Curriculum Committee is presented to the COE Dean for
approval.
Each proposal approved by the COE Dean is presented to the ECU Graduate
Curriculum Committee (GCC) for approval. The Chair of the MLS program
Curriculum Committee attends all GCC meetings that are scheduled to approve
MLS course proposals and revisions. This is the final step of the approval
process and results in revised course listings in the ECU Graduate Catalog.
Component 10: A process of examining input from current and former students and
other stakeholders for feedback on new courses and course revisions
established is conducted after data is gathered from existing relevant data
gathering instruments, especially an annual curriculum survey distributed to
students and stakeholders and annual focus group meetings. This review and
assessment for the purpose of feedback on new courses and course revisions
takes place after such data gathering instruments occur when new courses and
course revisions have been implemented.
Component 11: A Spring MLS Curriculum Workshop is held to inform MLS program
faculty of the state of new courses and revisions, and any changes to the
curriculum as a result of the MLS program Curriculum Committee’s work during
the academic year, to present data gathered over the academic year, and to
solicit input from MLS program faculty.
Component 12: Summer focus groups and an annual meeting with the MLS Program
Advisory Board are held to inform them of curriculum additions and revisions
from the past year and to gather input for the coming year
Component 13: Data from components 8, 9 and 10 are used for the MLS program
Curriculum Committee’s work for subsequent academic years, beginning with
Component 4.