ACOE_Self-Study

o Two elected as at large by the faculty who teach in the professional program. o Four representatives with two from each of the two departments who are elected by the faculty members of their respective departments o Two representatives from the University Eye Center (UEC) who are elected by clinical faculty members with assignments in the UEC. • Four students with one student member from each of the four professional program classes, elected by Student Council. The students collectively shall have one vote. Student members must be in good academic standing. • One representative from the Office of Student Affairs who shall serve ex officio (non- voting) • One representative from Library/Information Resources who shall serve ex officio (non- voting) • Terms shall be 4 years in length (including students when possible). • All members will be limited to two consecutive terms. • The chair of the Committee must be a voting member and shall be determined by the elected committee members. The students have the opportunity to participate in discussions of all proposed curricular changes. They play an important liaison function by bringing curricular proposals back to their classmates for discussion and sharing the results of these discussions with the Curriculum Committee. Evaluation of Courses with Respect to Defined Objectives of the Program The syllabus for each course includes learning objectives (examples available on campus) that are informed by the curricular (program) learning objectives ( Appendix II-1 ). These course learning objectives are reviewed annually by relevant department chair to ensure that address curricular (program) learning objectives. Examples of Actions taken as Result of Curricular Evaluations The curricular review process is undertaken with the goals of identifying areas that could be improved, formulating strategies for improvement and implementing appropriate changes. Several examples of curricular revisions based on these principles are given below. These were also discussed under Standard 1.3. Low Vision As part of the major curricular revision that was rolled out starting in 2008, the topic of low vision, which previously comprised a stand-alone course, was to be taught in several ocular disease courses in conjunction with the treatment of relevant clinical conditions. Low vision rehabilitation of the patient with age-related macular degeneration, for example, would be covered at the time the clinical management of this condition was taught.

Data from both exit surveys and NBEO examinations suggested that with this approach, student learning was falling short of expectations. For the Class of 2011, the last class to complete the

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