Curriculum Development at BSU

"Curriculum" derives from the Latin "currere" meaning a course or to run, as in the course of a river.  The term suggests fluidity, movement, and change.  The process of curriculum development, like a river, involves movement and change as knowledge changes and as the academy changes to meet the needs of an increasingly complex society.  The university faculty hold the responsibility for designing and directing the ever changing curriculum.  Faculty responsibility for curriculum development results from the need for curriculum to reflect the current state of our disciplines, to be academically rigorous, to support faculty professionalism, and to be sustainable.

Within the university context, the undergraduate curriculum has come to mean the formal academic experience of students to obtain a baccalaureate degree.  The term may be used collectively to describe the sum of available undergraduate courses at an institution, or it may be used singularly to describe the process of an individual class.  The development of curriculum requires an understanding of the educational process at all levels, from the individual classroom experience to the integration of all departments within the university.

This site is dedicated to providing faculty with resources for curriculum development and relevant updates regarding the curriculum at Bemidji State University.