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Educators from the University of Michigan offer a new way for administrators and faculty members in higher education to think about curriculum. The core of the approach is the concept of curriculum as an academic plan, which includes decisions about what, why, and how a specific group of students is

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• Preface
• Need for a Curriculum Book
• Audiences
• Research Base
• Supplementary Materials
• Acknowledgments
• I Defining Curriculum
• 1 From Influences and Assumptions to Actions
• Purpose
• Perspective and Organization
• 2 Defining Curriculum: An Academic Plan
• Defining Curriculum
• Common Definitions of Curriculum The Need for a Definitional Framework
• The Academic Plan as a Useful Definition
• Elements of Academic Plans Advantages of Defining Curriculum as an Academic Plan
• Constructing Plans: Curriculum Development
• Influences on Curriculum Planning
• Academic Plans in Environmental Context
• 3 Curriculum Perspectives and Frameworks
• Curricular Frameworks
• Perspectives on Educational Purpose Perspectives on Content Selection Perspectives on Learners Curriculum Sequence Perspectives Instructional Process Perspectives Perspectives on Evaluation and Adjustment
• General Curriculum Frameworks
• Precollegiate Curriculum Frameworks Frameworks from Higher Education
• Curriculum Planning and Design
• Linking the Elements: Toward a Theory of Curriculum
• 4 Recurring Debates About the College Curriculum
• Influences Create a Complex Educational Environment
• Patterns of Curriculum Debate
• The Educational Purpose Issue: Debating the Balance of General and Specialized Studies Learners: Periods of Emphasis on Access Content Debates: Prescription versus Choice in Courses and Programs Instructional Process: Occasional Innovation Evaluation Debates: Emphasis on Quality Control
• Influences and Potential Reforms
• 5 Calls for Curriculum Reform
• The Reform Era of the Late 1900s
• Critical Reports Constructive Proposals
• Curriculum Reform and Academic Plans
• Purpose and Content Sequence and Structure Learners Instructional Process Instructional Resources Evaluation and Adjustment Summary
• Impact of the Reform Proposals
• External Influences Organizational Influences Internal Influences The Pace of Change A Doubting Voice
• Relation to Earlier Debates
• General versus Specialized Education Prescription versus Choice Instructional Process Emphasis on Access Evaluation and Quality Control
• New Approaches to Old Debates
• II Developing Curriculum
• 6 Creating Academic Plans
• Curriculum Planning: Realities and Prospects
• Course Planning: A Faculty Role
• The Course Planning Process Influences on Planning Courses Patterns of Involvement in Course Planning
• Program Planning: A Group Endeavor
• Program Planners The Program Planning Process Influences on Program Planning Patterns of Involvement in Program Planning
• College Planning: A Matter of Mission
• The Collegewide Planners The Collegewide Planning Process and Influences Evaluating and Adjusting
• Systematic Design Models
• Course Design Program Design College-level Design
• From Plan to Design
• 7 Influence of Academic Fields
• Influences of Academic Fields on Planning
• Defining and Characterizing Academic Fields Characteristics of Traditional Academic Disciplines Characteristics of Professional and Occupational Fields
• Academic Fields and Course Planning
• Content and Background Consideration Four Illustrative Profiles of Course Planning
• Academic Fields and Program Planning
• Disciplinary Major Programs in Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Professional Major Programs Occupational Ma