Establishing a Consistent Curriculum in a Distributed Campus Environment: Lessons Learned while Moving Towards Accreditation

We report on efforts to communicate and ensure a consistent curriculum in a distributed university setting for a school of business and technology. The school´s programs and courses are delivered via 100+ physical campuses throughout the world. Many programs, including the largest, are also delivered via on-line distance learning. The paper examines issues and requirements about what information to communicate for each course and describes a system for communicating curriculum information in this diverse educational environment. The contribution of the new curriculum system in assessment and accreditation are discussed. Findings and recommendations are presented.