Program Reviews

Program Reviews - Non-accredited Programs
(Accredited Program Self-Studies and Documents - for username and password, please contact the University Provost by telephone at 615-898-2880 or you can send an e-mail to provost@mtsu.edu).

Academic program reviews at Middle Tennessee State University are designed to assess program quality and facilitate program improvement. The program review process is a regular, systematic review and evaluation of all academic programs not accredited by a THEC approved accrediting agency. These undergraduate and graduate programs are evaluated on a seven-year cyclic by an out-of-state consultant. The process is coordinated by the department chair in cooperation with the appropriate college and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Planning and Research. The provost's office participates in the review process and the subsequent follow up.

The evaluations, similar to accreditation reviews, are based on standards established by the Tennessee Board of Regents and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

Reports from previous program reviews are available through the MTSU Access Only section of this website.

Program Review Calendar 2010-11 through 2016-17

Criteria for Selecting External Program Reviewers

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM REVIEW:

For undergraduate programs, reviewers are asked to evaluate the presence of 31 quality standards on a review checklist and prepare a written assessment.

• Self-Study Guidelines
• Reviewer's Checklist
• Departmental Response Form
• Schedule for Program Review Activities
• Suggested Itinerary for Reviewer's Campus Visit
• Signature Sheet for UG Self-Study Reports
• Approval Sheet for UG Program Reviewers

GRADUATE PROGRAM REVIEW:

Graduate programs are measured against objective and qualitative standards established by the Tennessee Conference of Graduate Schools. The eight objective standards, which are either met or not met, include items primarily related to students’ learning experience. Qualitative standards include the students’ learning experience, graduate faculty quality, teaching-learning environment, and program evaluation. Reviewers are also required to submit a narrative report.

• Program Review Schedule:
  • 2007-08 Reviews
  • 2008-09 Reviews
  • 2009-10 Reviews
  • 2010-11 Reviews
• Reviewer's Checklist
• Departmental Response Form
• Schedule for Program Review Activities
• Reviewer's Visit Schedule
• Signature Page for Graduate Self-Study Reports

Academic Audit:

Departments have the choice of using the conventional program review or the Academic Audit. The Academic Audit focuses on processes used in administration of the academic program.

• Academic Audit Information
• Academic Audit Reviewer's Checklist:
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate