Curriculum design involves the collaboration of various agencies like universities, industries, experts, and faculty members. This presentation provides suggestions to avoid failures in curriculum planning, design and implementation.

1. Failures in Curriculum Design
and Implementation
Thanikachalam. V., B.E., M. Tech., Ph.D., M.S., FIE.,
FIGS., FFIUCE

2. Types of Institutions
• Affiliated College
• Government College
• Autonomous College
• Deemed University
• Public University
• National Institute
• Institute of National Importance

3. Location of the Institutions
• Urban like Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli , etc.
• Kanchipuram, Ozur, etc. (Near the Industrial Hubs and Corridors)
• Metros (Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai,
Noida, Delhi,..)
• District head quarters near the cities and industrial corridors
(Vellore, Tuticorin)
• Chengalpattu (Rural but near State Capital)
• Remote Hilly Areas (Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal
Pradesh, Nagaland, and Sikkim)
• Far off Islands like Andaman and Nicobar Islands

4. Strategic Planning
• SWOT Analysis
• Vision and Mission
• Board of Studies
• Mix of Experts from Industry, Faculty and Experts from Outstanding
Institutions
• Comparative Studies of the Existing Curricula
• Knowledge of Global Trends in Germany, Canada, USA, UK, Australia,
China, France, etc.
• Outcome of the Programs
• Impact Studies
• Tracer Studies

5. Delegation and Empowerment of the HODs
• Have to delegated the HODs to plan new industry relevant
programs?
• Have you decentralized the planning process?
• Have you empowered the HOD to conduct curriculum development
process?
• Are there sufficient faculty to implement the new curriculum?
• Are there sufficient lab equipment?
• Are there sufficient machineries in the workshop?
• Are there sufficient consumables in the labs?

6. Early Failures
• Not having vision and mission
• Not assessing the needs of prospective employers
• Not conducting in-depth Needs Assessment, and Analysis
• Not constituting a balanced Board of Studies
• Not Identifying Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
• Not developing Instructional Resources
• Not assessing the faculty needs in implementing the new program
• Not conducting faculty development programs
• Not improving the department resources
• Not conducting formative evaluation
• Not maintaining the equipment

7. Academic Council
• Draft Curriculum for Approval
• Feedback from the members of the Academic Council
• Modification and Improvement
• Senate Approval
• Mass Production of Curriculum
• Formative Evaluation
• Piloting
• Summative Evaluation
• Improvement

8. Stages of Curriculum Design
• Needs Analysis
• Curriculum Framework
• PEOs, COs
• Faculty Development to implement the new curriculum
• Including Adjunct Faculty and Experts from industry
• Modernization of Resources, Labs, Workshops, Computer Center,
Software, Field Works, Industrial Training, Industry Relevant
Projects, Internships, Interdisciplinary specific Research, Capstone
Projects, etc.
• Cooperative/ Sandwich Programs

9. Collaboration with Industries
• Identification of companies
• Mutual understanding
• MoU
• Grants under CSR
• MoU for faculty training
• MoU for Student Training
• MoU for Adjunct Faculty from the Companies
• Consultancy Works
• On campus recruitment

10. Stages of Curriculum Development…
• Formative Evaluation by experts
• Instructional Materials Development
• Item bank, model question paper, projects
• Piloting
• Faculty Feedback
• Student Feedback
• Continuous Improvement and Evaluation

11. Curriculum Design Process
1. Assessment of the Employers Needs
• Needs Assessment, Analysis, Market Survey, Technology Assessment,
Questionnaire Development, Discussion with Employers/ Alumni/Human
Resource Recruiters, etc.
• Assessing the knowledge,
• job analysis and requirements in the following areas:
- Technology Needs, Soft Skills, Hard Skills
- Company Needs
- Company Needs for Human Resources
- Skilled Workers, Technicians, Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO), Chief Learning
Officer (CLO), Design Engineers, Product Developers, Prototype Developer,
Manufacturing Engineers, Marketing Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Software
Engineers, Finance Managers (CFOs), Human Resource Developers, Human
Resource Managers, Product Inovators, etc.

12. 2. Determining Program Educational
Objectives (PEOs)
• Checking the Accreditation Standards
• ABET
• NBA
• Graduate Attributes
• Communication Needs
• Intellectual Skills
• Higher Order Skills
• Attitudes
• Achievement Motivation
• Work Place Needs
• Corporate Office Needs

13. 3.Curriculum Framework
• Basic Courses
• Core Courses
• Applied Courses
• Advanced Courses
• Electives
• Practicum
• Industrial Training
• Internships

14. 4.Assessment of Course Outcomes
• Relate to Tasks
• Compare the needs of the employers
• Check the performance of the alumni
• Review the feedback of the employers

15. 5. Faculty Development
• In depth expertise in the new courses added to the curriculum
• Research Capability
• Publications
• Industry Specific Consultancy Works
• Product Development
• Patents
• Contract Manufacturing
• Learning Packages Development
• Sponsored Research

16. Mass Communication through press,
television, newsletters, web, etc.
• Pamphlets on the Program
• Open House
• Student Seminars
• Television programs
• Invite employers for campus recruitment
• Conduct seminars in cooperation with the companies

17. Avoid Program Failures
• Bring the achievements of the students through mass media
• Continuous evaluation of the curriculum against the advancements
of the industry
• Delete obsolete courses
• Add new courses
• Training the faculty
• Conduct tracer studies
• Conduct impact studies

18. Development under International
Development Institutes (IDAs)
• Have you included the needed new equipment?
• Have you included any additional areas to accommodate the
resources?
• Have to planned Annual Maintenance of the equipment?
• Have to trained the skilled workers?

19. Thank You
•Your questions please.