Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance (QA) is designed to help each faculty, department, institute and program achieve and maintain standards of excellence in research and teaching. It also helps to:
- Document their quality relative to comparable units nationally and internationally;
- Provide information to Senior University Administrators and Deans to guide the re-allocation of resources and to provide the means by which existing undergraduate and graduate programs can be evaluated;
- Create an institutional culture of excellence;
- Meet public accountability expectations through a credible, transparent and action-oriented review process including publication of assessment outcomes;
- Augment Comprehensive and Strategic Plans with expert assessments of existing and planned activities in research and teaching on a regular basis.
Preparing for a Curriculum Review
Review Resources
Taylor Institute has created a number of resources to support curriculum review and development
Curriculum Review Process

Faculty of Arts - BFA Visual Studies Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Arts - School of Creative and Performing Arts Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Arts - Department of Anthropology and Archaeology Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Arts - Department of Communication, Media and Film Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Arts - Department of Geography Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Arts - Department of Philosophy Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Arts - Department of Political Science - International Relations Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Arts - Department of Political Science - Honours Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Arts - Department of Psychology Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Arts - Department of Sociology Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Arts - Law and Society Public Curriculum Review Report
Cumming School of Medicine - Bachelor of Community Rehabilitation Curriculum Review Report
Cumming School of Medicine - Undergraduate Medicine Education Public Curriculum Review Report
Cumming School of Medicine - Bachelor of Health Sciences Curriculum Review Report
Haskayne School of Business Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Law - Masters of Law Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Nursing Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Science - Department of Computer Science Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Science - Environmental Science Program Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Science - BSc Neuroscience Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Science - Actuarial Science Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Science - Geoscience Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Science - General Mathematics Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Science - Natural Sciences Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Science - New Mathematics Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Social Work - Bachelor of Social Work Public Curriculum Review Report
Schulich School of Engineering - Chemical Engineering Public Curriculum Review Report
Schulich School of Engineering - Civil Engineering Public Curriculum Review Report
Schulich School of Engineering - Electrical Engineering Public Curriculum Review Report
Schulich School of Engineering - Geomatics Engineering Public Curriculum Review Report
Schulich School of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Public Curriculum Review Report
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Curriculum Review Report
Werklund School of Education - Bachelor of Education Curriculum Review Report