What Happens Next?
The college reviews your plan in two ways:
- for academic content and structure
- for technical items such as accurate transfer credit and credit amounts and levels.
An assessment committee, made up of faculty and assessment professionals, reviews your degree program in the contexts of:
- your rationale essay
- ESC requirements for degrees (credit amounts, level, type)
- ESC Area of Study Guidelines for your type of degree
- what the profession expects in your type of degree, if you're pursuing a professionally-based degree
- State University of New York General Education requirements.
The first context - your rationale essay - is one of the most important. Committee members want to understand your reasoning and research behind your choices for your degree - the things that make your degree meaningful to you as well as academically and professionally valid.
Once an assessment committee reviews and approves your plan, the college does a final review, double-checking your transfer credit, general education, credit amounts, and other technical aspects to make sure your degree conforms with ESC and SUNY requirements.