Directorate of Curriculum Development (DCD)

DCD Mission
The Directorate of Curriculum Development (DCD) of the Charmo University belongs to the Vice-President for scientific research. This directorate is responsible for the academic curriculum of the University, monitoring and supervising the University curriculum to make sure that the curriculum reflect the mission of the University and keep them update.

DCD Function and Mission 

1. Provides the necessary means to fulfill the intended outcomes. 
2. Provides specific direction for the continuous monitoring – assessment and evaluation – of the actual outcomes the curriculum produces. 
3. Reduces the potential for untoward teaching to the test – the corruption of the curriculum by instruction directed toward chosen assessment indicators; rather, both the instruction and the indicators are aimed at the outcomes previously defined by the faculty. 
4. Removes the dumping down of curricula in response to increased student diversity and under preparedness by providing firm, clearly identified outcome standards and by requiring the educational process to change in response to altered student needs. 
5. Enables a faculty to resist academic drift, where a college or program with one mission or curricular purpose gradually and unconsciously drifts away to some other purpose or purposes. 
6. Enables colleges and departments to deal more straightforwardly and rationally with conflict over curricular content, such as disputes related to departmental turf. 
7. Adds or removes any program together with the relevant department. 
8. Makes sure that the programs are kept update and renewed every year. 
9. Welcomes any useful recommendations and ideas given by the University staff. 
10. Looks at the program contents to make sure that they reflect the key aims and objects of departments.