How each program and course is developed
Method
The work follows a deliberate order. Reversing it creates gaps, rework, and inconsistent courses. Course documentation is always completed and approved before weekly development begins.
Phase 1
Establish the program architecture
Resolve the problem the program addresses, the intended student, graduate capability, foundational vs. advanced competencies, required vs. elective structure, the culminating experience, target careers and certifications, feasible tools, and what can realistically be taught in seven-week courses — then convert the answers into a sequence.
Phase 2
Define the program learning outcomes
Outcomes broad enough to describe graduate capability but specific enough to map to courses and assessments, each appearing meaningfully across the curriculum so nothing is claimed but untaught.
Phase 3
Design the course sequence
Dependency analysis for each course — prerequisites, what it introduces, reinforces, and requires independently; which later courses depend on it; which outcomes it supports; and how it feeds the capstone.
Phase 4
Create complete course documentation
Scope, outcomes, prerequisites, assessment weights, major assignments, required technologies, grading standards, and weekly progression — approved before any weekly development begins.
Phase 5
Build the seven weekly modules
Each week expanded into full instructor and student documentation: weekly outcomes, authoritative resources, minute-by-minute session plan, lab/workshop/case, asynchronous work, assessment, rubric, and alignment checks.
Phase 6
Program and course quality assurance
Review at the sentence, activity, week, course, program, operational, and institutional levels before anything circulates.
Quality assurance
Review at every level
Sentence level
Accurate, readable, unambiguous language.
Activity level
A student or instructor can carry it out from the instructions given.
Week level
Resources, session, and assessments support the week’s outcomes.
Course level
All seven weeks produce the course outcomes.
Program level
Courses collectively produce the program outcomes.
Institutional level
Consistent enough to be approved, assigned, taught, and maintained.