The Part-Time/Temporary Curriculum and Degree Progress Specialist provides administrative and analytical curriculum review support and will work closely with and provide support to the Senior Assistant Registrar for Graduate Records. This role focuses on ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of curriculum information related to the Graduate School catalog and associated curriculum documentation. The Curriculum Reviewer works collaboratively with graduate departments, the curriculum team, and other Registrar functional areas, and may also review undergraduate curriculum artifacts as needed. This position will also assist with data and transcript analysis, including degree audit validation, testing, review, reporting, and troubleshooting (including migration of degree audit exceptions) as needed.
This position supports institutional efforts to maintain clear, well-documented, and systematized academic curriculum processes, from proposal through approval and codification and will work with team members in the University Registrar’s Office, the Graduate School, faculty, curriculum contacts and other campus partners whose roles contribute to the development of the academic offerings.
Job Responsibilities:
- Monitor, review, and update graduate program requirements to ensure accurate content, consistent formatting, and publication across institutional platforms and websites.
- Assist in maintaining the Graduate School catalog by validating curriculum data and identifying discrepancies or needed updates.
- Help develop and maintain a tracking method to ensure curriculum changes are properly approved, documented, and implemented.
- Collaborates with graduate departments, the curriculum team, and other Registrar functional teams to resolve curriculum related issues and discrepancies.
- Assists with the development of documentation, summaries, and reports to share curriculum review findings with university stakeholders.
- Support continuous improvement efforts related to curriculum processes, data quality, and operational workflows.
- Verify that curriculum changes have completed the appropriate graduate and/or undergraduate approval processes prior to codification in student information systems.
- Conduct research on best practices for curriculum development, documentation, display, and systematization.
- Isolate and perform outreach regarding potential compliance concerns that result from curricular approach or documentation discrepancies.
- Assist with data and transcript analysis, including degree audit testing review, reporting, and troubleshooting.
- Perform data validation and quality assurance checks on degree audit records migrated to the new degree audit system verifying program requirements, course completion, as well as manual entry of exceptions.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
DISCLAIMER
This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
Work Environment and Level of Frequency typically required
Nearly Continuously: Office environment.
Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required
Nearly Continuously: Sitting, hearing, listening, talking.
Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking.
Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.
