{"id":355233,"date":"2025-08-12T14:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/?page_id=355233"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:25:30","slug":"program-assessment-and-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/college-offices\/academic-affairs\/program-assessment-and-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Assessment and Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quick Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a class=\"\" href=\"#program-review-assessment-and-evaluation\">Program Review, Assessment and Evaluation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#accreditation\">Accreditation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"\" href=\"#useful-links\">Useful Links<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"program-review-assessment-and-evaluation\">Program Review, Assessment and Evaluation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of accreditation requirements, each academic program at the university must complete an <a href=\"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/assessment-and-accreditation\/assessment\/undergraduate-academic-program-assessment\/\">annual program review<\/a> and undergo an external evaluation on a regular schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The College of Natural Resources has five programs that are evaluated by specialized external accreditation boards and may follow a different external review schedule. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/institutional-quality\/accreditation\/specialized-program-accreditation\/#Natural\">upcoming schedule<\/a> for CNR programs is outlined below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assessment.dasa.ncsu.edu\/dasa-assessment\/dasa-program-review\/\">Undergraduate Programs process<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/comprehensive-program-review-schedule.pdf\">Graduate DASA Program review process&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"accreditation\">Accreditation <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NC State is accredited by the <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sacscoc.org\/\">Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)<\/a>. The university undergoes regular reviews and assessments to maintain this accreditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the accreditation process, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/accreditation\/\">Office of Institutional Research and Planning<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1cOOtHg7EcAAJoR9QH8HLB0ZG1gNbxy-V5UsgZNMx_e0\/edit?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1cOOtHg7EcAAJoR9QH8HLB0ZG1gNbxy-V5UsgZNMx_e0\/edit?usp=sharing\">Schedule for External Program Review<\/a> for upcoming and past reviews of graduate and undergraduate programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"useful-links\">Useful Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/report.oirp.ncsu.edu\/IR\/cip\/index.htm\">NC State Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assessment.dasa.ncsu.edu\/\">Office of Assessment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Links Program Review, Assessment and Evaluation As part of accreditation requirements, each academic program at the university must complete an annual program review and undergo an external evaluation on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"parent":351187,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-355233","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/355233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355233"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/355233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355499,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/355233\/revisions\/355499"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/internalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}