. Design planning, review, verification and validation of new undergraduate and graduate programs and courses. . Design control of the individual student curricula, including the statement of minimum paths to graduation, elective and compulsory courses, responsibility and authority of students, and defining the student's input into the design process. . Contractual research with industry and government agencies. . Identification, documentation, review and approval of program design changes, including the addition of new courses and deletion of existing courses and programs.
An example of a program design control flowchart is presented in Figs. 3a and b.