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From: Daralynn D'Angelo
Date: Feb 3, 2013 11:24AM

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Daralynn D'Angelo


On 2013-02-03, at 1:20 PM, Pamela Riesmeyer < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for samples / examples of accessible plans of study for college
> degrees and coming up empty. These documents are the ones used to identify
> what courses a student needs to take or has taken to complete the
> requirements for a degree.
>
> They seem to go under different names depending on the university.. plans
> of study, road maps, carousels, "bingo" sheets... The information they
> contain is complicated and messy and must allow for many options, depending
> on the particular school and requirements. General education requirements,
> minors, majors, transfer credits, etc.
>
> Some are designed to be printed and filled out by hand as the student goes
> along. Others are interactive.
>
> Purdue Calumet is trying to standardize a template for all academic
> departments, which would be great. But how to make these less complicated
> and easier to navigate via AT as well as being visually acceptable to the
> administration...
>
> I am just hoping that someone has had some success with this and, if so, I
> would love to hear about it!
>
> Thanks for any information anyone can provide.
> Pam Riesmeyer
>
>
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> Purdue University Calumet
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