Curriculum mapping is a versatile tool; using a grid, you can map your program aims and outcomes against the OCAV/UW expectations, your program's courses against your program outcomes, or even each course against the content and skills of your discipline. Curriculum mapping can happen during Department retreats facilitated by someone with experience. Alternatively, you might create a survey for your faculty members to fill out and return to a curriculum committee. We've also seen examples of mapping software that creates the map for you based on surveys of what faculty members actually teach in their courses.
CTE has experimented with mapping exercises in several Departments on campus already. See the Case Studies in the menu to the right for local examples. See the templates, below, for a mapping template keyed to OCAV and for other resources that explain various mapping strategies.
This template (linked below as an Excel spreadsheet) contains all of the categories, subcategories, and sub-subcategories of the OCAV UDLEs for the Honours degree. You may, ultimately, want to complete a template right down to the sub-subcategory level. Initially, however, your departmental discussions about curriculum mapping may be more fruitful if you begin by simply focusing on the eight main categories, ignoring the sublevels until later in the process. If you need a template that is specific to the general undergraduate degree, please contact CTE.
If you print out the template, we recommend a landscape layout.