Academic Program Reviews
Every department at Brown is evaluated on a five-year cycle to ensure it is properly staffed, funded, and administered. The external review process provides departments with an opportunity to evaluate the research and teaching resources and identify areas for improvement.
Guidelines for the process are linked below:
Tentative Schedule of Reviews: 2011-2014
| Semester of External Review | Department, Program or Center |
| Spring, 2014 | Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Mathematics |
Completed Reviews: 2006-2010 |
Department, Program or Center |
| 2006-2007 | Hispanic Studies History Psychology |
| 2007-2008 | Africana Studies Dance Comparative Literature MAT Pembroke Center |
| 2008-2009 | American Civilization, John Nicholas Brown Center, Center for Race & Ethnicity in America Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Spatial Structure in the Social Sciences Taubman Center for Public Policy Theater, Speech and Dance |
| 2009-2010 | Chemistry English Literary Arts Modern Culture & Media Physics |
| Fall, 2010 |
Computer Science Neuroscience Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Spring, 2011 | Anthropology Economics Political Science Sociology Watson Institute |
| Fall, 2011 | Environmental Studies/Environmental Change Initiative Geological Sciences |
| Spring, 2012 |
Classics Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies History of Art & Architecture Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Judaic Studies Philosophy Religious Studies |
Fall, 2012 |
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology Music Visual Art |
| Spring, 2013 | Center for Language Studies East Asian Studies French Studies German Studies Italian Studies Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Slavic Languages |
| Fall, 2013 | Applied Mathematics Cogut Center for the Humanities Population Studies & Training Center
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