Patent ID: 8265968

Claim:
A method for performing academic curriculum planning involving one or more organizational levels within a multi-level institution, the method comprising the steps of: receiving first goals relating to a first organization level of the institution; receiving second goals relating to a second organizational level of the institution; determining, with a computer processor, a first respective alignment that indicates which, if any, of a plurality of academic courses are aligned to at least one of the first and second goals; generating a mapping of the first respective alignment; determining, with a computer processor, whether at least one of the first goals, the second goals, or the plurality of academic courses have been modified; and updating the first respective alignment by a computer processor in response to a user requesting that the first respective alignment be updated after the determination is made that at least one of the first goals, the second goals, or the plurality of courses have been modified, the updating of the first respective alignment being based on the modification.