Student-centered, cross-institutional curriculum management system apparatus and method

摘要

Apparatus and methods are provided for managing a student's educational curriculum. A degree dependency graph is created for a student corresponding to a degree sought after at a selected educational institution. The degree dependency graph may be created in accordance with degree requirements, graduation requirements, prerequisite requirements, and the like, provided by the catalog of a selected institution. In addition, a standardized nomenclature may be created using XML tags or other terminology, to identify like information from different educational institutions. The XML tags may be used by a curriculum management system to identify courses from multiple institutions to satisfy requirements of a selected degree program at a selected institution.