The Curriculum Evaluation on Master Degree of Rural Development Management (International Program), Graduate School, Khon Kaen University

Abstract

This research aimed to 1. Evaluate the context, input, process, and output of the Master of Rural Development Management (MRDM) curriculum, 2. Analyze SWOT, and 3. Suggest the need for the Doctor curriculum (International Program), Graduate School, Khon Kaen University. The research method was mixed between quantitative and qualitative methods. Due to the first aim, the input was diverse foreign students had high experiences; the process was the systematic recruitment; the output was the achievement of quality standard graduates. The second aim showed that the curriculum’s strength was learning from real settings and its multidisciplinary-based nature. The weakness was its short duration of the study. The opportunity was it is still being needed. The threat was decreasing of the supportive funding. Finally, the third aim showed that the administrators or lecturers agree to develop the curriculum to a doctoral degree, especially most of the alumni would like to study by self-funding at the doctoral degree.