Program AI Readiness Rubric
Evaluate how well your academic program prepares students for an AI-enabled workforce with a practical, collaborative assessment framework.
- Best completed by program leaders, curriculum committees, and faculty teams.
- Explicitly designed to benchmark and evaluate your program's baseline AI readiness.
- Helps you prioritize immediately actionable opportunities to strengthen your curriculum.
Building AI-Ready Programs
The Program AI Readiness Rubric is organized around three program priorities that support long-term AI readiness. Together, they help programs prepare graduates for an AI-enabled workforce.
Build AI Fluency
Develop faculty confidence and student AI literacy across your program.
Align with Industry
Ensure graduates develop the AI knowledge and skills expected in today’s workforce.
Improve Student Learning
Strengthen teaching, assessment, and curriculum through intentional AI integration.
What's Included in the Rubric
The rubric is organized into eight readiness areas that help faculty assess their program and identify opportunities to strengthen student learning.
Rubric Area 1
Build faculty confidence by completing the BYU-Idaho AI 101 course and building a shared foundation for AI use.
Rubric Area 2
Workforce Readiness
Align your program with industry by identifying the AI knowledge and skills graduates need in today’s workforce.
Rubric Area 3
Program AI Policy
Establish a shared AI policy that provides consistent expectations for AI use across your program.
Rubric Area 4
Syllabus Integration
Communicate clear expectations by including AI guidance and course-specific policies in every syllabus.
Rubric Area 5
Progression Map
Develop a progression plan that intentionally builds AI literacy and fluency throughout your curriculum.
Rubric Area 6
Course Outcomes
Update course outcomes to intentionally incorporate AI knowledge and skills using the BYU-Idaho AI Skills & Fluency Framework.
Rubric Area 7
Assessment Redesign
Redesign key assessments to ensure students demonstrate meaningful learning in an AI-enabled classroom.
Rubric Area 8
AI in Pedagogy
Use AI intentionally to strengthen teaching and learning while keeping instructional objectives at the center.
Download the Complete Rubric
Download the complete Program AI Readiness Rubric for detailed scoring guidance and program review resources.
Curriculum Support
Your Associate Dean of Curriculum can help interpret rubric results, identify curriculum priorities, and support your program’s AI readiness efforts.
Julie Ann Anderson
College of STEM
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-4504
andersonju@byui.edu
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-4504
andersonju@byui.edu
John Fisher
College of Health & Life Sciences
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-4642
fisherjt@byui.edu
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-4642
fisherjt@byui.edu
David Barrus
College of Business & Communication
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-3813
barrusd@byui.edu
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-3813
barrusd@byui.edu
Trevor Brooks
College of Education & Human Development
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-4135
brooksw@byui.edu
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-4135
brooksw@byui.edu
Kristen Glenn
College of Language & Letters
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-7376
glennk@byui.edu
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-7376
glennk@byui.edu
Paul Busselberg
College of Performing & Visual Arts
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-4958
busselbergp@byui.edu
Associate Dean of Curriculum
(208) 496-4958
busselbergp@byui.edu
Resources to Help You Get Started
Academics
Foundational AI training grounded in ethics, privacy, and practice.
Academics
Resources for setting clear AI expectations in your course syllabus.
Academics
Framework for evaluating and implementing AI in student assessment.
Academics
Guidelines for responsible and ethical AI use in academic work.