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Standards 15, 16, 18, 19 and 21 deal with the requirements to establish learning goals in terms of required knowledge and skills for programs at different levels.
Curricula content guidelines also are provided in the AOL standards, but are not addressed in this paper.

AACSB Standard 15 (Management of Curricula) states:
The school uses a well documented, systematic process to develop, monitor, evaluate and revise the substance and delivery of the curricula of degree programs and to assess the impact of the curricula on learning.
 

Standard 16 (Bachelor’s or undergraduate level degree: Knowledge and skills) states:
…Adapting expectations to the school’s mission and cultural circumstances, the school specifies learning goals and demonstrates achievement of learning goals for key general, management-specific,  and/or appropriate discipline-specific knowledge and skills that its students achieve in each undergraduate degree program.

Standard 18 (Master’s level degree in general management (e.g., MBA) programs: Knowledge and skills) states:
…Adapting expectations to the school’s mission and cultural circumstances, the school specifies learning goals and demonstrates master’s level achievement of learning goals for key management-specific knowledge and skills in each master’s level general management program.

Standard 19 (Master’s level degree in specialized programs: Knowledge and skills) states:
…Adapting expectations to the school’s mission and cultural circumstances, the school specifies learning goals and demonstrates achievement of learning goals in each specialized master’s degree program.

The spirit and intent of Standards 15, 16, 18 and 19 also apply to doctoral programs which are addressed in Standard 21 which outlines broad learning goals for such programs.