This fifth edition of the Maryland Community Colleges Instructional Program Manual was designed to be used in the development, submission, review, and approval of all new instructional programs in the Maryland community colleges. The first section provides a timetable for program proposals and program evaluations. The next sections contain instructions related to instructional program proposals; revisions, options, and transfer patterns; and changes in title for existing programs. The fifth section describes a directed technology certificate proposal, while the sixth outlines steps in inactivating and discontinuing instructional programs. The seventh section provides an overview of statewide designation of programs. The final section focuses on the Maryland Community College Program Evaluation System. A series of appendixes are attached which provide the following forms: instructional program proposal form; Maryland Vocational-Technical Education proposal transmittal forms; a directed technology certificate program proposal form; a request for program discontinuance form; a proposal for statewide designation form; and a projected programs form. In addition, a market analysis survey, a breakdown of the distribution for statewide instructional program funds, a guide for users of the program data monitoring system printout, and the minimum requirements for associate degree-granting institutions are provided. (JMC)