Proposal for a New Programme
This form
is available for downloading from admin/ar/templates/new_prog - spaces can be
expanded as required.
This proposal is in
Strategic Phase
Operational
Phase ✔
1. Name of Department and Departmental contact Department of English and Drama Professor Elaine Hobby |
2. Award and Title of proposed new programme (see
* below) MA Early Modern Writing, 1560 - 1780 |
3. Month and Year of first intake to the
programme September 2004 Will the programme be offered as: full-time part-time ✔ full-time
and part-time |
N/A |
5. List the numbers of any new modules
proposed. (a)
EAP021 - Early Modern Contexts: Power, Gender, Religion and Race (b)
EAP020 - Early Modern Texts in Performance (c)
EAP023 - Writing the English Revolution (d)
EAP028 - History and History Plays (e)
EAP027 - Court Cultures (f)
EAP024 - Restoration Writings (g)
EAP025 - Clarissa in Context (h)
EAP022 - Research Methods: Early Modern (i)
EAP026 - Special Subject in Theatre History or Author |
6. Is it intended that any modules will be
available by full/partial Distance Learning? Yes ✔
No Is it intended that
the programme will be fully Distance Learning? Yes ✔
No Guidelines on
full/partial DL provision are available on the intranet at: https://internal.lboro.ac.uk/admin/registry/uniwide/ QAA Guidelines on
the Quality Assurance of Distance Learning should be followed and are
available at: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/public/dlg/contents.htm |
7. Reasons for the proposal: its purpose and
relevance; how it will enhance calibre of teaching and learning; implications
for existing programmes and modules in the department (see * below) The Department is committed to increasing its postgraduate student population, and at present, it only has one MA programme in (Modern and Contemporary Literature). (a), (b) and (d) above are cross-listed in the Texts and Performance MA. The MA aims to
provide students with an opportunity to study a wide range of writing, both
literary and non-literary, between the years 1560 and 1780, a period that
marks the significant increase of secular drama and a shift in the definition
of the literary itself. Special themes of this programme include: genre,
history, texts in performance, gender, experimental critical practice, early
modern readerships and a diversity of poetic and narrative forms. The range of historical coverage is wide
to allow more synoptic study of formal as well historical change, using
access to several databases, including the electronic archives of the
Chadwyck-Healey LION collection and the ESTC archive held at Warwick. Two of the new
modules listed above are enlargements of successful undergraduate courses,
i.e. that on Writing and Revolution.
Much of the emphasis in the modules derives from the IT and other
bibliographical skills inculcated in the Research Methods module. The Department is considering whether to
offer the MA modules also as third-year undergraduate options plus relevant
postgraduate tutorial support. |
8. Expected student numbers In the first year: 7; thereafter, 12 |
9. Staffing implications - adequacy of
existing departmental resources; net increase/reduction in staff teaching
effort or demands on support staff There are five
available staff members, from both Drama and English. The library has an adequate range in both
critical and primary sources, and, joined to theatre space in the Martin Hall
and Drama Studio for Drama modules, there should be postgraduate level
resources. If registrations match
expectation, then teaching will be covered (including Dissertations
supervision, c.120 hours in all). |
10. Additional Library requirements Continued licence for LION databases (in two years time, c. £750). Planned increase in library budget already includes relevant purchases in the period. Reciprocal agreement with Warwick allows limited consultation of their electronic Early Modern archives. |
11. Additional Computing Support required ✔
Network/Software (please
elaborate): Additional pcs
seven more for postgraduate room.
Extra space requested in Space Bid. |
12. Other resource implications, e.g. - lecture
room, lab and other space requirements; equipment, materials; timetabling
constraints (block-teaching for example); any special residential
requirements It would be desirable, though not essential, to subsidise costs of theatre tickets and travel to at least 4 productions in the year (4 x £7.00 = £28 plus £150 for cost of interviews with cast or director). |
13. Implications for other departments both
providing and receiving None |
14. Evidence of demand and suitability; views of
lecturers; current/prospective students; external examiners/ assessors,
professional/industrial bodies etc. Both Birmingham and Warwick have Renaissance MAs. Previous experience at other institutions, however, confirms demand, including international potential. Several US colleges run short-course Diploma programmes in London in the summer (Middlebury, NH; Hanover, NH; Culver, Ind.) that incorporate text in performance as well as Literature and Culture elements. Letters sent to
present Externals have received approval, pending receipt of full module
specifications. Envisaged intake
would include literary and theatrical historians as well as Drama
students. At least five of our
present students would like to stay at Loughborough University, provided
earlier MA work were available. |
15. Implications for employability Good, for a number of teaching positions as well as future research. English graduates would acquire a greater range of dramatic skills, and develop period knowledge. |
16. Any other relevant information Future developments should include more creative and adaptive possibilities, once Drama staff and their own MA develop. Most relevant to the development of the whole Department are a number of postgraduate opportunities where team teaching might be exploited. |
*..... A department proposing a group of
new programmes/titles with a higher proportion of common modules, or proposing
to add a new programme/title to an existing group of this kind, should produce
information clearly defining the award pathways and justify the differentiation
of the award titles. Proposals of this
type should be flagged up during the strategic phase, bearing in mind that the
case may be driven by non-pedagogic issues (such as marketing, recruitment or
administration).
STRATEGIC
PHASE
Financial Statement attached
Head of
Department Signature:
.
Date:
..
Comments from Associate Dean (Teaching):
This proposal has been discussed with the Department
and can now be submitted to the Faculty Directorate and Operations Sub-Committee.
Yes/No
Associate
Dean (Teaching) Signature:
..
Date:
Forms not
including both the Head of Department's and Associate Dean (Teaching)'s
signature will not be accepted.
OPERATIONAL
PHASE
Programme Regulations attached (with any Distance
Learning Modules identified)
Programme Specification attached
New Module Specifications (CIS versions) attached
(to include for each a completed proposal form for
new modules as used for
the Annual Update process, excluding the Approval
Route page for signatures)
Module by module summary of assessment requirements
attached
Evidence of External Support attached
Consultation forms attached and considered:
........... Other Academic Departments
........... (Please list)
........... Library
........... Careers Service
........... Computing Services
...........
........... Media Services
........... Professional Development
(where appropriate for the development,
........... support and provision of
distance learning)
Quality Assurance Statement attached (for
collaborative proposal only)
Head of
Department Signature:
.
Date:
..
Comments from the
Associate Dean (Teaching):
This proposal can now be submitted to Curriculum
Sub-Committee
Associate
Dean (Teaching) Signature:
..
Date:
Forms not
including both the Head of Department's and Associate Dean (Teaching)'s
signature will not be accepted.
(March
2004)
WHEN SUBMITTING OPERATIONAL PROPOSALS please forward
an electronic copy of the proposal form and the programme
regulations/specification as an email attachment to J.E.Elliott
APPROVAL OF NEW PROGRAMMES
(This page
is for information and should not be copied into the approval process)
Approval for new programmes is in two phases.
In the strategic
phase an outline proposal is scrutinised by the Faculty Directorate and by
the Operations Sub-Committee (normally in that order).
In the operational
phase a revised and more detailed proposal is scrutinised by Faculty Board
members and by Curriculum Sub-Committee and
a recommendation made to Learning and Teaching Committee.
New programmes may not be publicised and UCAS listing cannot
be permitted until LTC has given permission.
Final approval is given by Council upon the recommendation of
Senate. Please refer to the Academic
Quality Procedures Handbook for a fuller description of the process.
The
Strategic Phase
1. Complete the proposal form in
consultation with the Associate Dean (Teaching).
2. Complete a New Course Costing Form
available from Steve Shipton in the Finance Office.
3. Send copies of both forms to the
Associate Dean (Teaching) who will pass them on to Jennie Elliott (Secretary to
Curriculum Sub-Committee).
Keep a copy of the proposal form
on disk since it may be necessary to modify it in the light of comments made.
In the strategic phase the proposal is examined by
Operations Sub-Committee in the light of comments made by the Directorate. Departments will receive feedback as quickly
as possible after the OSC meeting.
While in the strategic phase, prepare for the operational phase:
1. Send copies of the consultation form
(which follows in these documents) to the various academic and service
departments so that they may comment upon your proposal.
2. Set up specifications on CIS for new modules associated with the
proposed programme - Jennie Elliott will assist with this. Distance Learning/partial DL* modules should
be identified on the CIS database.
3. Draft the programme regulations and
programme specification, identifying Distance Learning/partial DL*
modules. Where DL provision is
involved, the QAA Guidelines on the Quality Assurance of Distance Learning **
with reference to programme design should be followed.
4. Invite at
least one external senior academic to write a letter in support of the
proposal.
*
Guidelines on DL/partial DL provision are available on the intranet at: https://internal.lboro.ac.uk/admin/registry/uniwide/.
** (http://www.qaa.ac.uk/public/dlg/contents.htm
The
Operational Phase
Proposals will be
considered up to one year following strategic approval. Outside that time limit the procedure for
strategic approval will need to be repeated.
1. Change the
proposal form in the light of comments made in the strategic phase.
2. Send the full proposal to the Associate
Dean (Teaching), to pass on to Jennie Elliott.
The full proposal will consist of the modified proposal form, the draft
programme regulations and programme specification, proposed new module
specifications (which must be CIS
versions) together with a completed New Module proposal form for each, a module
by module summary of assessment requirements (template attached), consultation
forms and external documents of support.
3. Members of the Faculty Board will be
sent the proposal and invited to make comments to their representative on
Curriculum Sub-Committee.
4. CSC will then take those comments into
account when deliberating the proposal.
The member of staff sponsoring the new programme proposal may be asked
to attend CSC in order to assist members with points of detail.
Collaborative Proposals
All
collaborative arrangements between the University and other institutions or
organisations involving the provision of programmes or modules of study and the
granting of awards and qualifications of the University, including credit,
should be negotiated and approved in accordance with the University's Code
of Practice for Collaborative Provision.
Once it has been agreed that a collaborative proposal should
be pursued, documentation must be routed for approval in accordance with the
two-phase procedure described above, using the standard pro forma. In the Strategic Phase, the programme
costing form must provide detail of the proposed financial arrangements with
the partner institution/organisation in respect of the collaboration. In the Operational Phase, the proposal must
incorporate a Quality Assurance
Statement using the standard pro forma.
Further
Information
Please refer to item A of Programme Proposals via the
Academic Registry alphabetical list at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/ar/az.htm
for a calendar of critical committee dates.
Heads of Departments, Chairs of Departmental Teaching
Committees and Departmental Administrators have copies of the Academic Quality
Procedures Handbook.
It is also available at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/ar/policy/aqp/index.htm
Contacts:
The
Associate Deans (Teaching):
Engineering
Mr John Dickens, Civil &
Building Engineering j.g.dickens@lboro 2614
Science
Dr David Green, Mathematical
Sciences: d.r.green@lboro 2864
Social
Science and Humanities
Mr Peter Maunder, Economics: w.p.maunder@lboro 2706
Mr Steve Shipton,
Management Accountant: s.c.shipton@lboro 2013
Dr Jennie
Elliott, Assistant Registrar: j.e.elliott@lboro 2236
[March 2004]
Proposed Programme:
Part (A, B etc for UG programme):
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Continuous Assessment
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Report |
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* Where a large number of optional modules are proposed the assessment information on these modules can be indicative only.
LEARNING AND TEACHING COMMITTEE
CURRICULUM SUB-COMMITTEE
A proposal for a new programme
Senate requires that strategic proposals for new
programmes include evidence of adequate consultation within the
University.
Consultation is required with:
Academic departments
which will provide teaching to the programme
Academic departments
which have relevant expertise or common interests
The Pilkington
Library
The Careers Service
Media Services
Computing Services
Professional
Development (where appropriate for the development, support and
provision of distance
learning)
PLEASE allow the above Departments and Support
Services at least 10 days to read your proposal and complete this form.
The originating department should complete (1), (2)
and (3), and request the Head of each Department or Service consulted to
complete the section below (in legible
form, preferably typed).
(1)...... SUBJECT OF PROPOSALS:.....................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................................................
(2)...... ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:..................................................................................................................
(3)...... DEPARTMENT CONSULTED ABOUT THE PROPOSALS:...........................................................................
The Head of the Department consulted should sign
below to confirm that adequate consultation has taken place. (This will not be taken to imply that
agreement has necessarily been reached.)
DEPARTMENT CONSULTED:
ASPECTS ON WHICH THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CONSULTED:
ANY COMMENTS BY THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT CONSULTED:
SIGNATURE OF HEAD OF DEPARTMENT:............................................................................................................
DATE:...........................................................................................................
[March 2004]
Collaborative Proposal
Quality Assurance Statement
This form
is available for downloading from admin/ar/templates - spaces can be expanded
as required.
Name of Department
and Departmental contact. |
Title of Proposal. |
Please
provide a clear and explicit statement of the respective responsibilities of
the University and the partner organisation under each heading, with details of
how these responsibilities will be exercised on an ongoing basis.
1. Student entry requirements and the handling
of admissions. |
2. Student registration and maintenance of
student records. |
3. Determination and collection of student
fees. |
4. The delivery of learning and teaching. |
5. The conduct of assessments. |
6. External Examining procedures, including
the appointment of an external examiner/programme assessor, communications
with and functions of the external examiner/programme assessor and reporting
procedure. |
7. The issue of certificates and transcripts. |
8. Resource issues including staffing,
teaching accommodation, library material and computing support. |
9. Programme management. |
10. Quality assurance and control, including
arrangements for student feedback and programme review, and reviewing the
proficiency of staff delivering the programme. |
11. Student support and guidance. |
12. Student concerns, complaints and appeals. |
13. Publicity and marketing. |
14. Any other relevant information. |
REGULATIONS
FOR THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME IN EARLY MODERN WRITING, 1560-1780
These Regulations refer to the conduct of the
Programme in the session 2004/2005 but are subject to change from time to
time. Notice of change will be given
in subsequent editions of these Regulations. Students should enquire as to the
up-to-date position when they need to know this.
These Regulations should be read in conjunction with
the General Regulations for Modular Postgraduate Awards (GRMPA).
1. Structure
1.1 The programme is the responsibility of the
Department of English and Drama.
1.2 Awards available: MA or LPD.
1.3 The minimum period of study for the award is one calendar year full-time, two calendar years part-time.
2. Content
2.1
To be eligible for
consideration for these awards, students must obtain appropriate credit from
the following compulsory and optional modules:
(i) Compulsory Modules:
Code Title Modular Weighting
EAP022 Research
Methods: Early Modern 20
EAP021 Early
Modern Contexts:
Power, Gender, Religion and Race 20
EAP020 Early Modern Texts in Performance 20
EAP018 Dissertation 60
(ii) Optional Modules:
Code Title Modular Weighting
EAP023 Writing
and The English Revolution 30
EAP024 Restoration
Writings 30
EAP025 Clarissa
in Context 30
EAP026 Special Subject in Theatre History or
Author 30
EAP027 Court Cultures 30
EAP028 History and History Plays:
Description, Desire and Prescription 30
2.2 The
subjects for the Dissertation module (EAP018) must be approved by the Programme
Leader or nominee in advance and must be submitted by 15 September 2005. The dissertation should be of a maximum of
15000 words in length.
3. Assessment
3.1 Students
will normally be permitted to proceed to the Dissertation module (EAP018) only
after successfully accumulating 120 credit units.
3.2 Students
will normally be permitted to proceed to the Dissertation module (EAP018) only
after demonstrating satisfactory progress.
3.3 Students
taking the Dissertation module may also be required to take an oral examination
on the work submitted.
3.4 In
accordance with the Assessment Regulations for Modular Postgraduate Awards,
candidates who have the right of re-assessment in a module will be offered an
opportunity to be re-assessed in a special assessment period.
3.5 To be
eligible for the award of MA with Distinction candidates must fulfil the
requirements specified in GRMPA.