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Teaching and Learning Committee

Curriculum Sub-Committee

[Agenda]

CSC97-A3


NOTICE OF MEETING

The eighth meeting of the Sub-Committee will take place on TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER 1997 at 2.15 PM in Committee Room 2, Administration Building 2

R A Bowyer, Secretary


AGENDA

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Business of the Agenda

Any member wishing to unstar an item for discussion is asked to notify the Secretary by 5.00 pm on Friday 10 October 1997. Starred items will otherwise be taken without discussion, as will items in Section C.

Please note that previous minutes and the papers for items in Section B and C not enclosed with this agenda will be found on the Information Gateway linked to the following URL:

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/committees/CSC/index.html

3. Minutes

- CSC97-M2

To confirm and sign, subject to any correction, the minutes of the third meeting held on 14 May 1997.

4. Matters Arising

*4.1 Matters referred to Teaching and Learning Committee (CSC97-M2, M.29)

- CSC97-P24
To note the relevant Minute of the Teaching and Learning Committee.

4.2 Any Other Matters Arising
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SECTION A - Items for Discussion

5. BSc in Mathematics and Accounting & Financial Management

- CSC97-P25

To consider proposals from the Department of Mathematics Sciences for the introduction of a new degree programme and make recommendations to the Teaching and Learning Committee.

6. MPhys in Physics

- CSC97-P26

To consider proposals from the Department of Physics for the revision of the MPhys programme and make recommendations to the Teaching and Learning Committee.

7. MSc in Retail Automotive Management (Ford)

- CSC97-P27 (to follow)

To consider proposals from the Business School for the introduction of a new self-financing programme and to make recommendations to the Teaching and Learning Committee.

8. Professional Certificate/Diploma in Management (Ford version)

- CSC97-P28 (to follow)

To consider proposals from the Business School for the introduction of new self-financing versions of the Professional Certificate/Diploma programmes and make recommendations to the Teaching and Learning Committee.

9. MBA (Information and Library Management)

- CSC97-P29 (to follow)

To consider proposals from the Business School for the introduction of a part-time self-financing MBA (Information and Library Management), a revised version of a programme originally approved by the Inter School Curriculum Committee in November 1994 but not yet offered, and make recommendations to the Teaching and Learning Committee.

10. MBA (Sport and Leisure Management)

- CSC97-P30 (to follow)

To consider proposals from the Business School for the introduction of a part-time self-financing MBA (Sport and Leisure Management), a revised version of the MBA (Leisure Management) originally approved by the Curriculum Sub-Committee in October 1995 but subsequently `shelved', and make recommendations to the Teaching and Learning Committee.

11. BSc in Physical Education and Sports Science with another subject

- CSC97-P31

To ratify action taken by the Chair in approving on behalf of the Sub-Committee proposals from the Department of PE, Sports Science and Recreation Management for the introduction of new BSc programmes in:

These proposals were subsequently approved by the PVC(T) on behalf of the Teaching and Learning Committee and by the Vice-Chancellor on behalf of Senate, for inclusion in the University's undergraduate portfolio in 1997/98.


PSECTION B - Starred Items for Approval

*12. BA in European Business

- CSC97-P32

To approve proposals from the Business School to change the programme title from European Business to International Business and recommend accordingly to the Teaching and Learning Committee.

*13. MSc in Construction Management/Construction Project Management

- CSC97-P33

To ratify action taken by the Chair on behalf of the Sub-Committee in approving, subject to minor amendments, the restructuring of existing programmes to provide a part-time version of the MSc in Construction Management, alongside the full-time version, and a full-time version of the MSc in Construction Project Management, alongside the part-time version with effect from September 1997.

*14. Undergraduate Programmes in the Business School

- CSC97-P34

To ratify action taken by the Chair on behalf of the Sub-Committee in approving a proposal from the Business School that the Diploma in Industrial Studies be replaced by the Diploma in Professional Studies in all undergraduate programmes in the Business School with effect from the Session 1997/98.


SECTION C - Items for Information

15. BA in English and Drama

To note that the BA programme in English and Drama has been deleted with effect from the end of Session 1996/97, no students remaining on the programme. The discontinuation of the programme was anticipated in the proposals for the BA in Drama with English as a minor subject which has superseded it.

16. Membership and Terms of Reference

CSC97-P35

To note the Membership and Terms of Reference of the Sub-Committee.

17. Module Specifications and Programme Regulations

To note that the vast majority of module specifications and programme regulations were satisfactorily revised and appropriate approvals obtained from AD(T)s and the Chair of the Sub-Committee in time for the beginning of the session. Outstanding issues are being pursued to ensure that the modular database on the Information Gateway is complete and that a complete set of programme regulations is lodged with the Secretary.

18. Dates of Future Meetings in 1997/98

Tuesday 20 January 1998, at 2.15 pm

Tuesday 5 May 1998, at 2.15 pm


19. Any Other Business


Author - Robert Bowyer

October 1997

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