Curriculum Sub-Committee at its meeting on 12 May 2011 recommended to Learning and Teaching Committee and Senate that approval be given to the following proposals. Details are available from the Secretary.
1. BSc
Business Studies with Banking and Finance:
New Programme Proposals
.1 The
Sub-Committee considered proposals from the School of Business and Economics
for a new part-time programme with effect from August
2011. The programme, which would be delivered in
Singapore, would complement the School’s existing programmes
in BSc Business Studies and BSc Business Studies with Human Resource
Management.
.2 It was
AGREED to recommend the proposal to Learning and Teaching Committee, subject to
the following matters being resolved to the satisfaction of the AD(T) prior to the meeting of the Learning and teaching
Committee:
(a) Programme Regulations
Criteria
for Progression and Degree Award: Subject to the proposed progression
regulation change being approved (see Min M11/21 below), the wording should be
aligned with that in the new versions for the two existing programmes. If the
change is not approved, the regulations should be aligned with existing
versions of the text.
(b) Programme
Specification
(i) Aims:
The last two aims were not programme aims and should be removed.
(ii) Skills
and Other Attributes: Subject-specific Practical Skills: Point 3 was not a
skill. Change to ‘Adapt and implement
taught elements of the programme…’
(iii) Skills
and Other Attributes: Key Transferable Skills: 5. & 7. Currently not expressed as skills. For 5.
remove ‘The ability to’. Revise 7.
(c) Module Specifications
(i) It
was noted that the ‘Method of Feedback’ sections were exemplary.
(ii) Titles
of new modules were different in programme proposal. They should be checked to
ensure that they are correct in the regulations and module specifications.
(iii) Responsible
examiners should be identified for 11BSB695 and 111BSC697
(iv) Specifications should be checked to ensure that the contents of the
various categories are appropriate, egs:
11BSA650:
Intended Learning Outcomes: Reference to ‘critically evaluate’ not
appropriate under subject specific skills.
11BSA655:
Contents: Introductory phrase: ‘The Module will examine’, should be
removed.
11BSA675:
Intended Learning Outcomes: References to ‘identify and use…’ and
‘investigate…’ not appropriate under Knowledge and Understanding.
Various:
References to ‘one written coursework’ should be changed to ‘one written
coursework assignment’.
(v) Confirmation
was required that the handwritten amendments on the 11BSC695 and 11BSC697
specifications had been entered into LUSI.
(d) Curriculum Map
The map was
overpopulated and should be revised to include entries only where there was a
significant contribution to the intended learning outcome and assessment.
(e) Assessment Matrix
The
practice of emboldening new modules in the matrix was considered very helpful.
(f)
Consultation
The
external examiner for the subject area should be asked to comment on the
proposal and, if appropriate, invited to act as external examiner for the
programme.
2. MA
Digital Media and Society: New Programme Proposals
.1 The
Sub-Committee considered proposals from the Department of Social Sciences for a
new full-time programme with effect from October
2012. The programme would be a new pathway of its
existing MA programme in Media and Cultural Analysis,
and would be offered alongside a second pathway, MA Global Media and Cultural
Industries.
.2 It was
AGREED to recommend the proposal to Learning and Teaching Committee, subject to
the following matters being resolved to the satisfaction of the AD(T) prior to the meeting of the Learning and teaching
Committee:
(a) Programme
Specification
Subject-specific
Practical Skills: P4: Currently not
worded as a skill. Change to ‘Apply understanding to historical…’
(b) Module
Specifications
(i) The
Dissertation module specification should be revised to make specific reference
to the pathway subject area.
(ii) The
module specification for 11SSP505 Media Ethnographies should be provided along
with a tracked change version of the module specification on which it was
based.
(iii) 11SSP318:
Intended learning outcomes are not in standard format and should be revised to
differentiate between knowledge and understanding, and skills.
(iv) 11SSP397:
Under Intended learning outcomes, entries needed to be placed in the correct
categories.
(v) The
aims of 11SSP319 were not explicit and should be reviewed.
(c) Curriculum
Map
(i) T1,
T2 & T3 appeared to be overassessed. The map
should be revised to include entries only where there was a significant
contribution to the intended learning outcome and assessment.
(ii) The
dissertation entry should be reviewed to indicate how knowledge and
understanding are being assessed.
(d) Consultation
(i) The
Department should seek the comments of the external examiner and respond to any
issues raised.
(ii) The
Library’s comments on the proposal should be acted upon.
3. BSc,
DPS, DIntS Mathematics with Statistics: New Programme Proposals
.1 The Sub-Committee considered proposals
from the School of Mathematics for a new full-time programme
with effect from October 2012. The programme would
add breadth to the range of programmes currently
offered by the School and would share many modules in common with the existing
BSc Mathematics programme.
.2 It was AGREED to recommend the proposal
to Learning and Teaching Committee, subject to the following matters being
resolved to the satisfaction of the AD(T) prior to the
meeting of the Learning and teaching Committee:
(a) Programme
Proposal Form
The Operational
Phase Form had not been provided, and the programme director had not been
identified. The form should be completed and further information provided, in
particular, for sections 14, 15 and 16 of the form.
(b) Programme
Regulations
(i) The
regulations should be reviewed to restrict module choice to ensure that
students on the programme could not take the same set of modules as students on
other programmes offered by the School.
(ii) The
reference to the DIS award should be changed to the DIntS
award.
(iii) The
‘School of Mathematics’ should be changed to ‘Department of Mathematical
Sciences’.
(iv) The
numbering should be checked.
(v) The
new module 11MAC171 did not appear in the regulations and needed to be added.
(vi) The uneven weighting of the project across the two
semesters should be made more explicit in the listing of final year modules.
(c) Programme
Specification
Aims:
The final aim is not programme specific and should be removed.
(d) Module
Specifications
(i) The
module specifications should be entered on to LUSI as 11 modules and suspended
until 2012/13.
(ii) MAB171
Applied Statistics and MAC171 Statistical Methods appeared to be very similar.
The differences between them should be clarified and the need for prerequisites
explained.
(iii) Further
information was required on the degree to which MAC170 Medical Statistics
focused on medical statistics.
(e) Curriculum
Map
The
intended learning outcomes listed in the programme specification did not map
across to the curriculum map. Both documents should be aligned.
(f) Consultation
The Department
should consult various parties in the University as indicated on the
Operational Phase Form and respond to any issues identified.
4. BSc
Business Studies and BSc Business Studies with Human Resource Management
(Singapore): Major Programme Changes
.1 The
Sub-Committee considered proposals from the School of Business and Economics
for major changes to the part-time programmes for all
cohorts with effect from October 2011.
.2 The
changes would allow the Programme Board, in
exceptional circumstances, to exercise discretion to allow a candidate to carry
one module in which 20 credits had not been gained into the next part of the programme provided the module was from the final semester
of the current part or there were two modules at an E grade, one of which was
from the final semester of the current part. In these circumstances students
would only be permitted to repeat sufficient module assessments to bring their
possible credit total for the part of the programme
they were repeating after reassessment to 100 credits.
.3 It was
AGREED that, as it was anticipated that only two to three students would be
affected each year, Learning and Teaching Committee should be asked to consider
whether such instances should continue to be dealt with via waivers of
regulations or whether a change to the programme
regulations would be more appropriate.
5. MSc/PG
Dip/PGCert Analytical Chemistry,
MSc/PG Dip/PGCert Analytical and Pharmaceutical
Science,
MSc/PG Dip/PGCert Pharmaceutical Science and
Medicinal Chemistry,
MSc/PG Dip/PGCert
Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Science:
Major Programme
Changes
.1 The
Sub-Committee considered proposals from the Department of Chemistry for major
changes to its postgraduate taught provision with effect from October 2011. The
proposals included a repackaging of material into 15 credit modules. This would
result in a simplified programme structure which
would still maintain an element of choice for all of the programmes.
.2 The proposal
also included a request to discontinue the MSc Research in Analytical Chemistry
programme (see M11/30 below).
.3 The
Department was commended its well thought out and thorough proposal and for
involving the FQEO and the ADT in the development of the proposal.
.4 It was
AGREED to recommend the proposals to Learning and Teaching Committee subject to
the following matters being resolved to the satisfaction of the AD(T) prior to the meeting of Learning and Teaching
Committee:
(a) Programme
Regulations
(i) Assessment:
5.5: Agree with AD(T) alternative method of ensuring
that health and safety requirements are met. The University only mandates
attendance in the case of specific classes for health and safety needs, and
avoids assessing attendance, particularly for whole modules.
(ii) Assessment:
5.8 (b) should be revised to take account of the module values being in
multiples of 15. Thus students should have ‘accumulated minimally 105 credits
…and module marks of not less than 40% in further modules with a weight of 15’.
(b) Programme
Specification
(i) 2.
Relevant Subject Benchmark Statements… : Use
preferred term of ‘Level 7 award’ in place of ‘M-level award’. Also, remove
superfluous ‘will’ from second paragraph.
(ii) 7.
What Makes the Programme Distinctive: References to ‘placement in
industry’ were not appropriate. Replace with ‘industrial project’.
6. Wolfson School Postgraduate Taught Programmes:
Major Programme Changes
The
Sub-Committee noted that the proposal for major programme changes to the Wolfson School’s postgraduate taught provision had not been
sufficiently well developed to be considered by the Committee. Subject to the AD(T) approving the revised proposal, the Committee would
consider the proposal via correspondence prior to the next meeting of Learning
and Teaching Committee.
ACTION: MA
7. BA, DPS Publishing with
English: Major Programme Changes including a Title
Change
.1 The
Sub-Committee considered proposals from the Department of Information Science
for major changes to the BA Publishing with English programme
and a title change to BA Publishing and English with effect from October 2012.
The proposal would result in an increase in the Publishing and English content
of the programme and a reduction in the number of
Information Management modules.
.2 It was
AGREED to recommend the proposals to Learning and Teaching Committee subject to
the following matters being resolved to the satisfaction of the AD(T) prior to the meeting of Learning and Teaching
Committee:
(a) Programme
Regulations
References
to modules also being available to Part C students should be removed.
(b)
Programme Specification
(i) Programme Learning Outcomes: Under Knowledge and Understanding, ‘Knowledge
and understanding’ in final bulletpoint was redundant
and should be removed.
(ii) Skills and Other Attributes: Use of
capitalisation should be consistent.
(iii) Programme Structures and `Requirements… : Section was overly long and should be replaced with
simpler version which retained enduring elements.
(iv) What
Makes the Programme Distinctive: Replace reference to the programme being
the only one of its kind in UK HEI with a statement drawing attention to the
features which make the programme distinctive. Final
bullet point should be removed.
(c)
Curriculum Map
The
learning outcomes in the programme specification and curriculum map were not
consistent and should be aligned.
8. MSc
Sports Science (full-time and part-time)
MSc
Physical Activity and Health (full-time and part-time):
Major Programme Changes including Title Changes
It was AGREED to
ratify the action of the Chair in recommending to Learning and Teaching
Committee proposals from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences for
major changes to the MSc Sports Science and MSc Physical Activity and Health
full-time and part-time programmes (see also
M11/27.1) with effect from October 2011.
9. Change
to Programme Titles/Awards
.1 It was AGREED to ratify the action of
the Chair in recommending to the Chair of Learning and Teaching Committee the
following changes to programme titles (effective date
shown in brackets):
Old title: MSc Global Transformations
New title: MSc Globalization and Society
(from
October 2011 entry)
Old title: MSc Globalization, Space and Sport
New title: MSc Globalization and Sport
(from October
2011 entry)
Old title: MSc Physical Activity and Health
New title: MSc Physical Activity and Public Health
(from
October 2011 entry)
Old title: MSc Sports Science
New title: MSc Sport and Exercise Science
(from
October 2011 entry)
.2 Arising from M11/M24 , it was AGREED to
recommend to Learning and Teaching Committee the following change to a programme title (effective date shown in brackets):
Old title: BA Publishing with English
New title: BA Publishing and English
(from
October 2012 entry)
10. Change
to Programme Award
.1 It was AGREED to ratify the action of the
Chair in recommending to the Chair of Learning and Teaching Committee the
following change to a programme award:
Old award: BSc Design with Engineering Materials
New award: BEng Design with
Engineering Materials
(for all existing students; already applied to 2011 entry
onwards)
.2 It was AGREED to ratify the action of the Chair in recommending
to the Chair of Learning and Teaching Committee the addition of the award of DIntS to the following programmes:
BSc Design Ergonomics (from 2011/12 session)
BSc Ergonomics (Human Factors
Design) (from 2010/11 session)
BA Industrial Design and
Technology (from 2010/11 session)
BSc Product Design and
Technology (from 2010/11 session)
11. Suspension of Programmes
It
was AGREED to ratify the action of the Chair in recommending to the Chair of
Learning and Teaching Committee the following programme
suspensions (proposed date of last intake before suspension and date of next
intake shown in brackets):
MSc/PGDip/PGCert Management and
Leadership (Assoc for Consultancy and Engineering)
(No
Intakes to date) (Proposed next intake: Oct 2012)
MSc/PGDip/PGCert Medical Management
(Last intake: Oct 2009) (Proposed next
intake: Oct 2012)
MSc
Packaging Technology (MST) (full-time programme only)
(Last intake: Oct 2010) (Proposed next
intake: Oct 2012)
MSc Research Methods (European and International
Studies)
(Last intake: Oct 2010) (Proposed next
intake: Oct 2012)
12.
Discontinuation of Programmes
.1 It was AGREED to ratify the action of
the Chair in recommending to the Chair of Learning and Teaching Committee
discontinuation of the following programmes (proposed
date of last intake shown in brackets):
BEng Chemical Engineering with Environmental
Protection (Oct 2011)
MSc
Construction Project Management (Work Based Distance Learning) (Jan 2011)
BSc
Economics with Social Policy (Sept 2011)
BSc
Economics with Sociology (Sept 2011)
PG
Cert Management and Leadership (Federation of Sports and Play Associations)
(No intakes in last five years)
MSc
Strategic Automotive Dealership Management (Malaysia) (No intakes)
MRes Sustainability in the Built
Environment (Oct 2010)
MSc Sustainable Infrastructure Services
Management (Oct 2010)
.2 Arising from M11/24, it was AGREED to
recommend to Learning and Teaching Committee discontinuation of the following programme (proposed date of last intake shown in brackets):
MSc Research in Analytical Chemistry (Oct 2010) (Subject to
approval by Directorate and Operations Committee)
Author
– Martine Ashby
Date
– May 2011
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