Learning and
Teaching Committee
Curriculum Sub-Committee
CSC09-A2
NOTICE OF MEETING
A meeting of the Sub-Committee will take place on Thursday 7 May 2009 at 8.30 am in
the Council Chamber,
Jennie Elliott, Secretary to the Committee
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 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday 6 May 2009.
Starred items will otherwise be taken without discussion.
3. Minutes
CSC09-M1
To confirm, subject to amendment in regard to
the following and any further amendment, the Minutes of the meeting held on 22 January
2009:
Minute 09/4 - BA History and
Politics/History and International Relations/ History and Geography/ History
and English: New Programme Proposals
The proposer has requested that
the minutes reflect the extremely positive response from the External Assessor
and the comment in the meeting that the paperwork was the most comprehensive of
its kind that the Sub-Committee had ever scrutinised.
4. Matters Arising from the Minutes
CSC09-P14
*4.1 To
note that all recommendations to Learning and Teaching Committee, and
subsequently to Senate where appropriate, were approved, and to note the
relevant minute of Senate.
*4.2 Minute
09/2.4 – BSc (DPS) Web Development and Design: New Programme Proposals
To note that the Student Recruitment Team has
recommended that when a new programme proposal comes forward to the relevant
Directorate, the other two Directorates are notified by means of an agenda item
and link to a web address for further details. This procedure has been put in
place and an intranet site established for programme proposal forms.
*4.3 Minute
09/3 – Credit Values of
To note that Learning and Teaching Committee
had felt it difficult for the Sub-Committee to formulate guidance to
departments without sight of actual cases and had agreed to establish a sub-group
to consider departmental submissions and make recommendations through PQ Team
to Learning and Teaching Committee. The
sub-group is due to meet on 30 April 2009.
4.4 Minute
09/4.2 – BA History and Politics/History and International
Relations/ History and Geography/ History
and English: New Programme Proposals
The AD(T)s to report on the extent of modules
having versions of different credit value.
4.5
Minute 09/5.3 – BA English and Drama: New Programme Proposals
To note extracts from national guidelines and
consider whether a requirement that ILOs should be met at the level of an award
is implied.
*4.6 Minute
09/10.3 –
To
agree that the following Availability Code should remain the same, but that
departments should be advised
that they could be disadvantaging their students if they do not list optional modules in Programme Regulations:
‘Module
is available to any student meeting pre-requisites, but numbers will be
restricted and priority will be
given to students for whom the module is listed in their Programme
Regulations’.
4.7 Any
other matters arising not appearing elsewhere on the Agenda.
SECTION A – Items for Discussion
5. Programme Specifications
Further to Minute
09/2.3, to consider draft revised guidance and template for Programme
Specifications, to be adopted for new
programmes submitted to the Sub-Committee from October 2009.
6. BSc (DPS/DIntS) Engineering Management: New Programme Proposals
CSC09-P17a, CSC09-P17b, CSC09-P17c
To consider proposals from Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering for a new full-time programme with effect from October
2010 entry.
7. MSc Signal Processing in Communication Systems: New Programme Proposals
CSC09-P18a, CSC09-P18b, CSC09-P18c
To consider proposals from Electronic and
Electrical Engineering for a new full-time/part-time programme with effect from
October 2009.
CSC09-P19a, CSC09-P19b,
CSC09-P19c
To consider proposals from the Ergonomics &
Safety Research Institute (ESRI) and Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
for a new part-time programme with effect from October 2010.
9. MSc Information and Knowledge Management: Major Programme Changes
CSC09-P20a, CSC09-P20b, CSC09-P20c
To recommend to Learning and Teaching Committee
major programme changes with effect from October 2009 entry.
10. MSc Construction Management/MSc Construction Project Management: Major Programme Changes
CSC09-P21 (to follow)
To recommend to Learning and Teaching Committee
major programme changes with effect from October 2009 entry.
SECTION B – ‘Starred’ Items for
Approval
*11. MEng Innovative Manufacturing Engineering: Proposed Additional Pathway to MEng Innovative Manufacturing Technology
CSC09-P22a, CSC09-P22b, CSC09-P22c
To recommend to Learning and Teaching Committee
the addition of a pathway leading to an MEng in Innovative Manufacturing
Technology for those students unable to obtain a placement in industry, with
effect from October 2009. (There would
be no direct recruitment to this new pathway.)
*12. Change
to Programme Title
To recommend to Learning and Teaching Committee
the following change to a programme title (effective date shown in brackets):
MA/PGDip/PGCert Healthcare Risk Management to MA/PGDip/PGCert Patient Safety
Management (September 2009 entry)
*13. Discontinuation of Programmes
To
recommend to Learning and Teaching Committee discontinuation of the following
programmes (proposed date of last intake shown in brackets):
BSc/BSc,DIS Process Technology and Management (October 2009)
*14. Major Changes to Programme Regulations
To approve the following procedure for the
approval of major changes to Programme Regulations for the period to October 2009. Proposals should receive Curriculum
Sub-Committee consideration by post at the discretion of the Chair. Where concerns are raised a second
circulation would summarise these and invite a formal decision. The Chair would be empowered to determine
whether the replies constituted a consensus.
SECTION C –
Items for Information
*15. Annual Update of Module Specifications and Programme Regulations/Specifications
To note:
.1 The memorandum circulated to
departments on 24 February 2009 (without Annexes).
.2 The
proposal forms for Module Specification and Programme Regulation/Specification
changes for 2009/10.
.3 Validated
Programmes: The procedure and timetable for revision and approval of Module
Specifications and Programme Regulations/Specifications for 2009/10.
16. Any Other Business
*17. Dates of Future Meetings
Thursday 21 May 2009 (am) (only if required)
2009/10 (provisional)
Thursday 15 October 2009 (am)
Thursday 21 January 2010 (am)
Thursday 6 May 2010 (am)
(Date for if necessary
meeting in late May 2010 to be determined)
Author:
Jennie Elliott
Date:
April 2009
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