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Department: |
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Course Code: |
Can be suggested but will be formalised by DR (A) |
| Course Title: |
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| Programme: |
Should include all
programmes for which the course will be offered. |
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Type of Course: |
Should be specified. However, a
course may be Core for one programme but an Option or an
Elective for a different programme. A course can only have
one code. The definitions of the different types of courses
- Core, Elective, Option etc. will be prepared separately by
APMC. |
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Year: |
This may vary according to the programme and
whether it is a Core or Elective etc. The Year should be
based on the level at which the course is taught, not when a
particular course is taken. |
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Units: |
Should follow Faculty
Definition.
1-unit courses are not permitted. |
Contact Hours: |
Should be specified as per
week rather than as total
number of hours – this can then be checked against the
Faculty Definition of a unit. |
| Prerequisite(s): |
Defined as
courses that must be passed before the proposed
course can be attempted. |
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Lecturer(s) / Coordinator: |
This is included to make
sure that staff are available to teach the course; specific
names should be inserted whenever possible.
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| Aims / Objectives / Rationale: |
Should be short and place the course in the context of the
programme(s). |
| Course Content: |
Should provide
sufficient information for someone reading the outline to
understand the contents of the course. Should not be done as
a lecture by lecture summary, or as a simple list. |
| Assessment: |
Examination: |
% the number & duration of examinations should be
included
(e.g. comprising one three-hour paper)
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Course Work: |
% - the type of assessment should be
included (e.g. comprising essays
& tests) but the number of these should not be included. |
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Textbook(s) / References: |
Suggest that these should be in
alphabetical order and should be split, with Textbooks being
restricted to those books that students are expected to
purchase, and References being limited to a maximum of 4
books. It should not be necessary to have both, or even
either, in the Course Outline, if the course does not need
them. Staff should not list their own books as Textbooks as
this may be interpreted as trying to make students buy them.
Referencing should use the APA citation style. |
