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UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER Paper No ASQEC/20/19c)
ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND QUALITY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE 22 October 2020 Agenda Item 6.
COURSE REVISIONS AND NEW SHORT COURSE MODULES 2019/
COVER SHEET
Presenter: Professor B Murphy
Action is required of the Committee as indicated below in respect of business since 29 May
Item Topic Action
1 Course Revisions To note the course revisions and new short course modules approved by Faculties and Distributed Education Board.
22 October 2020
Authority for approval of course revisions, except for course titles, locations and modes of attendance, and short-course modules is delegated by Senate to Faculties and Distributed Education Board.
The following revisions have been approved by them since 29 May 2020.
Course Revisions
Diploma in International Foundation Studies (with Pathways) (Belfast and City College, Doha) and Honours degrees incorporating International Foundation Year To revise the assessment strategy in modules FCE002, 003, 004, 014, 100 and 101; to replace FCE005 with FCE006 in the BAHSS pathway; to revise the Learning Outcomes of the programme so that achievement of I1 is supported through FCE005-007 and FCE009-012;
PgCert Graduate Leadership To revise the admission criteria; to note University funding of students being restricted to recent Ulster graduates;
PgCert Higher Education Practice To change module PHE705 to long-thin delivery;
MEd Higher Education Practice To redesign module PHE714.
Credit-bearing Short Courses
Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development Framework To add to the framework modules BMG864, FCE711 and FCE712;
Stand-Alone Level 5 Module: PPD To introduce a new stand-alone short-course Level 5 module, PPD383, ‘Civic and Economic Recovery’.
Course Revisions
Undergraduate Hons Subject: Criminology and Criminal Justice To revise module PUP546 to a 10 credit point module and to revise aims, content, learning and teaching methods and assessment strategy accordingly (Single Hons strand); to revise the
To swap semesters, for 2020/21, of modules CMM107 and CMM111 or, in the case of Language and Linguistics, CMM125; to remove an integrated foundation year from BSc Hons Communication Management and Public Relations; to revise title and learning outcomes of CMM166 (BSc Hons Communication and Counselling Studies); to revise the assessment strategy in CMM125 (BSc Hons Language and Linguistics); to change semesters of modules CMM320 and 349 (BSc Hons Language and Linguistics); to revise learning outcomes and associated maps for BSc Hons Language and Linguistics and its AB exit award; to add new optional module, CMM568, Multilingualism, to correct the Year for final level modules (full-time mode), to revise semester and hours in module CMM320, and semester and learning outcomes in CMM349; to correct the locations identified for modules CMM324, 338 and 381;
BSc Hons Community Development To add a Semester 1&2 instance for module AED520; to remove references to using Grassroots Transitional Justice Toolkit Manual as case study and update the reading list in module AED520;
BSc Hons Music, Sound and Technology To revise the assessment strategies in modules CRE105 and 334; to replace module CRE with reinstated module CRE305; to add new modules CRE339, ‘Immersive Audio’ and CRE518, ‘Audio Application Development’; to remove CRE335, 338 and 517; to revise content and assessment strategy in CRE519; to swap temporarily semesters of modules CRE344 and 336, in light of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic;
BA Hons Screen Production To revise titles of modules MED133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 337, 338, 339, 541, 542, 543; to revise content of MED130, 134, 338 and 339; to revise rationale, aims and summary description in MED130, 134, 137, 338 and 339 (not aims in MED134); to revise learning outcomes in MED and 339; to revise hours in MED130, 136, 137 and 339 and learning and teaching methods in MED136; to revise assessment strategy in MED133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 339 and 541; to introduce new modules: MED340, The Live Broadcast; MED544, Virtual Production and Visual Effects; and MED543, Independent Research Project; to remove MED540; to make MED137 a Semester 1 module and MED130 a Semester 2 module (previously long-thin). The latter is not explicitly mentioned on the CA3 form but may be hinted at in the phrase 'intended delivery' and is necessary to complement MED137; to change MED337 from a 40 to 20 credit-point module, in Semester 1;
PgDip/MSc Communication and Public Relations To remove temporarily modules CMM738 and 814 and the Political Lobbying pathway for 2020/21;
PgDip/MSc Counselling Studies and Health Communication To replace module CMM759 with CMM722; to revise the programme’s learning outcome map to reflect more accurately the achievement of outcomes; to revise learning outcomes (and rationale, aims, learning and teaching methods and summary accordingly) in module CMM722;
MA Animation; MA Games Design To replace DES707 with new module DES716;
MA History To change the semester record for module HIS709 so that it is only available in Semester 2;
LLM Gender, Conflict and Human Rights To revise aims; to revise structure to make module LAW805 a compulsory module; to correct the instances for the Dissertation module, LAW827 - Semester 3 for the full-time mode and Semesters 3&1 for part-time mode;
MSc Social Policy To increase SOP708 to a 30-point module and to revise its hours, content and assessment strategy; to make SOP710 optional; to revise programme learning outcomes (exit awards) and narrative accordingly; to correct the instance for the dissertation module, SOP715, to provide the correct instance for the full-time mode.
Credit-bearing Short Courses
Certificate of Personal and Professional Development Framework To archive permanently module PPD082 (last taught 2012/13); to add to the framework a 5- credit point, Level 4 module PPD382, ‘Introduction to Music’; to introduce to the framework a new 10-credit point, Level 4 module, PPD375, ‘Community-Led Tourism: Peace, Conflict and Change’ from 2019/20;
Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development Framework To add module PCS704 to the Framework and to remove PCS705 and 706; to add modules LAW805 and 821 to the framework;
Short Course Module: LAW To change the module coordinator and teaching staff associated with LAW726;
Short Course Module PUP To introduce a new five credit point Level 5 short course module, PUP317, ‘Introduction to Criminal Justice’.
Course Revisions
Access Diploma in Computing for the Economy at Belfast Metropolitan College (Millfield campus) To change module COM087 from long-thin to single semester delivery (Semester 2); to make COM079 a long-thin module;
Access Diploma in Mathematics and Finance at Belfast Metropolitan College (Millfield campus) To revise assessment strategies in modules FIN001, FIN002 and FIN003; to revise learning outcomes in FIN002 and the content of FIN003;
Access Diploma in Mathematics and Physics at Belfast Metropolitan College (Millfield campus) To revise assessment strategy in modules MAT030, 031, PHY001, 002, 003;
FdSc Computing at Southern Regional College (Portadown and Newry campuses) To revise Learning Outcome 3 in module COM109;
BSc Hons Building Surveying; BSc Hons Construction Engineering and Management; BSc Hons Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management To revise content, learning and teaching methods and associated hours, assessment strategy and reading list in module BEN303; to remove the South West College outcentre location for the module;
BSc Hons Civil Engineering To revise learning outcomes and assessment strategy in modules CIV312, CIV502 and CIV520; to revise content and learning and teaching methods (and distribution of hours) in CIV520, and learning and teaching methods in CIV502; to replace CIV334 and 354 with new module BEN314, Safety in Design; to replace BEN308 and 309 with new module BEN313, ‘Mathematics for Technology’;
BEng Hons Computer Engineering; BEng Hons Electronics and Embedded Systems; BEng Hons Electrical and Electronic Engineering; BEng Hons Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering To revise the content and assessment strategy in module EEE422;
BSc Hons Computing Systems To revise the learning outcomes and assessment strategy in module COM555; to delay the introduction of the revised version of COM555 to 2021/22; to revise the content, assessment strategy and reading list of module COM161;
BSc Hons Computing Science (FT) (JN) To add an integrated International Foundation Year in the full-time mode;
BSc Hons Computing Science; BEng Hons Computer Science; BEng Hons Software Engineering To revise the assessment strategy in module COM498;
BSc Hons Computing Science; BSc Hons Computing Technologies; BSc Hons Information and Communication Technologies; BSc Hons Interactive Computing; BEng Hons Computer Science; BEng Hons Software Engineering To revise the assessment strategy in module COM360;
BSc Hons Computing Technologies To change semester of modules COM412 and 434;
BEng Hons Electronic Engineering with Enterprise Development; BEng Hons Mechanical Engineering with Enterprise Development To revise the assessment strategy in module BMG119;
BSc Hons Environmental Health To revise title of BEN132 and ENH319; to revise rationale, aims and learning outcomes of BEN132, ENH314, 319 and 525; to revise content of BEN132 and 133, and ENH314, 319 and
525; to revise assessment strategy of BEN133 and ENH314, 319 and 525; to revise learning and teaching methods and hours of ENH314 and 319;
BSc Hons Interactive Multimedia Design To revise the assessment strategy in modules COM533 and 602 for the final cohort of students to reflect that applied in 2019/20;
BSc/MSci Hons Planning, Regeneration and Development To revise the learning outcomes, assessment strategy and contact hours in module SUR326;
BSc Hons/MSci Hons Planning, Regeneration and Development; BSc Hons Real Estate To revise learning outcomes, content, learning and teaching methods, hours and assessment strategy in module LAW339;
BSc Hons Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management To revise the part-time structure of the course; to revise title, content, contact hours and assessment strategy of module BEN124; to revise assessment strategy in BEN312 and SUR505; to revise learning outcomes and assessment strategy in SUR308;
BEng Hons Safety Engineering; BEng Hons Architectural Engineering; BSc Hons Energy; MEng Hons Safety Engineering To make module CIV319 single-semester delivery (Semester 1); to revise learning outcomes, content, assessment strategy and teaching team for SAF300; to replace CIV334 and SAF with new module BEN315, Ethically Aligned Safety, Health and Wellbeing; to replace SAF with ENE326; to revise learning outcomes and assessment strategy (and rationale) in ENE (this module also taken by BEng Hons Architectural Engineering and BSc Hons Energy);
BSc Hons Technology with Design To apply the revalidated Final Year curriculum to students entering Year 4 in 2020/21;
PgCert/PgDip/MSc Construction Business and Leadership (with Management Specialisms); PgCert/Dip MSc Construction Management To withdraw four of the optional modules to create one 'Construction Management' pathway comprising eight compulsory modules;
PgCert/Dip/MSc Construction Management To revise title, rationale, aims, learning outcomes, content, learning and teaching methods, assessment strategy, reading list and summary description in module BEN704; to revise the title, rationale, aims, learning outcomes, content, learning and teaching methods and assessment strategy in module BEN702;
PgCert/Dip/MSc Real Estate To replace module BLD705 with new module SUR831, Real Estate Valuation; to revise learning outcomes, content, learning and teaching methods and hours, and assessment strategy in module SUR831; to revise the programme's learning outcomes accordingly;
PgDip/MSc Fire Safety Engineering To revise the learning outcomes, content and assessment strategy in module FIR804;
BSc Hons Nursing (Adult) and (Mental Health) To change the timing (Year/Semester) of modules NUR167, 168, 424, 425, 448 and 449; to deliver NUR424, 425, 448 and 449 fully online; to revise the assessment strategy in modules NUR424, 425 and 448; to revise course regulations accordingly (COVID-19 pandemic); subsequently to remove the temporary Covid-19 changes (by reinstating the original timing of NUR424, 425, 448 and 449 (Semester 1) from 2021/22; revising the assessment strategy of NUR424, 425 and 448; revising course regulations accordingly); to remove NUR167 and 168; to revise the content of NUR452, 600 and 605;
BSc Hons Specialist Community Public Health Nursing; PgDip Specialist Community Public Health Nursing To include NUS544 in both courses and to complete the initial population of the module (not previously undertaken); to reflect updated terminology in the rationale in NUS545, 589, 590, 741 and 742;
MBBS To change the responsible school to Medicine;
PgDip/MSc Geographic Information Systems To add two optional modules, EGM702 and 705; to revise structure of course to increase student choice; to add an accrediting body;
PgDip/MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition To change the year of module SLS814 in part-time mode so that the course is completed in 3 academic years;
MSc Hons Biomedical Sciences; MBiomedSci Hons Biomedical Sciences To revise the learning outcomes and assessment strategy in module BMS855;
MSc Biomedical Science To revise the assessment strategy and learning outcomes in module BMS858 and make consequent changes to course regulations;
MSc Clinical Oral Surgery To retrospectively make module DEN838 available to start in Semester 2 to students of this course;
MSc Pharmaceutical Sciences To correct the designated year for the module PHA734 in full-time mode and the structure of the part-time mode in respect of PHA719;
MSc Sport Management To add a long-thin (Semester 1&2) instance of module SLS806 for part-time students admitted with advanced standing as an alternative to the three-semester instance.
Credit-bearing Short Courses
Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development Framework To add to the framework modules PHA705, 714, 715, 734, 736, 738 and 743;
Short Course Module: Analytical Chemistry Workshop To introduce a stand-alone 5-credit point short-course module at Level 4, BMS111, ‘Analytical Chemistry Workshop’.
ULSTER UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL
Course Revisions
Undergraduate Honours Subject: Business with Specialisms; Undergraduate Honours Subject: Marketing; BSc Hons Accounting with Specialisms; BSc Hons Business Analytics To revise the assessment strategy in module BMG119;
Undergraduate Hons Subject: Marketing (Main) To replace module BMG132 with BMG259;
BSc (Hons) Accounting with Specialisms; BSc Hons Business Analytics To replace module BMG132 with BMG259; to revise the Content of module BMG259;
BSc Hons Accounting; BSc Hons Accounting and Law; BSc Hons Accounting and/with Management; BSc Hons Business Studies To revise the assessment strategy in module ECO109;
BSc Hons Accounting and Management To introduce module ACF360 in 2020/21 (instead of 2021/22) and module ACF517 in 2021/ (instead of 2022/23);
Undergraduate Hons Subject: Business Economics; Undergraduate Hons Subject: Economics To revise the assessment strategy in modules ECO313, 331, 514, 533, 540 and the learning outcomes in ECO533; to revise the assessment strategy in module ECO116; to revise the rationale, aims, learning outcomes, content and assessment strategy of module ECO332;
BSc Business Economics To replace MKT354 with MKT329 and FCE005 with FCE006 and to revise learning outcome maps and narrative text accordingly;
BSc Hons Business Economics; BSc Hons Business Studies, (JN, Outcentres and City College Doha); BSc Hons Business Technology To revise the assessment strategy in module ACF321;
BSc Hons Culinary Arts Management, International Hospitality Management To revise the assessment strategy in module HTM542;
BSc Hons Finance and Investment Management
