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C/3.1 Courses and awards |
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3.1.1 Policy for courses and awards 3.1.1 Policy for courses and awardsA primary function of QUT is to deliver higher education courses and programs. QUT Council has delegated the approval of courses to University Academic Board and faculty academic boards (MOPP Appendix 3 ). Courses are established based on the policy for award classifications (see C/3.2 ), and according to a specified approval process and annual quality assurance process (see C/4 ). 3.1.2 Definition of relevant terms(a) Unit A Unit is a coherent set of learning activities (including lectures, tutorials and workshops) which is assigned a unit code by University Academic Board. (b) Course A Course is a coherent set of units, which may include groupings of units into Study Areas, leading to the granting of an award registered with University Academic Board. (c) Study Areas A Study Area is a coherent set of units within a course which together form a coherent body of knowledge, undertaken at advanced level and approved as such by University Academic Board. A course may have two levels of Study Area: Study Area A and Study Area B. Faculties may determine their own terminology for Study Areas. Study Area A is the primary group of units within a course. The most commonly used term for Study Area A is a Major. Study Area A is included in academic transcripts, may be included in award titles and may be included on QUT parchments subject to approval by University Academic Board on recommendation from the relevant faculty academic board. The minimum requirements for Study Area A at each level of award are
Study Area B is a second group of units, drawn from either the same discipline area as Study Area A or a complementary or different discipline area, and approved as such by the relevant faculty academic board(s). Course structures may require students to take more than one Study Area B. The most commonly used terminology for Study Area B is a minor (comprising 48 credit points). Study Area B does not appear on QUT parchments, but may be included on academic transcripts on recommendation from the relevant faculty academic board. The minimum requirements for Study Area B at each level of award are
(d) Award title The award title is the title approved by University Academic Board which will be shown on the award parchment (see E/10.2 ) issued to students who have completed their course requirements. The University also approves a separate course title, which may differ from the award title in certain circumstances. Where the course and award title differ, faculties must inform students in all course materials. Where Study Area A is to be printed on the parchment, the title of the Study Area forms part of the course award title and must therefore be approved by University Academic Board. (e) Course requirements Course requirements set out the specific requirements for completing an award course and include the following:
For courses with a significant project or thesis component, course requirements should also include:
Course requirements are approved by University Academic Board at the time the course is initially established. Changes to course requirements involving substantial academic implications are approved by University Academic Board. Changes involving minor academic implications are approved by faculty academic boards. Course requirements must be made available to students at the time of enrolment (see E/2.2 and E/4.3.3 ) and are set out in the QUT Handbook . 3.1.3 Course and unit codingCourse codes are in the format @@## where @ is an alphabetic character and # is a numeric character. The first two characters represent the school or faculty administering the course, or designate the course as interfaculty in the case of a course offered collaboratively by two or more faculties. Unit codes are in the format @@@### where @ is an alphabetic character and # is a numeric character. The first two characters indicate the faculty or school administering the unit. The third character indicates the level of the course in which the unit is normally taught. Faculties may choose to use the numeric characters to indicate the year of the course in which the unit is normally taught. The list of faculty / school codes and level indicators for units is available in the QUT Handbook . 3.1.4 Credit point systemAll units are assigned a credit point value which is used for the purposes of calculating student load (EFTSL) for internal and external report purposes. The credit point value is a measure of the proportion of the year's workload which the unit represents to the student, and is the weighting used to calculate students' grade point averages. All units are 12 credit points, with the following exceptions which must be approved by University Academic Board:
Nil credit point units cannot be offered. The total credit points per full-time year of a course is normally 96, except where a variation is approved by University Academic Board. Related DocumentsMOPP C/3.2 Award classifications MOPP C/4.2 New course developments with limited academic implications MOPP C/4.3 Development and approval processes for double degree programs MOPP C/4.9 Changes to continuing courses MOPP C/4.11 Course discontinuation MOPP E/2.2 QUT Student Charter MOPP E/4.3 Enrolment programs MOPP C/7.10 Unit outlines MOPP E/10.1 Graduation requirements MOPP E/10.2 Award parchments Modification History
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