C/7.9 Concurrent teaching

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7.9.1 Concurrent teaching policy
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7.9.1 Concurrent teaching policy

“Concurrent teaching” refers to the notion of students in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses sharing some learning experiences, such as classroom experiences, in particular units.

The University recognises that there are circumstances in which concurrent teaching will occur.

The University has some postgraduate courses which may be regarded as “postgraduate in level”, or “cognate”, in that the entry requirements include a bachelor degree in the same or closely related discipline as the postgraduate degree.

On the other hand, there are some courses which are as “postgraduate in time” or “non-cognate”, in that entry requirements include a bachelor degree in a discipline other than that covered by the postgraduate course.

The University recognises these two types of postgraduate courses as of equal importance and having equal standing of the awards. However, the University recognises the distinction between them for the purposes of its policy on concurrent teaching.

If concurrent teaching is designed to occur within courses which are postgraduate in level :

1. the students involved in such an arrangement must be advised prior to enrolment and in the unit outline that concurrent delivery to undergraduate and postgraduate students will occur in a specific unit,
2. the postgraduate students must be enrolled in the unit under a postgraduate unit code, and
3. the postgraduate students must be offered additional or separate content and/or delivery and/or tutorials and discussions, and/or must undertake additional or separate assessment tasks designed to acknowledge the different expectations, learning styles, prior knowledge, and life experiences of postgraduate students, as required to preserve the academic integrity of the respective courses.
4. If undergraduate students are enrolled in an undergraduate unit which is being concurrently taught with a postgraduate unit:
   • they may request access to any additional materials provided for postgraduate students, but
   • if the assessment in the two units is different, they will not be required to undertake the assessment for the postgraduate unit.

For courses which are postgraduate in time , students may normally be enrolled in up to four undergraduate units within a graduate certificate course, but for graduate diploma and master courses, students enrolled in units beyond the first four (ie beyond the graduate certificate units if a graduate certificate is nested) must be enrolled in units which carry a postgraduate code, and items (a) to (c) above will apply.

For the purposes of this policy, single year honours courses are considered to be undergraduate.

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