Attachment 4 Guidelines for developing new programme descriptions, making changes in already approved descriptions and establishing new study programmes, as laid down by the University College on 16 February 2006

Supplementary requirements to the programme descriptions 
New templates for programme descriptions and course descriptions passed by the Rector 6 December 2006. f the templates go against the National Curriculum Regulations or regulations laid down by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT), the latter applies.

Template for the curriculum (6 December 2006)

The name in Norwegian
(The study programme must have a Norwegian name)

The name in English
(The English name of the study programme)

Approval
(The first time the study programme was approved at Akershus University College. Reference to the National Curriculum if you are describing the programme)

Credits

Responsible Departments
Department for
Technical and Vocational Teacher Education
Social Education
Nursing Education
Product Design

1. Introduction
(Presentation of the study programme, from the previous description: chaptre1, Introduction and chapter 2 The aim of the education. Insert subheading if necessary.) 

2. Prospective Students and Admission Requirements
(Who is this programme suitable for? Who are the successful applicants? - What are the admission requirements? From the previous description: in chapter 1 Introduction. Insert more headlines if necessary)

3. Organisation
(Organisation of the study programme. Insert subheading if necessary)

Programme Structure
(Made visible on the web. Transferred from the study administrative system, M-STAS. Responsible: The Study Administration).

4. Learning Outcome
(Description of the qualifications the student should acquire after a completed course: knowledge, skills, attitudes, and qualifications the students will acquire. [1] From the previous description: Chapter 3 Aim of the course/programme. Insert subheading if necessary)

5. Internationalisation
(Standard text at the beginning and at the end. Text specifically for the study programme in the middle)

The students are encouraged to take parts of their education at one of our partner institutions abroad. This will in addition to professional advantages give the students valuable practical training in multicultural societies.  The increasing globalisation of the labour market leads to a rising importance of international experience and knowledge of different languages and civilisations. In some courses, the teaching language may be English. See the different course descriptions.

Insert text: 

To view an updated list of the universities and university colleges that the AUC collaborates with, click here

6.Content
(Description of the technical content of the study programme. Insert subheading if necessary)

7. Working Methods
(Description of the different teaching and working methods used to achieve the aim and learning outcomes for the study programme.  Insert subheading if necessary)

8. Assessment
(General information about work requirements, obligatory requirements and evaluation methods/examination and assessment.

Make a reference to the Safety Regulation if the course/programme is involved in it.  Insert subheading if necessary. The different subjects should be clarified in the table.  – Insert more rows if necessary. If the description already includes a table- these may be used)

Regulations on examinations: See Act relating to Universities and University Colleges,  Regulation on programmes and examination at Akershus University College  and Supplementary guidelines for the execution of the examinations 

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Subject code	Subject name	Credits	Form of examination	Assessment/ Evaluation

9. Quality Assurance

The course/programme is included in the University Colleges` Quality Assurance System and thus should:

• Ensure high quality education.
• Create a good study and learning environment for the students
• Make sure that the students complete their studies successfully and within a set limit of time

The University College seeks to educate professionals who through their studies have acquired skills, knowledge, and attitudes which are important to their personal development and at the same time are relevant to the society they are about to enter.

The Quality Assurance is meant to:

• Ensure an increasing quality improvement of the education that the University College offers
• Ensure that the students will acquire the qualifications that are needed in the labour market. 
• Ensure that the requirements and expectations of the superior authority meet.

Insert text beyond the University College’s Quality Assurance system if needed.

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[1] Learning outcomes. The chapter (abbreviated) should be able to be used together with the diploma as evidence to for example employers of what the student is qualified for.

Code and name of the course
(Maximum 8 characters in the code and 100 characters in the name, transferred from the study administrative system M-STAS. The code and name must be clarified with the study administration when a new description is created.)

Name in English

Credits
(Credits: the lowest credit allowed is 10)

The Course Coordinator’s E-mail address
(E-mail address to the course coordinator)

Term

Teaching language
Norwegian
English
Norwegian/English

Degrees
Bachelor’s
Master’s
Further education

Prerequisites
(Required knowledge prior to the course. What the students need to know or pass before taking this course)

Learning Outcomes
(The aim of the course/what the students should learn from this course. Previous aims for the course.)

Course Contents
(Short overview of the contents of the course)

Teaching methods
(Description of the teaching methods)

Practical training
(Description of required practical training)

Work requirements
(Description of the requirements for obligatory assignments, practical training and attendance that the students have to meet.)

Form of examination
(Form of examination? Individual and/or group?  In courses with more than one examination, the percentages of which the final grade is composed should be made clearly visible. The lowest credit of an examination is 10.

Grades
Pass/Fail
Alphabetic grades: A-E for pass and F for fail.

Examination Resources
(What kind of resources the students may use during the examination.)

Examiners
(Internal and /or external? Number of examiners?)

Literature
Literature/curriculum. Link to the Library.

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