Appendix 16
Amendments to Approved Modules
For Type B amendments, please complete the details below and return to your IQC Secretary and to
your AQU Officer. Please also attach the old and new Module Specifications, highlighting the sections
which are being changed. For further details of requirements for amendments and modifications to
courses see Appendix 15 of the Course Planning and Approval process.
Institute:
Date of IQC meeting:
Module Details
Course Title:
Module Code:
Module Leader:
Module Title:
Module credits:
Date change to take effect from:
1.
2.
Semester 1 or 2
Academic year
15 or 30
2013/14 or 2014/15
Does the proposal have the agreement of the following (where appropriate)?
Course leader:
Name:
Date agreed:
Head of Centre/Unit
(Education/Health only)
Link tutor
(collaborative courses)
Name:
Date agreed:
Name:
Date agreed:
Is the module shared by any other course?
YES / NO
Where the module is shared by another course or courses, the proposer must ensure that the
course leader/s have been consulted in order to consider implications of the proposed change
for students on the other course/s. Where there is a significant practice element, changes must
be discussed with relevant partners/placement providers.
Shared by Course/s:
Has the course leader/placement
provider been consulted?
Give details e.g. name, course, date of
discussion, etc.
Have partners/placement providers
been consulted (where relevant)?
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Nature of Change
Where there is a change of module title, module code, status, co- or pre-requisites, or excluded
combinations, these will also need to be amended in the award map section of the Programme
Specification for the course and the date of the revision noted.
4.
Change of Title/Code
Old Title/Code
New Title/Code
5.
Change of Status (Mandatory (M) or Optional (O))
Old Status
New Status
6.
Change of Co-/Pre-requisites:
Old details
New details
7.
Change of Excluded Combinations
Old details
New details
8.
Change to learning outcome/s:
Old Learning
Outcomes:
New Learning
Outcomes:
9.
Changes to Assessment pattern: include assessment type, word/time, limits, weightings, etc.
Original Assessment Pattern:
001
002
003
New Assessment Pattern:
001
002
003
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10.
Changes to Learning and Teaching Activities: include changes to type of activity,
breakdown of learning time hours, KIS data, etc.
Give details:
11.
Any other changes not listed above:
Give details:
12
Rationale for the amendments: This should include reference to the learning outcomes of
the module and course assessment strategy as appropriate.
How do the new arrangements support the Courses aims?
Is the proposed change a response to student, staff or External Examiner evaluation?
Give details:
13.
Other implications: Will the changes to this module affect or have implications for other
modules on the course and/or for the course as a whole?
e.g.
30 credit modules with related 15 credit “exchange” modules;
removal of PDP from a module;
employability skills or mapping of key skills across a course.
Give details:
Following IQC approval, the module/course leader must ensure that the module specification (and
programme specification where appropriate) is amended to incorporate the changes and the “Date
Module Specification Validated” and “Effective from” amended.
The final version/s should then be returned to the IQC Secretary who will record the change and
advise Registry and AQU that the IQC process has been completed so that the Student Records
system can be updated.
Following the final IQC meeting of the academic year, AQU will request any amended programme
specifications for the next academic year and these will be uploaded to their website.
If an urgent change is required for the current academic year, please contact your IQC Secretary and
AQU Officer as soon as possible.
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