CMT 10th December 2012
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS
Planning approval is sought for the following proposals:
FACULTY OF ARTS, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
REF
ALSS
01/12
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START &
INTAKE
September
2013
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATION-CREDITS
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
DECISION
MA
Psychodrama
FT/PT
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Approved
Face to face
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Cambridge
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120 credits APCL
60 credits @ level 7
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Semester 1
intake per
year
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Proposed home/EU tuition fee £2,833, cost
centre AF00, band 3
Anticipated annual recruitment of initially 6
students
Course developed for students who already
hold a UKCP (United Kingdom Council for
Psychotherapy) qualification
No new modules, will utilise a revised version of
the Music Therapy and Dramatherapy
Clinical/Theoretical 60 credit Major Project
No significant capital spend
Standard semester delivery
FACULTY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION
REF
FHSCE
11/12
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START &
INTAKE
September
2013
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATION-CREDITS
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
DECISION
PG Cert
Forensic Mental
Health Care
PT

Approved
Distance learning
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
Semester 1
&2
intakes per
year
South Essex Partnership Trust
(SEPT)
PG Cert 60 credits @ level 7
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Proposed home/EU and non EU/ International
tuition fee £1,834 cost centre DL00, band 1
SEPT contract and other health provider funded
Anticipated annual recruitment of 20 fte
Potential for the course to be offered to
international students
50% new modules, one new 30 credit module
PG Cert Disability Equality Practitioner will be
withdrawn from January 2013
No significant capital spend
Standard semester delivery
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FACULTY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION continued
REF
FHSCE
12/12
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START &
INTAKE
September
2013
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATION-CREDITS
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
DECISION
MSc
PG Dip
PG Cert
Pre Hospital
Trauma Care
FT/PT

Approved
Face to face and blended
learning

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Proposed home/EU tuition fee £6,500 (FT), non
EU/ International tuition fee £10,300 (FT)
Various SHA contract funding available
Anticipated annual recruitment of 20 per cohort
Course will be attractive to international
students studying pre-hospital trauma care in
their own country, only one intake a year
33% new modules, 120 credits of existing
modules from the FHSCE Masters Framework
Three modules and MSc Child and Adolescent
Mental Health to be withdrawn from January
2013
Approximately £23,000 will be required for
purchasing equipment which will also be
utilised by other courses
Standard trimester delivery
Proposed home/EU tuition fee £8,300 (FT), non
EU/ International tuition fee £10,300 (FT)
Anticipated annual recruitment of 20 per cohort
Various SHA contract funding available
Course will be attractive to international
students studying pre-hospital trauma care in
their own country, only one intake a year
Two modules (in addition to the above proposal
FHSCE 12/12) and BSc (Hons) Child and
Adolescent Mental Health to be withdrawn from
January 2013
Significant spend shared with above proposal
FHSCE 12/12
Standard semester delivery
Approved
Trimester 1
intake per
year
Chelmsford
PG Cert 60 credits @ level 7
PG Dip 120 credits @ level 7
MSc 180 credits @ level 7
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FHSCE
13/12
September
2013
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Semester 1
intake per
year
BSc
(Hons)
Pre Hospital and
Advanced
Paramedic Studies
FT/PT

Face to face

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
Chelmsford
120 credits @ level 6
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FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FST
07/12
September
2013
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Trimester 1,
2 and 3
intakes per
year
MBA
Information
Systems
Management
FT/PT
Face to face and distance
learning

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
Chelmsford

180 credits @ level 7
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FST
08/12
January
2013
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Trimester 1
and 2
intakes per
year
MSc
Sustainability,
Resilience and
Positive Change
FST
09/12
September
2013
BSc
(Hons)
Audio and Music
Technology
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Semester 1
and 2
intakes per
year
BEng
(Hons)
Electronics



FT/PT
Face to face
Cambridge and the Eden
Project, St Austell, Cornwall

180 credits @ level 7


FT


Face to face

Cambridge
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FST
10/12
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September
2013
NIS – sem 1
intake
BIS – sem 1
& 2 intakes
per year
BSc
(Hons)
BSc
(Hons)
CMT Proposals 10th December 2012
Network
Infrastructure and
Security
Business
Information
Systems
FT

Face to face


Proposed fees to be confirmed
Anticipated annual recruitment of 15 per cohort
The course is aimed to be attractive to
international students
Replacement for MSc Business Information
Systems, to be withdrawn from February 2013
77% modules from MSc BIS pus four LAIBS 15
credit modules to be shared with LAIBS MBAs
No significant capital spend
Standard trimester delivery
Approved
Proposed home/EU tuition fee £6,500
Anticipated annual recruitment of 40 fte
PSRB accredited by the Chartered Institution of
Water and Environmental Management
The course will be delivered in one week
teaching blocks thus not requiring international
students to obtain a Tier 4 visa
92% new modules, not shared
Block study mode across trimester delivery
Approved
subject to a
review of the
course title –
too lengthy
and unlikely to
be understood
by the
international
market
Sandwich year fees apply
Proposal to introduce a sandwich year working
within existing validated course as an optional
provision with no guarantee of placement
Rationale of proposal is to improve
employability and employment prospects and
attract international students
No significant capital spend
Standard semester delivery
Approved
Fees, proposal rationale and principal as above
proposal FST 09/12
No significant capital spend
Standard semester delivery
Approved
Chelmsford
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