Course Diagram for postgraduatetaught courses[1]: Insert name of course
Full-time:
ENROLMENT & INDUCTION WEEK / ACADEMIC YEAR(exclusive of the four non-taught study weeks for MA (excluding MA top-up (CAE)), FT MBA courses and holidays which vary from year to year) / BOARDS OF EXAMINERS & RESULTS
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45
Part-time Year 1:
ENROLMENT & INDUCTION WEEK / ACADEMIC YEAR(exclusive of the holidays which vary from year to year) / BOARDS OF EXAMINERS & RESULTS
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45
Part-time Year 2:
ENROLMENT & INDUCTION WEEK / ACADEMIC YEAR(exclusive of the four non-taught study weeks for PT MBA (final year) course and holidays which vary from year to year) / BOARDS OF EXAMINERS & RESULTS
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45
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Guidance:
Purpose of the course diagram:
Course diagrams are presented to validation panels to illustrate the indicative unit delivery for the course during an academic year. It should not record granular information relating to assessment points and non-taught study weeks as these should be confirmed either in the Unit Handbooks for each unit or via the unit/course timetable. The course diagram should remain in place for the duration of the courses’ validation period, unless course changes are approved which impact on the information as described. Course diagrams do not form part of the published information set.
Use of the Academic Year:
When planning unit start and end dates, please note that delivery should be across the entire academic year. This means 45 weeks of teaching activity related to unit delivery. The period of delivery of each unit should encompass up to two weeks of assessment.
Non-taught Study Weeks:
Non-taught study weeks are not recorded on this version of the course diagram, which is used for illustrative purposes to show the length and timing of delivery of the course units in a typical year. The exact timing of study weeks may change from year to year and is not therefore appropriate for inclusion in this diagram, which remains a validated document for up to five years from the point of approval.
Guidance on how to complete the course diagram:
- Firstly, add or delete rows to ensure you have the correct number of rows needed before populating the diagram by:
-clicking on the middle row and click the ‘Layout’ tab
-to add a row, click ‘Insert above’ or ‘Insert below’
-to delete a row, click on the drop down ‘Delete’ option and choose ‘Delete row’
- Highlight the cells covering the weeks from the start of the unit to the end of the unit.
- Click on the ‘Layout’ tab and ‘Merge cells’.
- Populate the cell with the unit code, title, credit value and duration of each unit. This information should be taken from the validated unit descriptor.
- Merge any cells where no units are delivered and leave blank.
- Where there are elective/optional units, describe this in the same cell with OR placed between each unit description.
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[1]This course diagram should reflect the duration of units as recorded in the validated unit descriptors for the course