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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND
2019 NEW UNIT FORM
Instructions
The proposed New Unit must be approved by the relevant school committee(s). Please consult with your Academic Manager or Head of School as to the approval processes in your school.
Appropriate sign-offs must be obtained before submitting an electronic copy (word document) and an electronic scanned copy with acquired signatures (pdf), to Information Management by emailing it to coureses. The school should TRIM the original hard copy of the form which contains the appropriate signatures.
· Only New Unit Forms with a scanned signature section will be actioned by Information Management
Key Deadlines for 2019 submissions are:
· All NEW Units for NEW Courses for 2019 are to be submitted to Information Management by 31 March 2018.
· All NEW Units for AMENDED Courses for 2019 are to be submitted to Information Management by 30 April 2018.
The following Sections of this form will appear on the Course and Unit Catalogue: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 25. This should be the same information as that which is displayed through the LMS and included in teaching materials.
All fields must be completed when creating a new unit
Click on the ‘How to Complete’ hyperlink for further information
/ New Unit Information /1 / School
Enter owner of the unit eg school
2 / Discipline
Enter a proposed discipline for the unit or indicate a new proposed discipline.
3 / Unit Code and Number
Enter proposed unit code. Please check Callista to ensure code has not previously been used.
4 / Unit Title - This is not to exceed 80 characters including spaces between words
Enter proposed unit title
5 / Combined Unit (list codes)
Enter unit code/s this unit is combined with
6 / Credit Point value
Enter proposed credit point value
7 / Grading System
Enter relevant grading system:
Standard, Honours or JMP Standard (Joint Medical Program)
8 / Unit Outline
This is the official statement used to describe what the unit is about. Not to exceed 750 characters including spaces.
9 / (a) Academic Rationale for introduction of New unit
Provide a statement that details reasons for the proposed new unit. This must be completed. This may include: a new unit in a new course; required for accreditation; rationalisation/restructuring of the discipline/major/unit content.
(b) Financial Rationale for introduction of New unit – only to be completed where the new unit is NOT part of a new course
Where the new unit is not being introduced as part of a new course please outline: predicted enrolment; where enrolment will come from in terms of courses; will it require new staff; is there workload capacity within the School to teach the new unit.
10 / Courses offered in:
Indicate courses the unit is offered in and whether it is a Core Unit, Prescribed, Listed or Elective Unit, Major/Area of study/Specialisation - eg
Core Unit: Bachelor of Education (Primary)
Elective Unit: Bachelor of Arts
NB: New or Amended Course Forms must be completed for this unit to be included in the Course Rules. / List courses:
Has consultation taken place with relevant course coordinator/s for inclusion of this unit? List the course coordinator names below:
Indicate by ticking the box if units can be taken in other courses as an elective.
Units may be included as an elective unit in other courses subject to course rules.
11 / T&L Committee Approval, Cross School consultation, implication and collaborations
Date the New Unit was approved at School T&L
(a) Does this New Unit have cross-school implications? If YES complete (i) and (ii) below. / Date:
(a)
(i) Have consultations with other Schools occurred? Specify date and outcome. / (i)
(ii) Are all Schools concerned in agreement? If YES, provide evidence (attach agreement from Schools) / (ii)
(b) Does the content of this New Unit duplicate the content of any other unit offered elsewhere within the University? If so, please justify the necessity to introduce this unit. / (b)
12 / Special technical requirements
Enter special technical requirements if required – include information about software applications, tools or technologies required by students to complete the unit (including free downloadable software). This section requires sign-off by ITD and does not display on CAUC.
13 / DE Discipline Code
Codes are to be obtained from the UNE's Statistics Officer, email .
14 / Prerequisites
Enter Prerequisites required for new unit including, if applicable, specify courses (use official abbreviation) unit is only offered in eg
MEDI1014 and candidature in BMed
15 / Corequisites
Enter Corequisites required to be enrolled in or be completed, when enrolling in new unit.
16 / Restrictions
Enter Restrictions for new unit including combined units and all units this unit is equivalent to.
17 / Unit Notes
Enter information that may be required for the unit that does not fit into any other category. This does display on CAUC.
18 / Location(s), mode(s) of delivery and teaching period offerings (include partnerships)
ON – Unit is offered on campus with face-to-face, online components and may include intensive schools
OL – Unit is offered online and may include face-to-face requirements such as UNE supervised examination or intensive school
eg Armidale: On campus: Trimester 1: Explanation of Year Long offerings
Armidale: Online: Trimester 1: Year Long 1 – spanning Trimester 1 and Trimester 2
Year Long 2 – spanning Trimester 2 and Trimester 3
Year Long 3 – spanning Trimester 3 and Trimester 1 following year
Year Long H1 – 39 week honours year commencing Trimester 1
Year Long H2 – 39 week honours year commencing Trimester 2 Year Long H3 – 39 week honours year commencing Trimester 3
A unit can have different modes of delivery for different offerings as per the example below.
Enter all offerings for the new unit eg:
Armidale; On Campus; Trimester 1
Armidale; Online; Trimester 2
19 / Intensive School - Intensive schools are either Mandatory or Non-Mandatory. Intensive School Policy is located at http://policies.une.edu.au/view.current.php?id=00025
Indicate type of intensive school e.g. - Mandatory, Intensive School - Non-Mandatory or None if there is no Intensive School.
Enter number of days – please note Intensive schools of more than 4 days must have Head of School approval. / Days:
Intensive School specific Note:
20 / Learning Outcomes –
Enter 3 to 6 statements. These statements are to set out what the student will be able to do. If the unit is offered at more than one level, it is expected that the Learning Outcome statements will clearly differentiate between the expectations for each level. Learning Outcomes should be linked to assessments in item 21. / Upon completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
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21 / Assessment tasks – see Assessment Rule and Procedures
· Assessment tasks must be linked to Learning Outcomes to which the assessment relates.
· . Specify whether each assessment item must be completed (left-hand column).
· If it is mandatory to pass the assessment task in order to pass the unit then add an Assessment Note.
· If you have a UNE Supervised Examination it must be at least 30% and not more than 60%.
· Except for special topics and thesis units, no one assessment tasks should account for more than 60% of the aggregate mark; constructed-response questions should comprise a minimum of 30% of the aggregate mark.
· Except for special topics and thesis units, all units must have more than one assessable task and generally more than one assessment method.
· Where appropriate include word counts for each assessment, including quizzes (not required for discipline-based formats (eg character-based languages, language proficiency units, musical notation tasks, mathematical problems involving formulas and calculations).
· Online and/or class participation: if assessed shall not be worth more than 15% and the criteria by which participation is to be judged must be explicit.
· Attendance and Participation: attendance and participation may be specified but no marks are to be allocated for attendance; attendance at structured learning activities may be mandatory provided the achievement of unit and course learning outcomes is substantially dependent on attendance.
· Please note that the ‘Test’ Assessment Description is no longer used and has been replaced with ‘Quiz’.
· If you have a UNE Supervised Examination select UNE Supervised Examination at item 22.
Must Complete / Assessment Description / Weighting / Word Count / Learning Outcome(s)
Yes/No
Yes/No
Yes/No
Yes/No
Yes/No
22 / UNE Examination required – see Assessment Rule and Procedures
Indicate whether there is a UNE supervised examination. e.g. None or UNE Supervised examination. Please note that examinations of more than 2 hours 15 minutes are charged to the school.
Enter length: eg 2 hrs 15 mins / Hrs:
23 / Unit Coordinator
If only one, enter name against ‘Unit Coordinator’. Where more than one unit coordinator enter each coordinator against relevant unit offering / Unit Coordinator:
Trimester 1 Coordinator:
Trimester 2 Coordinator:
Trimester 3 Coordinator:
24 / Proposed date of implementation
If other indicate proposed implementation date. / 1 January 2019
Other (please specify):
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25 / Prescribed Text(s)/Recommended Readings/Reserve Collection – only complete if new unit is to be offered in 2019.Prescribed Text 1
ISBN
Author(s)
Title
Publisher
Year
Month Required
Estimated Cost
Must be purchased new
Does the Library have at least one copy of the appropriate edition of each?
Prescribed Text 2
ISBN
Author(s)
Title
Publisher
Year
Month Required
Estimated Cost
Must be purchased new
Does the Library have at least one copy of the appropriate edition of each?
Prescribed Text 3
ISBN
Author(s)
Title
Publisher
Year
Month Required
Estimated Cost
Must be purchased new
Does the Library have at least one copy of the appropriate edition of each?
Prescribed Text 4
ISBN
Author(s)
Title
Publisher
Year
Month Required
Estimated Cost
Must be purchased new
Does the Library have at least one copy of the appropriate edition of each?
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26. COMMENTS AND SENIOR ADMINSTRATION SIGNATURESSIGNATURES ARE REQUIRED PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO APC /
26.1 Director of Information Technology or nominee– only required if Section 12 Special technical requirements has been completed / Comments:
Print Name:
Signature:
Date: /
26.2 University Librarian or nominee / Comments:
Print Name:
Signature:
Date: /
26.3 Unit Coordinator / Print Name:
Signature:
Date: /
26.4 Head of School / Print Name:
Signature:
Date: /
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