New Courses and major changes to courses
The Policy and Guidance on New Courses and Major Changes to Courses (Including Closure) outlines the University’s policy requirements for and process relating to the approval of:
- new courses (and new course set-up)
- major changes to courses
- closure of courses
It also includes guidance on:
- plagiarism in assessment design
- delegated responsibility for course and regulation changes Annex H - Delegated responsibility for regulation changes (PDF)
- consideration of vested interests in course changes Annex I - Vested interests (PDF) and Annex N - Guidance on types of course change (PDF)
- writing programme aims and intended learning outcomes Annex L - Guidance on aims and intended learning outcomes (PDF)
The full Policy and Guidance (including all annexes) is available below:
Once the course has been approved it will need to be configured in student record systems. To initiate this process please refer to the Programme of Study set-up form (Sharepoint page) which is the practical side of setting up a new course.
The following annexes are available separately for ease of use:
