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New Course Specification Template (2020)

This document outlines a new course specification template that aims to standardize course documentation. It discusses (1) why course specifications are needed to facilitate communication between instructors, students, and administrators, (2) the inputs that inform course specifications including program curricula and learning outcomes, resources, and facilities, and (3) the contents of the new template which includes sections on course identification, objectives, content, teaching and assessment, student support, learning resources, quality evaluation, and approval data.

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New Course Specification Template (2020)

This document outlines a new course specification template that aims to standardize course documentation. It discusses (1) why course specifications are needed to facilitate communication between instructors, students, and administrators, (2) the inputs that inform course specifications including program curricula and learning outcomes, resources, and facilities, and (3) the contents of the new template which includes sections on course identification, objectives, content, teaching and assessment, student support, learning resources, quality evaluation, and approval data.

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New Course

Specification
Template
(2020)
Quality and Development Unit
College of Engineering &
Information Technology
Outline

WHY DO WE THE INPUTS OF CONTENTS OF


NEED “COURSE COURSE COURSE
SPECIFICATIONS”? SPECIFICATIONS. SPECIFICATIONS
NEW TEMPLATE.
Quality
documents
• Program Specifications
• Course Specifications.
• Course Report.
• Annual program Report.
Cycle of Quality Documents
PS

CS1 CS2 CS n

CR CR CR

APR
• What are the course
type?
• What are the modes of
instruction?
1. Why do we • What are the course
need “Course description and contents?
Specifications”? • What are the knowledge,
skills and values that
should be acquired by
students by the end of
the course? (Course
Learning Outcomes).
• What are the strategies used
in teaching the course?
• How do we assess the student
work as well as the grading
policy?
1. Why do we • What are the required
need “course resources and facilities?
specifications”? • How do we introduce support
and academic counseling to
students?
• How do we evaluate the
course quality?
1. Why do we need “course specifications”?

Program
Administration

Course
Specifications

Instructor Students
2. The inputs of course
specifications.
Resources
NQF
and facilities

Program Program
Curriculum Specifications
Course
Specifications
2. The inputs of course specifications.

Course
description

Pre-requisit & Program Course


Co-requisit Curriculum Contents

Level
Credit and
contact hours
2. The inputs of course specifications.

Learning domains
and their
description

NQF
2. The inputs of course specifications.

Program learning
outcomes

Program
specifications
Program matrix
Teaching strategies

Assessment
methods
2. The inputs of course specifications.

Textbooks

Software & IT
Resources facilities
& Facilities
Equipments

Classroom or
Laboratory
A. Course Identification.

B. Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes.


3. CONTENTS
OF COURSE C. Course Content.
SPECIFICATIONS D. Teaching and Assessment.
NEW
E. Student Academic Counseling and Support.
TEMPLATE.
F. Learning Resources and Facilities.

G. Course Quality Evaluation.

H. Specification Approval Data


A. Course
Identification.
B. Course
Objectives
and
Learning
Outcomes.
B. Course
Objectives
and
Learning
Outcomes.
(1)
Mapping
between Knowledge
CLOs
from old
template (K)
to the Knowledge &
new one.
Understanding
Mapping between CLOs from old template to the
new one.

(3) (5)
(2) Communica Psycho-
Cognitive tion, IT and motor
Skills numerical skills
Skills

(S)
Skills
Mapping between CLOs from the old
template to the new one.

(4)
(V)
Interpersonal
skills and Values
responsibility
Mapping between CLOs from the old
template to the new one.
Old template New template
PLOs CLOs PLOs CLOs
1.1 1.1.1 K1 K1.1
1.1.2 K1.2
2.1 2.1.1 S1 S1.1
2.1.2 S1.2
3.1 3.1.1 S6 S6.1
4.1 4.1.1 V1 V1.1
C. Course Contents
D. Teaching
and
Assessment.
D. Teaching
and
Assessment.
E. Student Academic Counselling and
Support
F. Learning Resources and Facilities
F. Learning Resources and Facilities
G. Course
Quality
Evaluation.
H. Specification Approval Data
Thank you……

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