Section 12: Programme Outcomes Map The programme outcomes map is part of the Programme Specification and is used in programme approval and review. It also ensures that the award is both appropriate and valid and it will be checked in review procedures for consistency with learning and assessment activities. You will need a separate map for each level or exit point you are offering. This is because the QAA National Qualifications Framework states that a lower level award can no longer be given as compensation for a fail at the higher level (e.g. a student can not get Intermediate level award for failing at Honours Level). Therefore, you need to define the specified outcomes that the student will meet to warrant the level at which the award is given. Completing the map is probably the last part of the planning process although you will have been compiling it from an early stage to ensure your module and programme outcomes relate to each other. Include core programme outcomes only as these are the outcomes achievable by all students on the programme. The templates already incorporate (in italics), the outcomes required by the FHEQ framework. You may customise them to suit your programme as long as they comply with the spirit of the FHEQ statements. You should then add any additional core intended learning outcomes from your programme specification. Refer to the programme aim(s) that the outcome relates to. All outcomes should relate to at least one aim. Column 3 Indicate whether each outcome relates to a Subject Benchmark (If your subject benchmark statements have bullet points rather than letters you will have allocate a letter to each statement). Remember that Subject Benchmarks are for Honours level awards. Foundation degrees will need to refer to the foundation degree benchmark statement. Multi-disciplinary programmes may need to refer to more than one subject benchmark See Appendix 7. for the template for a Programme Outcomes map
Section 12: Programme Outcomes Map The programme outcomes map is part of the Programme Specification and is used in programme approval and review. It also ensures that the award is both appropriate and valid and it will be checked in review procedures for consistency with learning and assessment activities. You will need a separate map for each level or exit point you are offering. This is because the QAA National Qualifications Framework states that a lower level award can no longer be given as compensation for a fail at the higher level (e.g. a student can not get Intermediate level award for failing at Honours Level). Therefore, you need to define the specified outcomes that the student will meet to warrant the level at which the award is given. Completing the map is probably the last part of the planning process although you will have been compiling it from an early stage to ensure your module and programme outcomes relate to each other. Include core programme outcomes only as these are the outcomes achievable by all students on the programme. The templates already incorporate (in italics), the outcomes required by the FHEQ framework. You may customise them to suit your programme as long as they comply with the spirit of the FHEQ statements. You should then add any additional core intended learning outcomes from your programme specification. Refer to the programme aim(s) that the outcome relates to. All outcomes should relate to at least one aim. Column 3 Indicate whether each outcome relates to a Subject Benchmark (If your subject benchmark statements have bullet points rather than letters you will have allocate a letter to each statement). Remember that Subject Benchmarks are for Honours level awards. Foundation degrees will need to refer to the foundation degree benchmark statement. Multi-disciplinary programmes may need to refer to more than one subject benchmark See Appendix 7. for the template for a Programme Outcomes map
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