SECTION ONE: PRELIMINARY INFORMATION (UNDERGRADUATE)

  1. Title and code number of the program
  2. Indication of the level of the program (undergraduate)
  3. Credit weighting and hours of the program and its constituent courses
  4. Introduction to the program:
    1. background to the program (brief history of the program);
    2. intended student recruitment and market
    3. external consultation on program development
    4. number of students in each year
    5. the demand for graduates of the program
    6. key features and characteristics of the program
    7. committee structure for the program
  5. Major market of the program
  6. Strategies to ensure that best possible students are recruited
  7. Student and stakeholder evaluation and satisfaction
  8. Quality of admitted students (what it is, how it is reviewed, monitored and evaluated, whether admission requirements are ‘delivering’ the suitable quality and calibre of students, and the evidence of this)
  9. Recruitment strategies and practices and their impact
  10. Strategies for student retention, and their impact
  11. Quality of students admitted to the program; comments on
    1. academic quality
    2. equity
    3. numbers and dropout, transfer in and transfer out of the program, and throughput
    4. time taken to complete by students, how many take 4/5/6 years
    5. completion rates
  12. Quality of staff admitted to the program; commenting on:
    1. academic quality
    2. equity
    3. staff turnover (how many new staff each year and how many staff leave each year, for the current year and preceding two years)
  13. Class size
  14. Indicators used in review
  15. Current strengths and weaknesses
  16. Knowledge of stakeholders
  17. Stakeholder, advisory and committee input into the program
  18. Career development
  19. Stakeholder evaluation and satisfaction
  20. External relations: industry; consultants; community; public agencies; graduate employers; professional bodies
  21. Public information, which is accurate and up-to-date, about
    1. the program
    2. contact details
    3. intended learning outcomes
    4. qualifications awarded
    5. teaching and learning
    6. assessment procedures
    7. learning opportunities
    8. internships, exchanges and special features
    9. views of previous and present students
    10. views of employers
  22. External review and quality assurance
  23. Proposed student and staffing numbers over the next three years
  24. Current strengths and weaknesses
  25. Future directions
  26. Key challenges and prospects
  27. Key opportunities


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