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Curriculum Design and Approvals Procedures - Curriculum Structure

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Status	Current	Indicates if this version of the document is in effect (Current), yet to come into effect (Future), or expired (Historic).
Effective Date	27th May 2024	This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date	27th May 2027	The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority	Academic Senate	The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date	24th May 2024	This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date	Not Applicable	This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head	Cath Ellis Pro Vice-Chancellor, Quality and Integrity cath.ellis4@westernsydney.edu.au	This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Enquiries Contact	Cath Ellis Pro Vice-Chancellor, Quality and Integrity cath.ellis4@westernsydney.edu.au	General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

Academic Planning and Curriculum Approval Committee (APCAC) considered ways to clarify the structure of nested postgraduate coursework programs and how postgraduate subject levels should be aligned with the AQF level of the qualification. This brought a focus to the issues created by the introduction of the two post-graduate subject levels previously contained in these procedures. The following amendments to the Curriculum Structure Procedures were proposed to overcome these issues: • re-instatement of one PG subject level • strengthening the requirements for scaffolded learning • strengthening admission requirements • include principles for program design (closely aligned to the AQF Explanation and TEQSA’s Guidance Notes) • clearly identify the purpose of pathways and emphasise that short stand-alone programs are also possible. This would provide for pedagogical rationales to be provided for 80 credit point pathways that contain subjects which overlap with Graduate Certificate/Graduate Diploma or first year study.

Clauses Amended:Procedures: 60, 73, 97, 98, 103-108

31/10/2024: System Administrator Fixes:

Clause 1 – update reference and insert placeholder for ‘Graduate Attributes Guidelines’ which was published with a new title ‘Curriculum Design and Approvals Procedures – Graduate Attributes’ on 31 October 2024.

Clause 118 – update reference and insert placeholder for ‘Honours Guidelines’ which was published with a new title ‘Curriculum Design and Approvals Procedures – Honours’ on 31 October 2024.