Analytic Quality Glossary
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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004–12, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for amendments or additions.
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core definition
Programme (or program in US/Australian English) is shorthand for a study
curriculum undertaken by a student that has co-ordinated elements, which
constitute a coherent named award.
explanatory context
Programme is most often used in the context of a taught undergraduate
(bachelorÕs) or masters programme. However, it is also extended in some
contexts to include research postgraduate study, even where there is no formal
taught elements. The research undertaking, agreed with supervisors, that will
result in the award of a doctorate or other postgraduate research award is
referred to as a programme of study.
In UK English, program means computer program.
analytical review
Council on Higher Education, Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) (2004) defines a programme as:
Purposeful and structured set of
learning experiences that leads to a qualification.
The UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) (2011)
Programme (of study) An approved course of study which provides a coherent learning experience and normally leads to a qualification.
Herman DuToit in correspondence (4 July 2009) updated me on the
A programme is a purposeful and structured set of learning experiences that leads to a qualification. A qualification is the formal recognition and certification of learning achievement.
A new programme is a programme which has not been offered before, or a programme whose purpose, outcomes, field of study, mode or site of delivery has been has been changed considerably.
An existing programme isa programme that is registered on the NQF and has been accredited by the University and Technikons Advisory Council, SAQA or the HEQC.
Tempus (2001) defines programme as:
a set of interrelated projects which are managed
co-ordinately;
For the University of Exeter (2004):
Programme
(of Study) The approved
curriculum followed by a student that may be one of a number of established
pathways available or may be unique to the student.
In some
settings, the term course is used to mean programme of study.
related terms
See also
sources
Council on Higher Education, Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), 2004, Criteria for Institutional Audits, April (Pretoria, Council on Higher Education).