Instructional Development Unit

QualityandEfficiency

COURSEDESIGNTEMPLATE
COMPONENTS
CourseDescription**

Titleofthecourseandnumber
WhattheCourseisaboutanoverviewofcoursematerial.
Prerequisiteswhatknowledgethestudentsmustknowtosucceedinthecourse.Whatknowledge
youexpectthemtohave.Whattheyshoulddoiftheydonothavetheseprerequisites.
Howitisorganized.
Approachestoteaching/learningandassesment

PurposeoftheCourse/Courserationale**

Whythecourseexists.
Howitfitsintothelargerprogramme
Forwhomitwasdesigned.
Howwillitbenefitparticipants/students

Instructorinformation**

Nameofinstructor(s)
Officeaddressandphone
Emailaddress
Officehours
Communicationpolicy preferredmethodofcontact

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Lettertothestudent
Awelcome letter

Content**
Thecontentofthecourse.Thiscouldbetopics,concepts,themes

Goals/Aims**
Aimsarebroadgeneralstatementsaboutwhatyouwouldliketoseeachieved.Theyoftenreferto
outcomes,whicharenotlikelytobeachievedinjustonesemester,andarealmostphilosophical
statementsofwhatyouwouldideallyliketoseeachievedinthecourse.

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GeneralObjectives**
GeneralObjectivescanbeconsideredasstepsyoutheteacherwilltake throughoutthecourse toachieve
thecourse aims.

LearningOutcomes(Modules/UnitLearningOutcomes**

Tobemorethanawishlist objectivesneedtobeimmediate,measurableandachievable outcomes

createdforeachgeneralobjective.
Theobjectiveofeachtopicstatedinrealisticand pragmatic,andpreferablybehaviouralterms By
theendoftheclassyouwillbeableto... Thefocusisonwhatstudents willbeabletodoorhowthey
willshowthattheyknow
Morespecificallyidentifythe:
o knowledge youwantthestudentstohaveby theendofthecourse.
o skillsyouwantthestudentstomasterbytheendofthecourse.
o attitudesyouwantstudentstodemonstrateattheendofthecourse
UseBloomstaxonomytohelpyouorganizetheobjectives.

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Assignment

Descriptionof assignments
Duedatesofassignments.
Whatmarkswillbeawarded

CourseAssessment**

Purposeofassessment.
Whataretheassessmentmethods
Willthesebe / howwilltheyberelatedtothefinalmark
Note:theassessmentsshouldrelateto bothyourobjectivesandteaching/learningstrategies
Indicatetheweightingoftheassessmentstrategies
Howlongwillbethefinalexambe
Assessmentschedule.

Evaluation

Describe how andwhenyouwillobtainfeedbackaboutstudentsexperiencesduringthecourse

Describehowyouwillusefeedbacktoimprovethecourseanditsimplementation

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TeachingStrategies**

Whatkindofteachingstrategieswillbeusedintheclass?
Example lectures?Activelearning?Discussion?Projects?Etc

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Resources**

Essential and/recommendedtextbooks
Journalsandotherreadings
Equipmentandapparatus
InternetURLS?

Readings

Expectedreadings
Chapters
Completiondates

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CourseCalendar**

Weeklyschedule
Orderoftopicsandassociatedreadings
Duedatesofassignments

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AdditionalInformation

Universitypolicies.
Attendancepolicy
Gradingpolicy

HowtostudyforthisCourse

Suggestionsforeffectivestudyingforthiscourse

GradingSystem

Descriptionofthegradingsystemoftheuniversity

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