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QA3 Approval of New Programmes of Study

This Quality Assurance (QA) Code of Practice statement sets out the principles and process for approval of a new taught course of study.

Regulations

This statement contains guidance for the approval of:

  • new taught courses of study leading to an award of the University of Bath
  • new research degrees with a taught element (for example professional doctorates, integrated PhDs)
  • new exit awards and variants to an existing academic course (for example, the addition to an existing course of a new placement or study year abroad)

For preparing a course specification for a new course, see also the information and template available in QA44 Course Handbooks and Course Specifications.

Course designers will also need to refer to:

Managing variations to a student's approved scheme of study and assessment is now set out in the procedure for Individual Schemes of Study and Assessment (ISSA). These were previously referred to as Individual Schemes of Study or Special Programmes of Study.

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