General Information Credit Weightings and Duration of Programmes Interdisciplinary Programmes and Disciplines Postgraduate Programmes Regulations for the submission and examination of Dissertations in Taught Masters Programmes Modules (link to webpage) Miscellaneous (link to webpage) 4 5 8 8 9 11 12 13 18 21 28 34 42 57 58 59 61
1 independent External Assessor nominated by the Programme Co-ordinator and approved by Academic Board Head, Office for Academic Programmes and Regulations Head of Graduate School(s) of College(s) from which proposal originates Head of another Graduate School Member from a panel of representatives from ADSC/AB/AC appointed to sit on PAPs Support provided by the Office for Academic Programmes and Regulations Proposals for Thematic PhD degrees will follow the process below: Proposal for Outline Programme Approval goes through relevant College approval process. Proposal for Outline Programme Approval to Academic Board If OPP for establishment of new programme is approved, a full proposal will be invited. It is recommended that the full programme proposal would be exempt peer review by external assessors unless specifically requested by Academic Board. This is on the basis that (a) most of the programmes have already undergone external review in the process of applying for funding, and (b) there is not a full programme to be approved, but rather a subset (less than 25% in ECTS terms) of the PhD degree. Full programme proposal developed in accordance with local College arrangements that have been approved by AB. Full programme proposal is sent by the College Manager to the Office for Academic Programmes and Regulations. Office for Academic Programmes and Regulations convenes Structured PhD University Approval panel to consider and approve programme. Report from approval panel will be forwarded to Academic Board for noting. Recognition of modules from other institutions Modules offered within structured PhD programmes which are delivered by other institutions will be approved as follows, within the context of the Inter-institutional Credit Transfer Agreement signed by the Registrars of the seven Irish Universities in January 2011: Where a module is a compulsory element of a programme, or where there are defined progression requirements: In such cases, the module should be presented for approval in a UCC module approval form, with all required detail supplied, with a UCC module code. The module description should make clear that the module is delivered externally and should name the relevant Institution (and track the code used in the source university), but a UCC module co-ordinator who takes responsibility for the return of marks/judgements for students undertaking the module to the appropriate UCC offices must be named. Where a module is an optional element of a programme: Such modules will be listed in the programme with their local module titles and codes, and module descriptions would be published on the home institution’s website only. These
varied to 6.0 provided that the Head of Department provides justification for the variation and that s/he indicates what support arrangements would be in place for the student together with assurance that the department would pay for those support arrangements CB&L 6.5 for Law AND 6.0 for Commerce 6.5 In Law – Research PG programmes – 6.5 can be changed at the discretion of the Graduate Studies Committee AB 25 January 2006 CSEFS 6.0 6.5 from 2013-14 Architecture 6.5 which was approved by Academic Board May 2008 With a minimum of 6.0 in each category Ibid Academic Board 06-11-13 Chair action 21-10-13; Academic Board Academic Board 11-07-12 College Non EU UG Non EU PG Caveat AB APPROVAL CM&H 6.0 for non Clinical Clinical programmes such as Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Clinical Pharmacy would continue to be 6.5 Except for BSc Speech and 6.0 PG Research No individual component must be less than 6.5.This requirement would also apply to equivalent programmes such as TOEFL. Ibid Caveat AB Special Academic Board 11-07-12