Alan & list members,
I agree with these concerns expressed by Alan;
> If students can get through a programme by sidestepping the parts
> they want to avoid, there are clearly dangers. While optional aspects
> are good and appropriate at cetain stages within programmes, there
> is a clear need for integrity in the overall programmes to ensure that
> graduates have got some attainment consistent with the subject
> benchmarks.
We do need some idea of programme outcomes which must be satisfied by any
graduate in a particular discipline. What I worry about is that a student
may fail to get a degree simply because they fail to get an arbitrary pass
mark in a certain module; that mark may not in any case reflect achievement
of particular learning outcomes. For programme outcomes, students should
have more than one opportunity to satisfy the criteria, in my opinion,
best wishes,
Paul S.
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