Module Guide Content Guidance for Collaborative Partners
The QAA UK Quality Code requires the University to adhere to high standards in the provision of information to students. Module guides fulfil part of the University’s obligations to provide students with information about their studies. The provision of such information is also in the spirit of commitments made in the published Student Code of Conduct and the Statement of Responsibilities and Commitments (UPR SA01, Appendix 1). Although the term module guide has been used throughout this page, it also refers to equivalent forms of documents or media sources used to convey all essential information about a module.
It is essential that module guides provide students with essential, accurate and up to date information about their module. However, in additional to an essential information set it is recognised that many guides will have particular requirements reflecting the specific needs of the nature of the module. This document identifies what information must be included in all guides irrespective of the module.
Core Information should comprise:
- An introduction to the module, module leader, module team and professional staff (as appropriate) including contact details and preferred mode of contact.
- Academic Level and credits
- Aim(s) of the module.
- Learning outcomes of the module.
- Outline of the module content.
- Teaching and learning strategies adopted on the module.
- Plan of sessions (i.e. lectures, seminars, workshops, online activities.). This should include (when possible) dates, times, rooms and reading/activities that students have to engage in prior to the sessions. Any module specific attendance requirements must be clearly stated.
- Details of assessment (formative and summative, weighting of different components, guidelines on wordage, length of presentations, learning outcomes assessed, details of submission/ resubmission requirements, dates of Boards of Examiners, appeal deadlines and the grading criteria and/or marking scheme to be used).
- How assessment feedback will be given for each element of assessment
- Details of learning resources to be used on the module: books (identifying essential reading); key journal articles, reports, and useful journals, databases/indexes and Internet resources.
- Additional sources of information, which may be useful to students and details of where they can be obtained.
- Useful links for example to School/Institution referencing guidelines, specific policies, UPRs as relevant
