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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004-24, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for additions or amendments.
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Course
Course refers to either a programme of study or a subunit of a programme of study.
Course is an imprecise term as in some settings it refers to the whole programme of study and in others it refers to a module or other subunit of a programme of study. Thus course and programme are not interchangeable.
Charles Sturt University, Division of Student Administration (2011) uses 'course' to mrean a whole programme of study:
Course: An approved sequence of subjects; or an approved sequence of subjects together with industrial, practical or clinical experience and/or co-operative study arrangements, and/or an investigation of an approved topic the results of which are presented in a dissertation; or an approved program of research the results of which are presented in a thesis; leading to an award.
The Graduate Recruitment Bureau (2011) sees a course as the same as a programme, it states:
Modular courses: Many universities divide degree courses into modules. Students are required to pass a certain number of modules to complete a programme.
Sadler (2011) defines course as a subunit of a programme:
term 'course' refers to a unit of study that forms the basic component of a degree 'programme', often being taught over a fixed period of time such as one semester.
This is similar to what the Common Data Set (2010) describes as a credit course in the U.S.:
Credit course: A course that, if successfully completed, can be applied toward the number of courses required for achieving a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award.
The Indiana College Network (2007) also indicates that a course is a unit of a programme of study:
credit course: a class with specified learning goals which the student is required to meet in order to pass the course and that may be applied toward the fulfillment of degree requirements at a college or university.
undergraduate course: a credit course that may be applied to an undergraduate degree (that is, a two-year college degree, often referred to as an associate's degree, or a four-year college degree, often referred to as a bachelor's degree).
The Manual of the University Quality Assurance International Board of Dubai (2012, p. 3) defines course as:
The smallest unit of study that bears credit hours or credit points and into which a student may enrol. A programme is made up of a number of courses. Courses may also be known as units, modules. papers or subjects.
Charles Sturt University, Division of Student Administration, 2011, Glossary of Terms, available at http://www.csu.edu.au/division/student-admin/glossary.htm accessed 31 January 2011, not available 6 July 2012.
Common Data Set of U.S. Higher Education Terminology, 2010, Glossary, available at http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US5/REF/dataset.html, updated 10 November 2010, accessed 6 July 2012
Graduate Recruitment Bureau, 2011, Higher Education Glossary, available at http://www.grb.uk.com/he_glossary.0.html, acessed 6 July 2012, still available 14 May 2022.
Indiana College Network (ICN), 2007, ‘Glossary'