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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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Programme
Programme (or program in US/Australian English) is shorthand for a study curriculum undertaken by a student that has co-ordinated elements, which constitute a coherent named award.
Programme is most often used in the context of a taught undergraduate (bachelor’s) or masters programme. However, it is also extended in some contexts to include research postgraduate study, even where there is no formal taught elements. The research undertaking, agreed with supervisors, that will result in the award of a doctorate or other postgraduate research award is referred to as a programme of study.
In UK English, program means computer program.
Council on Higher Education, Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) (2004) defines a programme as:
Purposeful and structured set of learning experiences that leads to a qualification.
The UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) (undated)
Programme (of study): An approved course of study that provides a coherent learning experience and normally leads to a qualification. UK higher education programmes must be approved and validated by UK degree-awarding bodies.
In its Code of Practice, QAA (2010, p. 82)
Programme (of study) is the approved curriculum followed by a registered student. A programme may be multidisciplinary, or refer to the main pathways through a modular scheme..
Herman DuToit in correspondence (4 July 2009) updated me on the
A programme is a purposeful and structured set of learning experiences that leads to a qualification. A qualification is the formal recognition and certification of learning achievement.
A new programme is a programme which has not been offered before, or a programme whose purpose, outcomes, field of study, mode or site of delivery has been has been changed considerably.
An existing programme isa programme that is registered on the NQF and has been accredited by the University and Technikons Advisory Council, SAQA or the HEQC.
Tempus (2001) defines programme as:
a set of interrelated projects which are managed co-ordinately;
For the University of Exeter (2004):
Programme (of Study) The approved curriculum followed by a student that may be one of a number of established pathways available or may be unique to the student.
The Manual of the University Quality Assurance International Board of Dubai (2012, p. 5) defines programme as:
A plan of study that, when successfully completed, leads to the awarding of a qualification such as a diploma or degree. A programme is made up of a number of courses.
The Ontario Council of Academic Vice Presidents (OCAV, 2006, p. 2):
Program: A program is defined as a sequence of courses or other units of study prescribed by an institution for the fulfilment of the requirements of a particular degree, and is considered to be the comprehensive body of studies required to graduate with a specialization in a particular discipline (i.e., the "major").
In some settings, the term course is used to mean programme of study.
Council on Higher Education, Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), 2004, Criteria for Institutional Audits, April (Pretoria, Council on Higher Education).
Tempus, 2001, Glossary of the Terms related to Quality Assurance Development of Quality Assurance System in Higher Education (QUASYS) Tempus Joint European Project, UM JEP-16015-2001 http://www.unizg.hr/tempusprojects/glossary.htm, accessed 3 August 2008, still available 15 May 2022.