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This document outlines guiding principles for establishing articulation agreements to ensure students receive appropriate credit for their prior learning and achievements. It emphasizes the importance of mapping knowledge and skills from feeder programs to the target programs at the correct academic levels, ensuring students are well-prepared for success. The principles focus on thoroughness, systematic processes, and evidence-based decision-making, allowing for opportunities such as bridging studies when there are gaps. Specific credit allocation guidelines for undergraduate and postgraduate programs are also provided.
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Articulation agreements Mapping Learning Outcomes
Over-riding Principles • To ensure we give credit for everything the students have done • To ensure students have everything they need to underpin achievement at the highest level in the programme of study to which they progress • We should be trying to give students every possible opportunity while not be setting them up to fail
Step 1 Level • Ascertain that the proposed entry programme is at an appropriate level for entry with advanced standing to the next highest level of our programme • Reference points for levels: • FHEQ - Levels 0,1,2,3,M • Outcomes of intermediate awards for the target programme for articulation • Cert HE, Dip HE
Step 2 Knowledge and skills • Make sure all knowledge and skills pre-requisites for the level of entry into our programme are covered in appropriate breadth and depth by the feeder programme • Two approaches: • 1. • Map ILOs of each level of the entry programme award with the same level of our programme • Advantage – straight forward • Disadvantage – temptation to look for what is in our programme but not actually necessary for the next level of study
Step 2 Knowledge and skills • 2. • Map the knowledge and skills of the entry programme award directly to the proposed level of study in our programme • Advantages – clear and avoids looking for things at lower levels that are not absolutely necessary • Disadvantage – More difficult since two variables are involved - level and ‘content’
Number of credits • The combination of level, knowledge and skills can then be mapped to the number of credits to be entered into the Delta record. • This will be a multiple of 20 for UG programmes and 30 for PG Programmes • A maximum of 240 credits can be awarded through Articulation at UG level and 120 at M level • Credit awarded for advanced standing are not used in calculating degree classification
Principles • Be clear about what is necessary in terms of information you need from the proposed partner • Be systematic and thorough • Be prepared to evidence your decision – in detail for level, knowledge and skills • If there is a REAL deficit consider devising bridging study which a partner could deliver or offering fewer credits than a full level
Example • Articulation of a Diploma in Business Studies with: • Our BABS or • Our BA Marketing • Process for level the same • Knowledge and skills different but may not be as different as you might at first think