Course approval, review and registers
Access guidelines and procedures related to program development and compliance.
We aim to continuously improve our teaching and learning. Part of this invovles reviewing our courses – updating curriculum to respond to emerging needs and align with graduate attributes. Any new courses or course changes must be approved before implementation.
Course approval procedures
Understand the higher ed approval process
Curriculum approval pathway
The following table shows how the ACPC, institute and school boards, Curriculum Committee, and Academic Board are involved in the approval process.
|
Academic Course Portfolio Committee (ACPC) |
Institute and school boards |
Curriculum Committee |
Academic Board |
|
|
New course |
approve |
endorse |
endorse |
approve |
|
Course amendment |
- |
endorse |
approve |
note |
|
Course discontinuation |
- |
endorse |
approve |
note |
|
New unit |
- |
endorse |
approve |
- |
|
Unit amendment |
- |
approve |
note |
- |
|
Unit discontinuation/reinstatement |
- |
approve |
note |
- |
|
Short course: Category A (non–credit bearing) |
- |
approve |
note |
- |
|
Short course: Category B (credit-bearing) |
- |
approve |
note |
- |
|
Course reviews: Institute/School response to panel report |
- |
endorse |
endorse |
approve |
|
Two-year course review progress report |
- |
endorse |
approve |
note |
Course reviews
In higher education, every course must be reviewed at least once every five years. We get input from internal and external reviewers, industry partners and student representatives to ensure we reflect best practice across the sector. (Courses delivered solely as Higher Education by Research are not part of this review cycle.)
Find out more about this process by reading the Review of Established Courses Procedure or visiting our course review webpage (staff login required).
Registers
These registers can be used to verify course status, ensure compliance and access accurate information for curriculum development, reporting and audits.