Programme specifications

According to the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), a programme specification is 'a concise description of the intended outcomes of learning from a higher education programme, and the means by which these outcomes are achieved and demonstrated.'

The QAA view programme specifications as a source of information for potential students and employers, and as a way of gaining feedback from students or recent graduates on the extent to which programmes were successful in promoting the intended outcomes. As the School has detailed information on its programmes in the Calendar, we have an alternative approach to using them. You can find out more by reading the following document, Programme Specifications: An Introduction.

The School now has a complete set of programme specifications; these are set out below under the relevant department. Departments are asked to update them regularly. Sample outcomes and objectives can be viewed here, as can sample aims.

Accounting	Anthropology
Cities Programme	Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)
Economic History	Economics
Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour	European Institute
Finance	Gender Institute
Geography and Environment	Government
Information Systems and Innovation	International History
International Relations	Law
Management	Managerial Economics and Strategy
Mathematics	Media and Communications
Methodology Institute	Operational Research
Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method	Social Policy
Social Psychology	Sociology
Statistics

For further information on programme specifications, please contact Liz Martin
October 2008