COURSE STRUCTURE & PLANNING

Introduction

The Course Structure and Planning sub-system is used for recording and maintaining details to fully define:

• courses;
• units;
• course groups;
• unit-sets (including majors);
• sub-units (modules);

including their

• stages of development;
• versions;
• attributes;
• offerings;
• structures;
• discontinuations;
• rules;
• history;

and facilitate projections and costing for them.

The courses and units defined in this subsystem are used extensively throughout other parts of the system. Examples include:

• Admissions - prospective students apply for admission to courses (and units in some cases) and are made offers of enrolment in courses.
• Enrolments - students are enrolled in courses, units & unit sets.
• Courses and units may be the basis for advanced standing applications. Advanced standing may be granted in units.
• Assessments - units have assessment items (eg exams, assignments), courses and units have grading schema.
• Progression - courses have progression rules (rules may also be at other levels - course type, course group etc.).
• Statistics - unit and course details are included in files submitted to government.

Explanatory diagrams and detailed information are given in Understanding Course Structure and Planning, while specific terms used in this subsystem are to be found in the Glossary. Help in using particular forms is accessed via the subsystem table of contents by clicking the TOP OF CS & P navigation button above.

Users

Information recorded in the Course Structure and Planning subsystem is predominantly reference data. The ability to add, modify and delete data within this subsystem is restricted to certain categories of users who are the functional specialists responsible for maintaining details of the institution's courses and units. Most other users are provided with read-only access to this subsystem and will use course and unit details within other subsystems or through special inquiry or reporting interfaces. For example, course and unit details are used extensively in the Admissions, Enrolment, Assessment etc. subsystems.

Users of this subsystem should have a broad understanding of system wide features and functionality. This manual provides the necessary information in the System Overview chapter. Help for a specific topic can be found using the Index.