Description and justification of the updates/modifications of the curriculum.In the Guide for Monitoring university degrees of the AVAP, are defined the standards in which this evaluation is based and are the following:
1.- Information for society and prospective students
In the Guide for Monitoring university degrees of the AVAP, are defined the standards in which this evaluation is based and are the following:
The University publishes on its website the information about the monitored official degree, the needs of prospective students and the visibility of information relevant for society.
Aspects to evaluate:
- Description of the degree, which includes its name, credits, centers where is taught and places offered.
- General and specific competencies developed by the degree.
- If necessary, to specify the professional attributions obtained when completing the degree (only in case of a degree linked with a regulated profession).
- Specification of the academic pathway/ specialties developed by the degree, if it is pointed out in the Curriculum.
- Continuance standards
- Recognition and credits transfer regulations
- Entrance profile (entrance and admission requirements to the degree, Special university entrance examinations, if necessary)
- Enrolment previous information (documents to submit, deadlines, etc.)
- Verification report by ANECA and AVAP report and its recommendations
2. Information on the development and operation of the degree Aspects to evaluate:
Aspects to evaluate:
- Availability and adequacy of teaching guides (competencies, contents, methodology, teaching language, assessment system, bibliography, etc.)
- Time planning of teaching which includes the structure of the curriculum, timetables, rooms.
- List of professors who teach the subjects, indicating their teaching category.
- How the former curriculum is phased out and the implementation of adaptation courses.
- Work placements information (credits, organisation, type of companies, tutors profiles …) if is pointed out in the curriculum.
- Explanation of the development of the Undergraduate Degree final projects (organisation, type of tutor, defence and presentation criteria of the project, type of project)
- Students’ mobility (mobility organisation by degrees, centres, exchange programmes…)
- Achievement of the competencies established in the curriculum of the degree (procedural established in the degree for assessing the progress and learning outcomes of students)
- Regarding this, a large number of Undergraduate Degree final projects could be requested, in order to find the evidences needed for justifying that students have acquired the competencies/learning outcomes established.
3.- Curriculum updates/modifications
Aspects to evaluate:
- Description and justification of the updates/modifications of the curriculum.
4.- Recommendations outlined in the external evaluation reports
Aspects to evaluate
- Actions developed for the recommendations proposed in the verification report and the AVAP if necessary.
- Actions carried out for the recommendations established in the monitoring reports prepared by the AVAP.
5.- Evaluation of the implementation of the Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIQ)
Aspects to evaluate:
- Development of the Internal Quality Assurance System, in relation to the degree under monitoring with the identification of the deficiencies found and the decisions adopted for its solution.
- Development of the Internal Quality Assurance System procedures planned in the summary presented to the VERIFICA programme (implementation process and results obtained).
- Analysis of the indicators established in the Internal Quality Assurance System (at least, the indicators included in the Royal Decree 1393/2007 and those established in the monitoring) and if necessary improvement actions developed from the analysis of results.
- Decision making regarding to the curriculum based on the development of the Internal Quality Assurance System.
6.- Evaluation indicators
The indicators initially proposed for monitoring degrees, according to the document developed by CURSA Working Group are the following: (see appendix which describes the indicators):
- Degree performance rate
- Degree dropping off rate
- Efficiency rate of graduates
- Degree graduation rate
Other indicators that offer information on the supply and demand adequacy and professional requirements connected with quality requirements in the implementation of new official degrees are proposed:
- Supply and demand relationship rate
- Enrolment rate
- PDI (Teaching and research staff) doctors rate
- Full time PDI rate
