ASC 08/57

University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee - Thursday 9 April 2009

Report from Programme Approval Group - Faculty of Law, Business & Social Sciences

Cover Sheet

Ms H Butcher, Senate Office

Brief description of the paper

Report of the ASC Programme Approval Group for the Faculty of Law, Business & Social Sciences. The Group met on 18 March 2009 to consider proposals for new programmes and major changes to existing programmes.

Action Requested

ASC is requested to note the observations of the Programme Approval Group and to confirm its recommendations. The PAG recommended approval of each of the following programmes subject to the satisfactory outcome of actions identified in the report.

 

LLM Corporate & Financial Law                                                   New

MSc Criminology & Criminal Justice                                            New

MSc Financial Risk Management                                                 New

MSc International Corporate Finance & Banking                         New

MSc International Financial Analysis                                            New

MSc Legal & Political Thought                                                      New

MAcc International Accounting & Financial Management            Change

MFin International Finance                                                           Change

 

An update on progress with completion of actions necessary for full approval will be made to ASC in May.

 

ASC is also invited to consider the recommendation that one of the LBSS HDC minute extracts is disseminated to other Faculties as an example of good practice in the programme approval process.

Recommended Person/s responsible for taking action(s) forward

Actions requested will be taken forward by faculty administrative staff and progress monitored by the Clerk of the Programme Approval Group.

Resource implications

New programmes and programme changes to be introduced in 2009-10.

Timescale for Implementation

Not applicable.

Equality implications

Not applicable.

 

Prepared by: Karen Robertson, Senate Office