Programme Specification and Regulations 2012 - Livestock Health and Production and Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health

Table of Contents

1. Programme Specification and Regulations for the MSc degree, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate and Individual Modules in Livestock Health and Production and for the MSc degree, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate and Individual Modules in Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health
2. Important information regarding the Programme Specification and Regulations
3. Programme Specification
4. Detailed Regulations for the MSc degree, Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate
5. Summary of provision for individual modules
   1. Brief summary of provision for individual modules
   2. Entrance requirements
   3. Credit value of modules
6. Detailed Regulations for the provision of individual modules
7. Annex A - Structure
8. Annex B - Module Outlines
9. Annex C - Assessment Criteria - Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, MSc degree, 50 hour and 240 hour Individual Modules
10. Annex D - Assessment Criteria - 35 hour Individual Modules
11. Annex E - 240 hour individual modules with the corresponding 50 hour individual modules
12. Glossary of terms
13. Related documents and other sources of information

Brief summary of provision for individual modules

The University offers individual modules of the MSc degree, Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate in Livestock Health and Production and Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health as credit and non-credit bearing individual modules on a stand-alone basis. Shorter individual modules which are non-credit bearing are also offered. Individual modules accommodate either 35, 50 or 240 notional study hours. A student may take any number of individual modules but only two relevant 240 hour individual modules may be counted as credit towards a Postgraduate Diploma or MSc degree, or one relevant 240 hour individual module may be counted towards a Postgraduate Certificate.

A student may choose whether or not to be formally assessed in the credit bearing individual modules for which they are registered. Each 35 hour individual module will be assessed by either a short answer paper or an assignment. Each 50 hour individual module will be assessed by a written assignment and each 240 hour individual module will be assessed by an assignment and a three-hour unseen written paper.

Level of individual modules

All individual modules available to be taken as a stand-alone modules are placed at the following Levels of the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ):

• Level 7

Relevant QAA subject benchmarks group

Veterinary Sciences

http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/vet_sci.pdf

Awarding body

University of London

Registering body

University of London International Academy

Lead College

Royal Veterinary College, University of London

Language of study and assessment

English

Mode of study

Study is by distance and flexible study.