Seite 15 - General Recommendation for the Award of Credit - EMfEI

European Manager for Foreign Trade – Export / Import
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Advice for Institutions of Higher Education and
Degree Programme Coordinators
The general recommendation for the
award of credit of the „European Mana-
ger for Foreign Trade - Export / Import
- EMfEI“ programme addresses institu-
tions of higher education which offer
Bachelor and Master programmes in ac-
cordance with the European Higher Edu-
cation Area framework. This addresses
the majority of all degree programmes
in the so-called „Bologna area“ (Bologna
Working Group, 2005).
The purpose of this recommendation for
the award of credit is to offer institutions
of higher education nonpartisan cer-
tified information about the workload
(CPs) and the academic level of learning
units of non-university education pro-
grammes. This information can facilitate
the award of credit of such learning out-
comes.
The Kompetenzbereich Anrechnung recom-
mends that all institutions of higher
education and their programme coor-
dinators take the information offered in
this recommendation into account and
to grant the graduates of the advanced
training programme „European Mana-
ger for Foreign Trade - Export / Import -
EMfEI“ an appropriate award of credit of
their learning outcomes.
The award of credit means that stu-
dents, who already have a certification of
achievement of the learning outcomes,
are exempt from certain parts of degree
programmes (study modules).
Preferably, the award of credit is carried
out in the form of blanket accreditation.
Thus, based on the present recommen-
dation for the award of credit, all gradua-
tes of the advanced training programme
should receive a guaranteed number of
credit points. Possibilities for awarding
non-university programmes with credit
should be publicised (e.g. on the degree
programme’s homepage).
It should be specified which parts of the
study programme can be omitted due to
the award of credit.
Not all legal systems concerning higher
education in the Bologna area permit
an award of credit as recommended on
the basis of this assessment. Thus, prior
to establishing a system for the award
of credit and then awarding credit, the
university’s staff in charge needs to scru-
tinise the respective legal foundations
for potential limitations resulting from
regulations.