Seite 10 - General Recommendation for the Award of Credit - JOSEF

General Recommendation for the Award of Credit
10
Advice for Providers of Advanced Training
Programmes and Graduates
The Kompetenzbereich Anrechnung
prepares recommendations for the
award of credit of non-university trai-
ning programmes. However, it has
no influence on the implementation
of its recommendations by tertiary
education institutions. The decision
about granting an award of credit of
advanced training programmes lies
generally with the person in charge
of a degree programme at the respec-
tive institution. Degree programmes
can reject the award of credit of non
university education or also grant an
award of credit that deviates from this
recommendation.
The number of credit points that can
be awarded and are presented in this
recommendation is a maximum value
which normally can only be granted in
cases of extensive overlap between the
learning outcomes of the advanced trai-
ning programme and the degree pro-
gramme. A lower degree of overlap of
content can lead to a reduced award of
credit.
Even institutions of higher education
willing to grant an award of credit
based on this recommendation might
be liable to restrictions for the estab-
lishment of possibilities for an award
of credit that result from legal or other
guidelines. For the establishment of
an award of credit in accordance with
the present recommendation, it is nor-
mally necessary to adjust the universi-
ty and college act (of the federal state)
as well as the respective programme’s
examination regulations.
This recommendation for the award of
credit is to serve as a reliable and quality-
assured basis for the implemenatation of
possibilities for awarding credit. The im-
plementation of this recommendation
should also be carried out in a quality-
assuring manner. A comprehensive over-
view of advice is offered by, for example,
the “ Leitlinie für die Qualitätssicherung und
Verfahren zur Anrechnung beruflicher und au-
ßerhochschulisch erworbener Kompetenzen auf
Hochschulstudiengänge ”2 (ANKOM, 2008).
2 Guidelines for Quality Assurance and Methods for the Accreditation of
Prior Learning Acquired Through Vocational and Non-university Education
for Degree Programmes