Seite 11 - General Recommendation for the Award of Credit - JOSEF

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Advanced Training Programme “JOSEF”
Advice for Institutions of Higher Education and
Degree Programme Coordinators
The general recommendation for
the award of credit of the “JOSEF”
programme addresses institutions of
higher education which offer Bachelor
and Master programmes in accordance
with the European Higher Education
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 ins-
titutions of higher education nonpar-
tisan certified information about the
workload (CPs) and the academic le-
vel of learning units of non-university
education programmes. This informa-
tion can facilitate the award of credit
of such learning outcomes.
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 “JOSEF” an appro-
priate 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 out-
comes, 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.