Seite 13 - General Recommendation for the Award of Credit - JOSEF

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Advanced Training Programme “JOSEF”
General Recommendation for the Award of Credit
This general recommendation for
the award of credit is based on the re-
sults of an equivalence check between
the advanced training programme
“JOSEF” and a reference degree pro-
gramme.
In the equivalence check, the learning
outcomes of the advanced training pro-
gramme were compared with those of
selected study modules of the reference
degree programme.
Using the results of this equivalence
check, the workload of the training
programme and its respective lear-
ning units were estimated.
Furthermore, the level of the advanced
training programme and its lear-
ning units were estimated using the
“Module Level Indicator (MLI)” method
(Gierke &Müskens,2009).
The results of the equivalence check
conducted by the expert examiner
were analysed by the staff of the Kom-
petenzbereich Anerkennung and form the
basis for this recommendation for the
award of credit.
Additionally, this general recommen-
dation for the award of credit includes
further information about the advanced
training programme that is comparable
to the content of a module guide of a
degree programme.Therefore, it can also
be perceived as a “translation of the ad-
vanced training programme reflecting
tertiary education guidelines”.
The equivalence check procedure as
well as the tools and methods applied
comply entirely with the “ Leitlinien für
die Qualitätssicherung und Verfahren zur
Anrechnung beruflicher und außerhoch-
schulisch erworbener Kompetenzen auf
Hochschulstudiengänge” (ANKOM, 2008).
The expert examiner compares …
Administrative office in charge of
the award of credit prepares …
General recommendation for vocational or
advanced training programme
Equivalence Check
Learning outcomes
of the advanced
training programme
Learning outcomes
of a reference
degree programme
Programme module
y y learning outcomes
y y workload
y y level
Figure 3: Development cycle of the preparation of a general recommendation for the award of
credit (diagrammatic)