1. DEVELOPMENT OF STUDY PROGRAMS IN UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA/KOSOVO

2. Process of development of study programs follows this steps
Initiator/Professor
Head of Department
Study committee of Department
Faculty Board
Rectorate/Office for Academic Development/ Senate
FINAL DECISION KOSOVO ACCREDITATION AGENCY

3. Brief description of the institution’s history Study programs
SELF EVALUATION REPORT IS A STANDARD REPORT DESIGNED BY ACCREDITATION AGENCY
TO BE FOLLOWED AND FILLED OUT BY ACADEMIC UNITS OF UNIVERSITY
CONTENT OF SELF EVALUATION REPORT
Brief description of the institution’s history
Study programs
General information
Regulations and procedures for the development/ reviewing and approval of new curriculums
The regulation on students evaluation and their progress during studies
Regulations and procedures for drafting diploma thesis BA, MA and PhD (for levels provided);
Documents on planned legal relations (reports) between institutions and students;
Study program under evaluation

4. International comparability of the program;
Basic data for the study program
Rationale of the program for the labor market (to be provided facts for the labour market research);
International comparability of the program;
Group (the target) to whom the program is dedicated;
Orientation of the study program according to the leading principles of the institution (mission statement);
The aim and profile of the study program (brief description of the programme/ 7 – 10 sentences);

5. Expected learning outcomes (to be numbered at least 7-10 competencies and qualifications, knowledge and skills);
Relation between the theoretical and practical/ experimental part of the study;
ECTS calculation;
Practical work – internship
Research plan for the study program (s) under evaluation;
Students registration and admission criteria;
Overview of the program

6. HOW TO WRITE A MODULE?
Description (name);
Short description of the content (maximum 5 sentences);
Expected learning aims and outcomes (5-7) (knowledge, skills and competencies); Bloom theory
teaching and learning methods;
evaluation methods and passing criteria;
concretization means/ IT;
ratio between the theoretical and practical part of teaching;
basic literature to be used in each module (one basic title and two supplementary titles not older than 10 years).

7. Benjamin Bloom (1913 – 1999)

8. Institution’s regulations on programe’s quality assurance procedures;
Staff
Students
Quality Assurance
Description of the internal quality assurance system;
Institution’s regulations on programe’s quality assurance procedures;
Procedures for reviewing study programs;
Presentation of instruments for evaluation of program’s/ course quality (questionnaires, surveys, focus groups, etc.);
Mechanisms for the implementation of quality assurance measures;
Follow up procedures for improvement and use of outcomes from previous evaluations;

9. Space and Equipment
8. Research and International Co-operation
the research plan or the strategy at the institutional and programme (s) level under evaluation, as well as current projects and cooperation in the area of research;
the list with publications of the full time (FT) academic personnel and students in the last three years in national and international scientific journals;
the participation of the full time (FT) academic staff in scientific conferences, symposiums and seminars in the last three years;
the number of projects for international cooperation in the area of teaching and research (Tempus, Erasmus, etc.);
the relation of research with teaching in the program (s) under evaluation

10. Evaluation questionnaire; Diploma supplement;
Financing Plan for the implementation of Expert Team recommendations (ET) from the last accreditation procedure (s)
Appendices
Syllabus;
Work contract;
Evaluation questionnaire;
Diploma supplement;
Form of student’s workload calculation/ ECTS;
One CV of academic staff;
Other relevant documents which further clarify data of the SER.

11. What after the preparation of Self Evaluation Report?

12. September – Application in Kosovo accreditation Agency for the Study Program
During the interim period, the Self Evaluation Report goes through the filters of Academic Development Office (within Rectorate) and to Agency of Accreditation
Agency of Accreditation invites external Experts (international experts ) to make on site visit in academic unit involved , and assess the Self Evaluation the report and real situation on the field.
Experts produce the External evaluation Report and make recommendations for improvement

13. Based on the External Evaluation Report produced by International Expert, State Council of Accreditation Agency decides whether to approve the study program or not
State council is also consisted by two International members to make impartial decision

14. The goal of accreditation is to ensure that education provided by higher education institutions meet acceptable level of quality

15. Accreditation is a formal and transparent process of quality control
It is performed by an independent body, based on internationally recognized defined standards, examines whether institutions and/or programmes offered at university level comply with minimum quality requirements.
The accreditation process decides on the status and recognition of institutions and academic programmes for a certain period of time.

16. Accreditation in the field of higher education guarantees to society and to all involved stakeholders, the security that the quality of teaching and learning meets the minimum international standards.
At the same time, accreditation increases the transparency in the increasingly complex offers of national and international educational providers.

17. Development of an effective study program is a continuous and cyclic process.
The process becomes more qualitative when it is performed : 
1. the evaluation of existing program
2.designing of an enhanced study program/or a new study program 
3. Implementation of a new /revised study program
4. Evaluation of the revised program.

18. The designing of a study program must not be seen as the last end, excellence of the curriculum development process, but it shall be seen more as an essential step of continuous curriculum development process 

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