[Academic] Credit for non-SUPA courses

[Paul McKenna]

Dear all,

A few people have enquired about the current process for gaining credit 
for non-SUPA courses. Requests for credit are dealt with by the Graduate 
School Management Committee on a case-by-case basis, based on the 
criteria below.
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Criteria for Non-SUPA Courses*
_Assessment_
All Non-SUPA Technical Courses must be assessed to be eligible for 
credit. If no assessment procedure exists for the course, it is the 
student’s responsibility to agree an assessment method with the lecturer 
and their supervisor. This will then be considered by the Graduate 
School Management Committee.
_Relevance_
For credit to be granted, the student must be able to demonstrate that 
the non-SUPA course is relevant to their course of studies and that 
there is no SUPA alternative course.
_Applying for Non-SUPA Course Credit_
Students will not be able to apply directly for non-SUPA credits. 
However, individual and unusual cases may be considered via the GSMC.
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If you have a PhD student who would like credit for a non-SUPA course, 
please provide me with:
(1) the course details
(2) a statement on the relevance to the student's project
(3) details of the assessment procedure and the student's mark
so that I can present the case to GSMC.  Please provide these details on 
a single A4 page.

Thanks

Paul

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Prof. Paul McKenna,
Professor of Laser-Plasma Physics and EPSRC Leadership Fellow.
Department of Physics,
University of Strathclyde,
107 Rottenrow,
Glasgow G4 0NG
U.K.
Tel: +44 141 548 5712
Mobile: +44 7854 355740
Fax: +44 141 552 2891
Email: paul.mckenna at strath.ac.uk

The Department of Physics is a member of the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA).
The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263.
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