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Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Scientific Supervision and Scientific Evaluation Apparatus

Directorate of Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation
Accreditation Department
Academic Program and

Course Description Guide
Academic Program
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Program
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Description Guide
Course Description Guide
2024
Introduction:
The educational program is a well-planned set of courses that
include procedures and experiences arranged in the form of an academic
syllabus. Its main goal is to improve and build graduates' skills so they
are ready for the job market. The program is reviewed and evaluated
every year through internal or external audit procedures and programs
like the External Examiner Program.
The academic program description is a short summary of the main

features of the program and its courses. It shows what skills students are
working to develop based on the program's goals. This description is very
important because it is the main part of getting the program accredited,
and it is written by the teaching staff together under the supervision of
scientific committees in the scientific departments.
This guide, in its second version, includes a description of the

academic program after updating the subjects and paragraphs of the
previous guide in light of the updates and developments of the
educational system in Iraq, which included the description of the
academic program in its traditional form (annual, quarterly), as well as the
adoption of the academic program description circulated according to the
letter of the Department of Studies T 3/2906 on 3/5/2023 regarding the
programs that adopt the Bologna Process as the basis for their work.
In this regard, we can only emphasize the importance of writing an
academic programs and course description to ensure the proper
functioning of the educational process.
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Concepts and terminology:
Academic Program Description: The academic program description provides a

brief summary of its vision, mission and objectives, including an accurate
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description of the targeted learning outcomes according to specific learning
strategies.
Course Description: Provides a brief summary of the most important
characteristics of the course and the learning outcomes expected of the students
to achieve, proving whether they have made the most of the available learning
opportunities. It is derived from the program description.
Program Vision: An ambitious picture for the future of the academic program to
be sophisticated, inspiring, stimulating, realistic and applicable.
Program Mission: Briefly outlines the objectives and activities necessary to
achieve them and defines the program's development paths and directions.
Program Objectives: They are statements that describe what the academic
program intends to achieve within a specific period of time and are measurable
and observable.
Curriculum Structure: All courses / subjects included in the academic program
according to the approved learning system (quarterly, annual, Bologna Process)
whether it is a requirement (ministry, university, college and scientific department)
with the number of credit hours.
Learning Outcomes: A compatible set of knowledge, skills and values acquired
by students after the successful completion of the academic program and must
determine the learning outcomes of each course in a way that achieves the
objectives of the program.
Teaching and learning strategies: They are the strategies used by the faculty
members to develop students’ teaching and learning, and they are plans that are
followed to reach the learning goals. They describe all classroom and extra-
curricular activities to achieve the learning outcomes of the program.
Academic Program Description Form
University Name: ................

Faculty/Institute: ..................
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Scientific Department: ...............
Academic or Professional Program Name: ............
Final Certificate Name: ..............
Academic System: …………
Description Preparation Date:
File Completion Date:
Signature: Signature:
Head of Department Name: Scientific Associate Name:
Date: Date:
The file is checked by:

Department of Quality Assurance and University Performance
Director of the Quality Assurance and University Performance Department:
Date:
Signature:
Approval of the Dean
1. Program Vision
Program vision is written here as stated in the university's catalogue and
website.
2. Program Mission
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Program mission is written here as stated in the university's catalogue and
website.
3. Program Objectives
General statements describing what the program or institution intends to
achieve.
4. Program Accreditation
Does the program have program accreditation? And from which agency?
5. Other external influences

Is there a sponsor for the program?
6. Program Structure
Program Structure Number of Credit hours Percentage Reviews*
Courses
Institution
Requirements
College
Requirements
Department
Requirements
Summer Training
Other
* This can include notes whether the course is basic or optional.
7. Program Description
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Year/Level Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
theoretical practical
8. Expected learning outcomes of the program

Knowledge
Learning Outcomes 1 Learning Outcomes Statement 1
Skills
Ethics
9. Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching and learning strategies and methods adopted in the implementation of
the program in general.
10. Evaluation methods

Implemented at all stages of the program in general.
11. Faculty
Faculty Members
Academic Rank Specialization Special Number of the teaching staff
Requirements/Skills
(if applicable)
General Special Staff Lecturer
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Professional Development
Mentoring new faculty members
Briefly describes the process used to mentor new, visiting, full-time, and part-time faculty at
the institution and department level.
Professional development of faculty members
Briefly describe the academic and professional development plan and arrangements for faculty
such as teaching and learning strategies, assessment of learning outcomes, professional
development, etc.
12. Acceptance Criterion

(Setting regulations related to enrollment in the college or institute, whether central
admission or others)
13. The most important sources of information about the program

State briefly the sources of information about the program.
14. Program Development Plan
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Program Skills Outline
Required program Learning outcomes
Ethics Skills Knowledge Basic or Course Course Year/Level

Name Code
C4 C3 C2 C1 B4 B3 B2 B1 A4 A3 A2 A1 optional
 Please tick the boxes corresponding to the individual program learning outcomes under evaluation.
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Course Description Form
1. Course Name:
2. Course Code:
3. Semester / Year:
4. Description Preparation Date:
5. Available Attendance Forms:
6. Number of Credit Hours (Total) / Number of Units (Total)
7. Course administrator's name (mention all, if more than one name)

Name:
Email:
8. Course Objectives
 ..... Course Objectives
 .....
 .....
9. Teaching and Learning Strategies

Strategy
10. Course Structure

Evaluation Learning Unit or subject Required Learning Hours Week
method method name Outcomes
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11. Course Evaluation
Distributing the score out of 100 according to the tasks assigned to the student such as
daily preparation, daily oral, monthly, or written exams, reports .... etc
12. Learning and Teaching Resources
Required textbooks (curricular books, if any)
Main references (sources)
Recommended books and references
(scientific journals, reports...)
Electronic References, Websites
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Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Scientific Supervision and Scientific Evaluation Apparatus

Academic Program and

The academic program description is a short summary of the main

This guide, in its second version, includes a description of the

Academic Program Description: The academic program description provides a

University Name: ................

The file is checked by:

Approval of the Dean

5. Other external influences

* This can include notes whether the course is basic or optional.

8. Expected learning outcomes of the program

9. Teaching and Learning Strategies

10. Evaluation methods

General Special Staff Lecturer

12. Acceptance Criterion

13. The most important sources of information about the program

14. Program Development Plan

Ethics Skills Knowledge Basic or Course Course Year/Level

4. Description Preparation Date:

5. Available Attendance Forms:

6. Number of Credit Hours (Total) / Number of Units (Total)

7. Course administrator's name (mention all, if more than one name)

9. Teaching and Learning Strategies

10. Course Structure

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