MedLabTech Academy Course Outline Policy

Date of Original Policy Approval: November 2023

Last reviewed N/A

Mandatory Revision Date: November 2028

Contents

1. PURPOSE

2. SCOPE

3. POLICY

1. PURPOSE

This policy supports the development of course outlines that consistently and effectively communicate the outcomes. And expectations of individual courses to students in support of their learning and academic achievement.

2. SCOPE

This policy applies to all courses at MedLabTech Academy.

3. POLICY

1.0 Requirements

1.1 MedLabTech Academy course outlines must be prepared using the Academy-approved template and posted in an accessible format.

1.2 Course outlines for courses delivered annually (or more frequently) are reviewed and approved, at a minimum, annually by the relevant academic administrator or designate.

1.3 Course outlines for courses not delivered annually will be approved on a timeline established by the relevant academic administrator and communicated to the relevant professor(s). In all cases, the approval will occur before the course’s next delivery.

1.4 Course outline review ensures each outline is current, complete, and consistent with all relevant Academy policies, external legislative requirements, MCU Directives, requirements of accrediting bodies, and program and curriculum requirements.

1.5 At the beginning of each course, an approved course outline is provided to each student via the Learning Management System (LMS).

2.0 Course Outline Components

2.1 the professor is responsible for preparing a course outline under the direction of the Academic Administrator or designate for each course.

2.2 The course outline includes the following critical components:

• Course name, topical outline, applicable program academic term and year.

• All prerequisites (where applicable).

• All co-requisites (where applicable).

• A course description including the general purpose or rationale for the course; an overview of the critical knowledge and skills to be learned and the major planned delivery modes.

• Course learning outcomes.

• Delivery method.

• A complete listing of the course’s required learning resources.

• A description of the means of the student evaluation system to be used in the course, including but not limited to:

• The number, nature and forms of assessment to be used in the course;

• Whether any or all the assignments, projects and examinations are mandatory for obtaining a passing grade in the course.

• The weighting of each assessment.

• The approximate due date for each assessment.

• The applicable grading system is reproduced (in most cases, this refers to the Academy grading numerical equivalent table).

• MedLabTech Academy-related information sections that include, but are not limited to, what students need to know from a course-specific or Academy broad perspective:

Use of the MedLabTech Academy email account

• Accessing Accessible Learning Services

• Health and Safety in the Learning Environment

• Information about relevant policies, including the Code of Non-Academic Student Behaviour, Academic Integrity, Assessment of Student Learning

• Program-Level Learning Outcomes

• Course section information details how the course outline is implemented with a specific group of students to ensure the course learning outcomes are taught and assessed, including a topical outline that includes a detailed weekly schedule of activities that includes:

• Key topics and related course outcomes

• Planned content/activities (including planned assessments and their weighting)

• Required and recommended learning resources

3.0 Course Outline Retention and Archival Processes

3.1 MedLabTech Academy recommends that students retain their course outlines to support learning in the course.

3.2 Course outline retention policy statements and procedures align with Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (R.S.O. 1990 Chap. F.31).

3.3 Upon request, archived course outlines can be retrieved and restored.

3.6 To retrieve archived course outlines that are more than five years old, a request to

The relevant administrator makes the Academy archivist.