Amendments to existing PGT Programmes

Postgraduate Taught Programmes

Amendments to existing programmes are categorised as minor, moderate or major and their approval depends on the category as laid out in Appendix 1 of the Programme and Curriculum Design and Approval Policy.

Minor and Moderate changes such as to modes of assessment and module curriculum not resulting in changes to programme learning outcomes are approved at a Programme/School level.

Major changes follow the approval process illustrated below and can take from few weeks to a few months, depending on the complexity of the changes.

Major changes to a programme must be approved at the latest at the last Council meeting of the year to take effect in the following academic year but some changes, especially to do with admissions, may only be implemented the year after. See Key Graduate Studies Committee Submission Dates via link below.

If you are considering major changes please contact Ewa Sadowska (esdowska@tcd.ie) in Academic Affairs for templates and advice on documentation to be submitted to GSC.

Modules and Micro-credentials

For details pertaining to approval of Major, Moderate and Minor changes impacting PGT Micro-credentials, PGT Modules, PGT Validated Programmes and Stand-alone Structured PhD Modules please refer to Appendix 1 (pages 4 to 5) of the Programme and Curriculum Design and Approval Policy .

If you are considering changes requiring GSC and Council approval contact Ewa Sadowska (esdowska@tcd.ie) in Academic Affairs.