Course Design and Planning

Effective curriculum design and planning are fundamental to successful learning experiences. By strategically aligning learning objectives, content, and assessments, educators can create a cohesive journey that meets learners’ needs and achieves instructional goals.

The UWI’s Board for Undergraduate Studies (BUS), and the Board for Graduate Studies and Research (BGSR) have approved quality standards, resources and templates to support programme and course proposals.

Course Outline Template:

UWISTA Course Outline Template Revised 2024 (MS Word Document)

At the BUS level, there are templates for:

Proposal for New/ Revised Undergraduate Course (MS Word Document)
Proposal for New/Revised Undergraduate Programme (MS Word Document)
BUS Contact Hours Calculator

At the BGRS level, there are templates for:

Proposal for New/Revised Postgraduate Course (MSWord Document)
Proposal for New/Revised Graduate Programme (MS Word Document)
BGRS Contact Hours Calculator

For additional guidance on calculating contact and credit hours at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus, please refer to the Calculating Credit and Contact Hours document. When determining these hours, it is essential to consider student workload carefully. To support this process, the university has adopted a workload estimator tool that helps faculty identify and evaluate the various activities contributing to overall student workload.