The individual course modules each have a standard format and structure as per the list below:
- Course module title and a Course module code (PU for Peoples-uni; Initials of the title; year developed. Thus the Maternal Mortality course module developed for delivery in 2008 has the code PUMM08)
- Type of course - all are for online learning with discussion forums and assignments for assessment.
- Level of course - all are pitched at the Masters level.
- Modules can be taken in any year of study, in any order, will involve 5 Topics each to last 2 weeks (although the Module will be offered over a 13 week period to allow time for catch-up and assignments). We plan to offer each module twice a year.
- Each module contains the same number of credits (15 or 7.5 in the European Credit Transfer System).
- The names of the course delivery team are given in each module.
- Objectives of the module are expressed in terms of headline competences (the major set of knowledge/skills that the module covers) and assessment criteria (often called learning objectives or sub-competences, and designed to help identify what will be covered in the assignments).
- Each course module contains the competences and assessment criteria, the reousrces to which links have been provided (and pdf files for those who want to download them to their computer), a disucssion forum for disucssions with other students led by at least one online faciitator, and the assignments required.
- All material and discussion is in English.