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universities and provide a broad picture of the level of competence of graduates of a given
programme of study. A programme of study may be mono disciplinary, multi-disciplinary
or inter-disciplinary. Some examples of programme learning outcomes for B.Sc (Physics)
and Bachelor programme in Education are given in Section 2.

1.3.4 Course learning outcomes
The programme learning outcomes are attained by learners through the essential learnings
acquired on completion of selected courses of study within a programme. The term ‘course’
is used to mean the individual courses of study that make up the scheme of study for a

programme. Course learning outcomes are specific to the learning for a given course of study
related to a disciplinary or interdisciplinary/multi-disciplinary area. Some programmes of
study are highly structured, with a closely laid down progression of compulsory/core courses
to be taken at particular phases/stages of learning. Some programmes allow learners much
more freedom to take a combination of courses of study according to the preferences of
individual student that may be very different from the courses of study pursued by another
student of the same programme.

Course-level learning outcomes will be aligned to programme learning outcomes. Course-
level learning outcomes are specific to a course of study within a given programme of study.
The achievement by students of course-level learning outcomes lead to the attainment of
the programme learning outcomes. At the course level, each course may well have links to
some but not all graduate attributes as these are developed through the totality of student
learning experiences across the years of their study. A course map would indicate the linkage
between course learning outcomes and each programme learning outcome (Table 1). Some
examples of course learning outcomes are indicated in Section 3.

Table 1
Programme Courses
outcomes
Course 1 Course 2 Course ... Course … Course … Course … Course …
Outcome 1 x x x x x x x
Outcome 2 x x x x
Outcome … x x x x x

Outcome … x x x x
Outcome … x x x x
Outcome … x x x x x
Outcome … x x x

1.4 Teaching - learning process

The Learning Outcomes-Based Approach to curriculum planning and transaction
requires that the teaching-learning processes are oriented towards enabling students
to attain the defined learning outcomes relating to the courses within a programme.
The outcome- based approach, particularly in the context of undergraduate studies,
requires a significant shift from teacher-centric to learner-centric pedagogies, and from