The Curriculum Commission for Internal Quality Assurance of ULGs with academic degrees and without academic degrees (CKQ) of the SFU is a commission of the Senate with an assessment function within the general guidelines, special assignments and authorisations issued by the Senate. The CKQ is commissioned by the Senate to examine or review applications from the respective faculties, reports to the Senate on ongoing procedures and submits the result of its review to the Senate for resolution and subsequent forwarding to the Rectorate.
The responsibilities of the CKQ include the following matters:
(1) Assessment of the curricula submitted to the Senate by the respective faculty per application after the examination for completeness and fulfilment of legal and formal requirements carried out by the QM staff unit on the basis of the quality assurance criteria.
(2) Advising the designated course directors on (internal) quality assurance measures.
(3) Recommendation regarding the admission or non-admission of the ULG on the basis of the result of the assessment and forwarding to the Senate for decision-making.
You can find the CKQ rules of procedure here (in German): CKQ Geschaeftsordnung (pdf)
Members:
Prof. Dr. Meike Watzlawik
Prof. Dr. Karin Bruckmüller
Katharina Prazuch, MA
Mag. (FH) Kerstin Schörg
Overview of internal approval processes (in German):
Further documents/guides for download (in German):
- Allgemeiner Leitfaden zur Entwicklung von Curricula (pdf)
- Allgemeiner Leitfaden für die Genehmigung von ULGs (pdf)
- Prozess der internen Genehmigung für ULG mit Workload von weniger als 60 ECTS-Anrechnungspunkten-Übersicht (pdf)
- Prozess der internen Genehmigung für ULG mit akademischem Grad bzw. akademischer Bezeichnung-Übersicht (pdf)
- Vorlage Kurzkonzept (.docx)
- Prüfkriterien für ULGs seitens des Senats (pdf)
Advertising for university courses
Advertising for new university courses, for example on the homepage, is possible before they start, but only after a formal review by the QM has been completed.
The following addition must be noted in the application:
- in the case of a university courses with an academic degree: “subject to internal approval and notification of the institution to the responsible ministry”
- otherwise “subject to internal approval”
In addition
- the planned start semester and
- a minimum number of participants.
Binding registration or acceptance is only possible after internal approval has been completed (and, in the case of a ULG with an academic degree, after notification to the ministry).
Prior to this, it is only possible to be included on a non-binding list of interested parties.