University of the Punjab, Lahore /
Ref # D/230/QEC / Date:06-09-2017
Dean, Faculty of Commerce,
University of the Punjab,
Lahore.
Subject:Minutes ofMeeting withCurriculum Review Committee ofFaculty of Commerce
Date:16-08-2017 (Wednesday)
Venue:Committee Room,Quality Enhancement Cell, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
In Attendance:
1)Dr. Sania Zahra Malik (Advisor, Quality Enhancement Cell)
2)Mr. Hafiz Abdur Rashid(Hailey College of Commerce)
3)Mr. Nisar Ahmad (Hailey College of Commerce)
4)Ms. Bushra Siddique (Hailey College of Commerce)
5)Mr. Majid Ali (Hailey College of Commerce)
6)Mr. Mohammad Ramzan (Hailey College of Commerce)
7)Mr. Mohammad Mohsin Rana (Hailey College of Banking & Finance)
8)Mrs. Tahreem Sadiq (Hailey College of Banking & Finance)
9)Mr. Iftikhar Ahmad (Hailey College of Banking & Finance)
10)Mr. Muhammad Imad (Hailey College of Banking & Finance)
11)Mr. Muhammad Omer Yasin(Deputy Director,Quality Enhancement Cell)
12)Mr. Syed Zain Ul Abdeen Bukhari (Asst. Director, Quality Enhancement Cell)
Proceedings:
1.Meeting startedat 11:00a.m. with the recitation of Holy Quran. Dr. Sania Zahra Malik (Advisor, QEC) briefed the participants about the purpose of meeting and about thereviewing of curriculum. She elaborated the vision of Vice Chancellor to bring university in top most 500 universities in Qs Ranking by providing Quality education.
2.She explained that quality education will be assured through revision and updation of curriculum as worthy vice chancellor narrated that at least 15% new contents should be added.
3.She explained the definition of process of reviewing the curriculum which includes review, evaluate and update the contents, context and methods. For the process of reviewing curriculum internal members, external academicians and practitioners should be included.
4.She raised the point that the duplication in curriculum at various levels should be minimized and well explained with the level of difficulty increased or decreased.
5.She told the participants that formation of Board of Studies is very important and meetings of Board of Studies should be continuous. Internal meeting of curriculum review committees are important and should be conducted consistently.
6.She told the participants that course outline and contents should be documented and there is a need of creating course files andmethodology of delivering lectures. Each lesson should include 5-10 minutes chunks explaining objectives and learning outcomes of that lesson. Tools of instructions should be mentioned. Trainings and workshops for faculty should also be arranged consistently.
7.Mrs. Tehreem Siddique (Faculty Member, Hailey College of Banking and Finance) told that number of students in class is really large. It was suggested that reasonable student teacher ratio should be followed.
8.Mr. Iftikhar Ahmad (Faculty Member, Hailey College of Banking and Finance) said that there should be a bridge for minimizing the gap between academia and industry.
Conclusions:
- Participants of both colleges agreed to regularly updateQEC about theprogress of curriculum review at their respective colleges.
Meeting ended with the vote of thanks from Dr. Sania Zahra Malik to all the participants.
Acting Director
cc:
- Vice Chancellor, University of the Punjab
- Principal, Hailey College of Commerce
- Principal, Hailey College of Banking and Finance
- All Participants of Meeting
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