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BUS on all academic matters pertaining to undergraduate programming. Similarly, the CCGS&R reports to BGSR for all academic and research matters relating to graduate and research activities. To administer its responsibility, the Campus Academic Board has several sub-committees including the Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC) and Academic Board Sub-Committee on Student Matters (ABSCSM). The AQAC is responsible for vetting all new and revised undergraduate programmes and either recommending that Campus Academic Board request BUS to approve or sending it back for improvement.
As a Campus which also provides second chances to persons who may not have excelled at secondary school, the Open Campus also offers a number of continuing and professional education (CPE) programmes, some of which award continuing education units (CEUs). The governance of CPE programmes is slightly different from undergraduate programmes in that they are approved by the Academic Board and not BUS. However, these programmes are vetted by AQAC before being submitted to Academic Board for approval. Once approved by Campus Academic Board, these programmes may be delivered. Although BUS does not approve CPE programmes, it has requested that routine updates be provided of all approved CPE programmes. The Open Campus complies with this request and reports regularly to BUS, for noting, all new CPEs. BUS has accepted this as a best practice and has mandated that campuses routinely submit a list of all new CPE programmes to it for noting (see Appendix 4.6 for examples of such reports from Open Campus to BUS on CPE programmes approved).
The AQAC membership consists of representatives from all divisions, the QAU and the CR, who is an ex officio member. AQAC ToR indicate that it is mandated:
1. To receive and consider for endorsement on behalf of the Open Campus Academic Board all proposals and related materials for new or revised courses/programmes.