The purpose of the DESIGN programme, which was carried out during the period 2004-2006, was that each faculty or college tackled the design of new study plans, in accordance with the spirit of the European dimension of higher education, and incorporated specific criteria within three general frameworks (the design of study plans, learning assessment and European integration), as well as complying with the specific requisites of the present legislative framework. The handbooks took into account the analysis of three major factors:
In the preparation of these handbooks the programme used the following as reference points: the legislative framework, the general guidelines of AQU Catalunya (European, design and assessment), international quality standards, the definition of the basic competences of graduates, the assessment of these competences and the quality assurance mechanisms.
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