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Ten steps for designing new degree programmes or improving existing ones 1. Is there a need? Determine, consulting stakeholders,

whether there is really a need for the proposed course of study.

2. Define the profile and the key competences. Find out what competences are actually useful for employment, personal culture and citizenship (see inside this guide for a list).

3. Define the learning outcomes indicating the most important competences (choose around 10 key competences with reference to the cycle level indicators; see inside this guide).

4. Decide whether to ‘modularise’ (course units can be of a random number of ECTS credits, or else of a set number, e.g. 5, hence “modularised”).

5. Define the learning outcomes and the key competences in each module or course unit (the lists of competences inside this guide will help).

6. See how those competences can best be formed and assessed, using a variety of approaches to learning, teaching and assessment.

7. Check that all the key generic and subject specific competences have been taken into account.

8. Describe the programme and the course units, indicating the learning outcomes in terms of competences.

9. Check for balance. 10. Implement, monitor and improve.

ECONOMICS Pocket Guide

Towards a Central Asian Higher Education Area

www.tucahea.org

Subj

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peci

fic c

ompe

tenc

es fo

r Ec

onom

ics

degr

ee p

rogr

amm

es:

1.

Abi

lity

to a

naly

ze a

nd s

ynth

esiz

e ec

onom

ic p

roce

sses

2.

Abi

lity

to u

se th

e ba

ses

of th

e na

tura

l and

eco

nom

ic s

cien

ces

to fo

rm a

wor

king

pr

ofes

sion

al k

now

ledg

e

3. A

bilit

y to

und

erst

and

and

impl

emen

t inn

ovat

iona

l and

cre

ativ

e id

eas

in th

e ec

onom

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pher

e

4. L

eade

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p sk

ills

to g

over

n ec

onom

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roce

sses

5.

Abi

lity

scru

tiniz

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d an

alyz

e pr

oble

ms

of e

colo

gica

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nom

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6. A

bilit

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und

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and

and

enco

urag

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e so

cial

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

bus

ines

ses,

and

pu

blic

-priv

ate

partn

ersh

ips

(PPP

)

7. A

bilit

y to

util

ize

mod

ern

info

rmat

ion

tech

nolo

gy in

eco

nom

ics

8.

Abi

lity

to c

arry

out

eco

nom

ic c

alcu

latio

ns a

s ap

prop

riate

in d

iffer

ent s

tage

s of

pr

oduc

ing

good

s an

d se

rvic

es

9. A

bilit

y to

app

ly s

kills

and

kno

wle

dge

with

resp

ect t

o st

ate

and

inte

rnat

iona

l ta

xatio

n sy

stem

s 1

0. A

bilit

y to

ana

lyze

and

ela

bora

te s

tatis

tical

info

rmat

ion

11.

Abi

lity

to u

se e

cono

mic

pla

nnin

g an

d fo

reca

stin

g sk

ills

12.

Abi

lity

to d

iagn

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econ

omic

con

ditio

n of

the

ente

rpris

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tify

prob

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d to

wor

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t sol

utio

ns 1

3. K

now

ledg

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and

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plia

nce

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eth

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sta

ndar

ds in

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nom

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and

busi

ness

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mic

ally

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ctiv

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anag

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t of h

uman

reso

urce

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plan

ning

, org

aniz

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and

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latin

g th

e w

orkp

lace

15.

Abi

lity

to u

se th

e en

terp

rise’

s ec

onom

ic re

sour

ces

ratio

nally

16.

Abi

lity

to a

pply

kno

wle

dge

and

skill

s to

iden

tifyi

ng c

onne

ctio

ns b

etw

een

mic

ro

and

mac

ro e

cono

mie

s, u

nder

stan

d ec

onom

ic c

ycle

s, a

nd p

robl

em s

olvi

ng 1

7. A

bilit

y to

dem

onst

rate

cog

nitiv

e an

d te

chni

cal s

kills

that

den

ote

broa

d un

ders

tand

ing

and

know

ledg

e of

eco

nom

ics

18.

Abi

lity

to d

evel

op e

cono

mic

mod

els,

to p

rodu

ce a

nd a

pply

eco

nom

ic p

ropo

sals

1

9. A

bilit

y to

com

pare

and

con

nect

diff

eren

t eco

nom

ic c

ircum

stan

ces,

to th

ink

glob

ally

and

act

loca

lly

Core

Gen

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and

Spe

cific

Com

pete

nces

for

Econ

omic

s

G1.

Kn

owle

dge

of th

e pr

ofes

sion

al

field

G2.

A

bilit

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app

ly k

now

ledg

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pr

actic

e G

3.

Abi

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to c

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unic

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in th

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ficia

l sta

te, R

ussi

an a

nd fo

reig

n la

ngua

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C

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qual

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sults

. G

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Abi

lity

to in

nova

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G6.

A

bilit

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lear

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clud

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auto

nom

ous

lear

ning

.G

7.

Abi

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to a

pply

logi

cal a

nd

criti

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hink

ing

to p

robl

ems.

G8.

A

bilit

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cisi

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G9.

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e la

w.

G10

. A

bilit

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kn

owle

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Abi

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proc

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s.S2

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bilit

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at d

enot

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know

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S3.

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and

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ropo

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S4

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bilit

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entif

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icro

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bilit

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eco

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agem

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gula

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eth

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