i Programme Standards: Halal Studies First Edition 2020 Malaysian Qualifications Agency Mercu MQA No. 3539, Jalan Teknokrat 7 Cyber 5 63000 Cyberjaya Selangor Tel +603-8688 1900 Fax +603-8688 1911 Email
[email protected] Website www.mqa.gov.my © Malaysian Qualifications Agency 2020 All the Agency’s publications are available on our portal: www.mqa.gov.my ii CONTENTS Page FOREWORD i ABBREVIATIONS iii 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY 4 2.1 PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES 4 2.2 LEARNING OUTCOMES 8 2.3 CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DELIVERY 21 3. ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING 33 4. STUDENT SELECTION 36 5. ACADEMIC STAFF 40 6. EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 46 7. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT 47 8. PROGRAMME MONITORING, REVIEW AND CONTINUAL QUALITY 49 IMPROVEMENT REFERENCES 51 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: LIST OF PANEL MEMBERS 53 APPENDIX 2: LIST OF ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE 54 STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOPS APPENDIX 3 BODY OF KNOWLEDGE 56 APPENDIX 4: EXAMPLES OF NOMENCLATURES 63 APPENDIX 5: AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT 65 APPENDIX 6: HALAL WORK ACTIVITIES CHECKLIST FOR 66 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING GLOSSARY 68 iii FOREWORD In its effort to ensure that the programmes offered by Higher Education Providers (HEPs) in Malaysia meet the acceptable level of quality, the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) has published numerous quality assurance documents such as the Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF), Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation (COPPA), Code of Practice for Institutional Audit (COPIA), Code of Practice for TVET Programme Accreditation (COPTPA), Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation Open Distance Learning (COPPA- ODL), Standards, Programme Standards (PS) and Guidelines to Good Practices (GGP).