Motivation
The Biomedical Sciences master's curriculum consists of a mix of courses from which students can compile their programme. Because students can choose any course at any time, it is not possible to build on knowledge from a previous course, making achieving depth a challenge. How can the coherence between courses be increased without losing the flexibility to also take the courses separately?
Desired solution
Esmeralda and Anniek's research project focuses on developing a curriculum that balances build-up in difficulty with flexibility. How do you tackle this? By identifying the key preconditions for optimising this balance, a programme is created that offers opportunities for in-depth study, whilst preserving students’ freedom of choice as much as possible.
Plan of action
Esmeralda and Anniek start their project with an evaluation of the current course offering within the specialisation and the perceived depth and flexibility within it. In doing so, they involve their students, the Master Education Management Team, course coordinators and lecturers. At the same time, they conduct literature research on developing a flexible curriculum with depth and enter into discussions with experts in the field. They will then compile the findings from the evaluation, the literature review and the talks with experts into a report. Finally, Esmeralda and Anniek will work out the further implementation of preconditions in a new curriculum in cooperation with the study programme.
