Figure 5

An example how an A type course is presented to students at one of the QTOM partner universities [54], entitled “Individual Project – Physics (5 ECTS)”. Note the following features, typical of A type courses: i) Generic description, ii) Student assigned a course supervisor, iii) Pass/fail grading, iv) Local assessment (in this case, a written report), v) Only one course allowed throughout the program, vi) Fixed number of credits (5 ECTS). Adapted from [54]