DELIVERY OF NEW AND STRENGTHENED ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES AND COURSES The Campus rolled out several new or revised courses / programmes designed for relevance and an enhanced student experience. Among these: The Faculty of Engineering (FOE) continued to effect changes to the curricula of all four of its Bachelor of Science degree programmes as a part of the ongoing endeavour to continuously assess and improve course content, remain in step with industry standards, bring them in alignment with recommendations from international accreditors, ABET, while maintaining the teaching and learning objectives of the Faculty. The School of Medical Radiation Technology (SMRT), the premier training school of the Caribbean region, supplying local, regional, and international markets with professional imaging technologists, developed a five-year BSc improved Diagnostic Imaging (Radiography) programme. The demand for radiographers in modern medicine is at an all-time high globally, leading to Jamaica’s struggle to retain its graduates. The Board of Undergraduate Studies (BUS) approved the improved programme for implementation in the 2023/2024 academic year. BUS also approved a Unified MB BS final examination for delivery in June 2024. The MB BS programme completed an accreditation review by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP). FMS was successful in the review and received Accreditation for five years, 2023 to 2028. During the review year, the Faculty of Humanities and Education’s (FHE’s) strategic focus was on opportunities for students to develop professional competencies appropriate to capitalise on Jamaica’s competitive advantage in the fast-developing, global Orange Economy . To this end, FHE introduced a Humanities Internship course to align its teaching with emerging industry demands and engaged in ongoing efforts to develop minors in Digital Humanities and in Entrepreneurship in the Humanities , as well as an Associate of Arts degree for entrants on lower matriculation. FHE introduced the DMin Research Project, Issues in Caribbean Media and Communication: Class, Race, Gender, Ethnicity, Media, Communication, and Caribbean Society ; and modified its delivery and assessment of the Institutional Translation, Financial Translation, Management of Translation Project courses, as well as The History of the Church in the West Indies.
The demand for radiographers in modern medicine is at an all-time high globally, leading to Jamaica’s struggle to retain its graduates.
33 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
32 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
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