Programme Structure and the Curriculum
This is a two-year programme. In the first year there are seven coursework modules as listed below:
Module 1: |
Basic Module Philosophy and Bioethics
Muslim, Regional and Western Perspectives |
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Module 2: |
Research Ethics
Research in Developing Countries, Cultural, Religious and Socioeconomic Perspectives |
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Module 3: |
Clinical Ethics
Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical Practice Contextualisation of Clinical Ethics |
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Module 4: |
Bioethics Education
Teaching Bioethics in Health Professions Education, Imparting Contextually Relevant Bioethics Education |
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Module 5: |
Health Equity Policy and Ethics
Social and Economic Determinants of Health Equity and Policy, Developing Ethically Sound Policy Frameworks |
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Module 6: |
Health and Human Rights and Health Laws and Bioethics
Economic, Social, Cultural and Human Rights |
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Module 7: |
Research Skills
Research Methodology Quantitative and Qualitative Research and Basic Biostatistics
(This module will be offered after the completion of Module 1) |
In the second year, students will be required to develop a research proposal.
The comprehensive programme will be offered on full-time basis over two years. Candidates who fail any assignment or research proposal will be given a single chance to redo the assignment or research proposal within the stipulated two years. However, if any candidate fails the second attempt then s/he would be dropped from the programme.
The Curriculum
Year 1 - March 2012 to February 2013 |
Credit hours |
Module 1
Oct 2009 - Jan 2010 |
Basic Module Philosophy and Bioethics
Muslim, Regional and Western Perspectives |
11 |
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Module 2
Feb - Apr 2010 |
Research Ethics
Research in Developing Countries, Cultural, Religious and Socioeconomic Perspectives |
10 |
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Module 3
Apr - May 2010 |
Clinical Ethics
Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical Practice, Contextualisation of Clinical Ethics |
6 |
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Module 4
Jun 15 - Jul 2010 |
Bioethics Education
Teaching Bioethics in Medical Education, Imparting Contextual Bioethics in Training Programme |
6 |
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Module 5
Aug - Sept 2010 |
Health Equity Policy and Ethics
Social and Economic Determinants of Health Equity and Policy, Developing Ethically Sound Policy Frameworks |
7 |
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Module 6
July 2010 |
Health and Human Rights and Health Laws and Bioethics
Economic, Social, Cultural and Human Rights |
5 |
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Module 7
Jan - Feb 2010 |
Research Skills
Research Methodology, Quantitative and Qualitative Research and Basic Biostatistics
(This module will run parallel with Modules 1 and 2) |
3 |
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Year 2 - March 2013 to February 2014 |
Credit hours |
Research Proposal Development |
14 |
Graduation Requirements
The minimum required Grade Point Average (GPA) is 2.5, which will be applicable for all the modules including the thesis evaluation.
- All courses in all graduate programmes of AKU are assessed on a numerical scale of 0 to 100%. However, a quantitative method of assessment would be adopted for each course and would be approved by concerned Programme Director or Programme Committee.
- In addition to the numeric grades, a letter grade would also be awarded, in accordance with the following table. The weights attached to the letter grades would be used for computing the GPA.
Score |
Letter Grade |
GPA |
95 - 100 |
A+ |
4.0 |
90 - 94 |
A |
4.0 |
85 - 89 |
A- |
3.7 |
80 - 84 |
B+ |
3.3 |
75 - 79 |
B |
3.0 |
70 - 74 |
B- |
2.7 |
65 - 69 |
C+ |
2.3 |
60 - 64 |
C |
2.0 |
55 - 59 |
C- |
[1.7]
required only for Transitory GPA for internal computation |
- Grade C- is considered unacceptable at the graduate level, however a student securing this grade would be given a chance to appear in the re-sit examination.
- The minimum passing marks in a course is 60% or Grade C. Students securing below 60% marks will be considered failed in the course and would be required to appear in a re-sit examination.
- An overall GPA of 2.5 is required to graduate from all graduate programmes at AKU. The credits allocated for each course would be considered while calculating the GPA of a student. The students may be allowed to continue their studies with an aggregate GPA below 2.5 for a maximum of two consecutive terms, or one year only.
- Students obtaining an overall GPA of less than 2.5 will not be eligible to graduate.
- All final grades will be recorded as a whole number, decimal points > 0.5 will be rounded off to the nearest figure, while the decimal points below 0.5 will be omitted.
- Transcript would present the list of courses, their respective credit hours/week, marks obtained, letter grades, followed by the calculated GPA and a column for remarks by the Programme Director.
