Architectural Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 44 of 2000)RulesRules for Accreditation1. Glossary |
Accreditation: Formal recognition awarded to an education or training programme through a quality assurance procedure that ensures it meets the criteria laid down for the type of programme.
Accredited programme: A programme that has been evaluated and accredited by SACAP as meeting stated criteria.
Accredited qualification: A qualification awarded on successful completion of an accredited programme.
Accreditation criteria: Statements of requirements that must be satisfied by a programme to receive accreditation.
Assessment: The process of determining the capability or competence of an individual by evaluating performances against standards.
Assessment criteria: A set of measurable performance requirements which indicates that a person meets a specified outcome at the required level.
Hybrid: Combines modes of on-line accreditation assessment with traditional face-to-face assessment.
Registration category: Distinctive characteristic, competencies, educational requirements and defined principal routes to registration.
Continuous quality improvement: A process based on the concept that improvement of a process is always possible subject to on-going assessment of the process and measures to maintain and improve quality.
Education Committee: The High Impact Committee established by Council to address all education matters.
Programme: A structured, integrated teaching and learning arrangement with a defined purpose and pathway that leads to a qualification.
Self-Evaluation Report: An ALSs’ reflective report of how a programme meets each accreditation criterion while covering all methods of programme delivery and all possible pathways for completion of the degree.
SACAP Competencies: A matrix of competencies for architectural professionals compiled by the SACAP (attached hereto as Appendix A) that outlines the required awareness, knowledge, skills and the ability to apply these.
Exit statement: A context in which assessment takes place against an outcome and is expressed in terms of situations, activities, tasks, methods and forms of evidence.
SACAP Accreditation rules: A set of formal documents that outlines the official rules, processes and procedures for the accreditation of architectural qualifications.
Accreditation Recommendation: The recommendation made by the Accreditation Board after the evaluation of an Architectural Learning Site.
Accreditation: The action undertaken by an appointed Accreditation Board to quality assure architectural programmes against the SACAP competencies.
Accreditation Panel: is a pool of suitably qualified and approved professionals from which members of an Accreditation Board are drawn for each accreditation visit.
Accreditation Board: is a team of representatives drawn from the SACAP’s Accreditation Panel.
Accreditation Report: A report with recommendation(s) of the Accreditation Board issued to the SACAP Council after the accreditation visit.
Qualification: The formal recognition of a specified learning achievement that is usually awarded upon successful completion of a programme.