The two key components to earn entry to the University of the World are the Learning Vision and Learning Plan.
Learning Vision is the starting point from where a student sees their future and shows that they understand:
- Their present-day situation
- Where they want to go in terms of their professional lives
- How this education program can help them to achieve this vision
The Learning Vision is the starting point from where students see their future, and from where they later will build their Learning Plans.
The University of the World will assist aspiring students in developing their Learning Vision and will revisit it throughout the student’s academic career to ensure that what studies they pursue remain relevant and attainable.
Learning Plan is the specific outline of how a student will achieve the certificates required for graduation and complete the Thesis.
To use common academic terminology, the Learning Plan is the curriculum. Where it differs from the traditional curriculum is that it is completely individualized, both in how learning will be done (balance among Applied Blended Learning streams) and in terms of the content of the learning (what activities are proposed). It includes:
- The Learning Vision
- A competency profile for the degree that includes required competencies
- A plan about how to achieve mastery in all these competencies
- A Thesis Plan
The challenge cuts across multiple dimensions. First, the student must identify and analyze the five Core Competency Areas at a level of proficiency congruent with a Master’s degree. Second, the student must outline how they will get this level of proficiency and knowledge, combining the four learning streams of our Applied Blended Learning pedagogy. This is not an easy task, and that is why, at the end of this provisional student stage, students are only required to have a robust first draft of the Learning Plan. Throughout your course of study in University of the World students will be progressively refining their plan to reflect their growing sophistication of knowledge. And throughout the course of study, the University of the World will work with students to revise and improve theLe arning Plan so that it is relevant, achievable, and up to the standards of a Master’s degree.