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Monash University

Academic Board Meeting 2/96

Meeting No 2/96 of the Academic Board will be held on Wednesday, 28 February 1996 in the Council Room of the University, commencing at 2.15 pm.

Meetings of the Academic Board are attended by ex officio and elected members. A current list of members may be obtained from the Secretary. A non-member may request permission to attend a meeting of the Board as an observer, by telephoning extension 55061. Observers have no speaking or voting rights.

Members are reminded that apologies should be telephoned to extension 55061.

Tea and coffee will be served in the foyer prior to the meeting.

20 February 1996
JH Newham
Secretary

academic:agenda96.02

The Steering Committee met on Tuesday 20 February 1996 in the James McNeill Room.

Present were: Professors RJ Pargetter (Chair), J Pilbrow, P Tharenou, and Associate Professors M Evans and M Gani.

Present by Invitation was: Professor JLC Chipman.

In attendance were: Ms E Anderson, Ms ER Brooks, Ms O Cornelius and Ms JH Newham.

A G E N D A INDEX OF ITEMS

*1.	ARRANGEMENT OF AGENDA AND PROCEDURAL MATTERS	0347

	1.1 Starring of Items

	1.2 Approval of Non-Starred Items

2.	MINUTES	0349

	2.1 Minutes of Academic Board Meeting No 1/96 held on 31 January 1996

3.	MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES	0351

	Nil


4.	MATTERS REFERRED TO ACADEMIC BOARD BY COUNCIL	0353

	Nil
*5.	REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR	0355

	5.1 Communications, Computing and Multimedia Advisory Board Report	0355

	5.2 Report on CASMAC	0355

	5.3 Research	0355

	5.4 Subfaculty of Art & Design	0355

	5.5 Subfaculty of Nursing	0356

6.	REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DEANS	0369

7.	REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE	0375

	7.1 Queen Victoria Medical Centre Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

8.	REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE	0381

	8.1 Audit of Undergraduate Courses for 1996	0381

	8.2 Specialist Degree Titles	0381

	8.3 Guidelines for Approval of New Courses	0382

	8.4 Examinations Regulations - Relating to Subject Assessments and Examinations	0383

	8.5 Statements of Intent to Offer New Undergraduate Courses in 1997	0383

	8.6 Distance Education and Open Learning Committee	0384

	8.7 New Course Proposals	0384

	8.7.1 Bachelor of Information Systems

	8.7.2 The Honours Degree of Bachelor of Information Systems

	8.7.3 Bachelor of Business Systems/Bachelor of Law

	8.8 Amendments to Existing Courses	0385

	*8.8.1 Monash Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd - amendments to structure of Master of Business Administration and to structure and title of Graduate Diploma in Business Administration	0385

	*8.8.2 Bachelor of Nursing - Change to Structure of both programs	0387

	8.9 New Subject Proposals	0388

9.	REPORT OF THE PhD AND SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE	0511

10.	ANNUAL REPORTS	0517

	*10.1 Annual Report of the University Librarian, 1995

11.	LEGISLATION	0547

	11.1 Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institutes (Amendment No 1 1996) Statute

12.	EXCLUSION APPEALS	0551

13.	COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP MATTERS	0557

	13.1 Chair Selection Committees - Chair of Marketing

	13.2 Election of Alternates to the Steering Committee of Academic Board

14.	ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBERSHIP	0561

	14.1 Casual Vacancies

	14.1.1 Faculty of Medicine

	14.1.2 Faculty of Business and Economics

	14.2 Request for Special Leave

15.	ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MINUTES OF COUNCIL	0563

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 1
*1.	ARRANGEMENT OF AGENDA AND PROCEDURAL MATTERS

	1.1 Starring of Items

	Members who wish a non-starred item to be discussed may so request at this point.

	1.2 Approval of Non-Starred Items

	The Vice-Chancellor will move - That the recommendations of the Steering Committee be adopted without discussion for all items other than those starred.

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 2

2.	MINUTES

	2.1 Minutes of Academic Board Meeting No 1/96 held on 31 January 1996

	Previously circulated.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Minutes of Academic Board Meeting 1/96 be confirmed and signed.

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 3

3.	MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

	There are no matters arising from the Minutes of Academic Board Meeting 1/96.

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4. MATTERS REFERRED TO ACADEMIC BOARD BY COUNCIL

There were no matters referred to Academic Board by Council for this meeting.

AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 5

* 5. REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR

5.1 Computing, Communications and Multimedia Advisory Board Report

Attached.

Professor Egan will speak to this item.

The Board is asked to note that the report requested at Minute 5.6 of Academic Board Meeting 8/95 will be presented to the April 17 Meeting of the Board (3/96).

RECOMMENDATION

That the Academic Board receive and note the report of the Computing, Communications and Multimedia Advisory Board (previously the Communications and Multimedia Advisory Board); and note that the full report requested at Meeting 8/95 of the Board will be presented to the April 17 1996 Meeting of the Board (3/96).

5.2 CASMAC

The Board received a paper dated 17 November 1995 regarding CASMAC (Academic Board item 6.5, Meeting 1/96). Discussion of the item was deferred to this meeting of the Board.

An additional paper dated 7 February 1996 is attached.

The Deputy General Manager will speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board note the report on CASMAC and the information presented by the Deputy General Manager.

5.3 Research

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor PLeP Darvall, will speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board note the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor PLeP Darvall regarding Research.

5.4 Subfaculty of Art & Design

Attached.

The Dean of the Faculty of Arts will speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board approve the proposal, endorsed by the Committee of Deans at its Meeting 2/96, of the Faculty of Arts and the Sub-Faculty of Art & Design that:

The Subfaculty of Art & Design continue as a Subfaculty until it is reviewed for faculty status;

A review of the Subfaculty regarding its potential to become a faculty be undertaken within two to five years;

The Subfaculty be known in future as the College of Art & Design;

The Head of the Subfaculty be known in future as the Director, College of Art & Design;

The agreements on the responsibilities of the Director of the College and the College be implemented with instructions to all University administrative departments;

The Director be the head of the College, the Chair of the College Board, an ex officio member of any committee of the College or the College Board and, at his or her discretion, may be Chair of any such committee;

The student load and budget continue to be separate allocations from the University to the College, provided in conjunction with Faculty of Arts allocations.

5.5 Subfaculty of Nursing

The attention of the Board is drawn to a review currently being undertaken of management arrangements within the Subfaculty of Nursing and between the Subfaculty of Nursing and the Faculty of Medicine. Professors C Chapman and M Quartly will examine management and structural issues and report their findings to the Vice-Chancellor. Both the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and the Head of the Subfaculty of Nursing are in complete accord with these proceedings.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board note the information provided regarding the review of management structures within the Subfaculty of Nursing and between the Subfaculty and the Faculty of Medicine.

AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 6

6. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DEANS

Receipt of Report

Attached

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Report of Meeting 1/96 of the Committee of Deans held on 30 January 1996 be received and noted.

Proceedings

AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 7

7. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE

Receipt of Report

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Report of Meeting 1/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine held on 7 February 1996 be received and noted.

7.1 Queen Victoria Medical Centre Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board approve the establishment of a prize to be awarded to a sixth year student at Monash Medical Centre who obtains the highest aggregate mark in Obstetrics and Gynaecology as determined by the results of the Fifth Year Obstetrics and Gynaecology rotation and the final year clinical Objective Structured Clinical Assessment Examination; said prize to be called the "Queen Victoria Medical Centre Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology".

Proceedings

AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 8

8. REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Report of Meeting 1/96

RECOMMENDATION

That the Academic Board receive and note the report of Meeting 1/96 of the Education Committee, held on 7 February 1996.

8.1 Audit of Undergraduate Courses for 1996

Attached.

This document has been circulated to all faculties for comment and clarification.

The Education Committee decided that, given the relative size of the faculties and the number of campuses, a range of courses of the magnitude indicated in the attached documentation was reasonable. The Committee also concluded that the current number and variety of double award programs was acceptable.

The Board should note that this is the first of four reports to the Board regarding courses and subjects of the University. The next report to be presented will concern undergraduate subject offerings of the University, followed later in the year by a report of graduate and postgraduate courses, and finally by a report of graduate and postgraduate subjects before the end of 1996.

RECOMMENDATION

That the Academic Board note the information provided by the Education Committee regarding the range of undergraduate degree programs available in 1996, and the assurance provided by that Committee when assessing undergraduate degree programs for offer in 1998. The Board should also note, however, that the Committee considered that careful consideration should be undertaken before further expansion of the number of tagged Bachelor of Business degree programs.

8.2 Specialist Degree Titles

The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Board a number of principles regarding tagged degree titles. These are reproduced below:

When a degree is to tagged (ie have the specialisation inserted in the title of the award in brackets), the tag must relay a significant content. For example, Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) is an example of a 'good' tag, while Bachelor of Arts (Humanities and Social Sciences) is not.

When a program is a tagged version of another program with the same basic form of title, there should be course structure similarities between the two. For example, a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Science (Environmental) should have a basic structural relationship; two Bachelor of Business (tagged) degrees should have the same initial form. If this is not the case, then a specific title would be more appropriate, as Bachelor of Business Systems is more appropriate than Bachelor of Computing (Business Systems).

In a tagged degree, there should be a mechanism for students to move to the untagged form, or to an equivalent award, even if there were to be no intake into that course at first year. For example, a student who had enrolled in Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) should be able, if their interests or abilities change, to transfer to a Bachelor of Arts without significant loss of credit.

Further to these principles, the Committee made the following comments regarding existing degree programs:

noted the range and nature of undergraduate programs of the Faculty of Engineering was under review, and looked forward to a plan for a clear rationalisation of courses by the end of 1996, with implementation to commence not later than 1998;

requested a review of programs from the Faculty of Education, and looked forward to a plan for a clear rationalisation of courses by the end of 1996, with implementation to commence not later than 1998;

requested the Faculty of Arts to a) replace the Bachelor of Arts (Humanities and Social Science) and Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Humanities) with the Bachelor of Arts, or another general degree; and b) rename the Bachelor of Arts (Police Studies) as the Bachelor of Police Studies or clarify that it is now a specialised version of a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a similar core structure to the Bachelor of Arts;

requested the Faculty of Business and Economics to bring the requirements of the Bachelor of Business and the tagged Bachelor of Business degrees into line with principles laid down by the working party for implementation no later than 1998.

RECOMMENDATION

That the Academic Board endorse the principles detailed above regarding degree titles and note the recommendations for action made by the Education Committee to the Faculties detailed above.

8.3 Guidelines for Approval of New Courses

The Education Committee endorsed guidelines approved by the Associate Deans (Teaching) and noted by the Academic Board previously (in the report of the Committee of Deans made to Academic Board Meeting 8/95). The Committee considered it appropriate that this statement be specifically drawn to the attention of the Board.

RECOMMENDATION

That the Academic Board approve the recommendation of the Education Committee that, in order not to have prospective students use preferences on courses with very low numbers of places available, new courses should normally be subject to a guaranteed minimum number of places available to qualified applicants; for VTAC offered undergraduate courses, this should be 30 full-time places, while for direct entry undergraduate courses the minimum should be 20 full-time places available each year. The Board should note that this policy could be varied by the setting of specific entrance requirements which may make the number of students eligible for the course lower, or by direct application for exemption from the recommended number of places made to the Vice-Chancellor along with the submission of the course proposal or amendment to the Education Committee.

8.4 Examinations Regulations - Relating To Subject Assessments And Examinations

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION

That the Academic Board approve the recommendation of the Education Committee that Examinations Regulations - Subject assessments and terminal examinations (made pursuant to Statute 6.1.5 - Examinations) be amended according to the following guidelines:

subsection 2.3 be amended to include reference to the Education Policy and the Education Committee;

subsection 2.4 be amended to allow for the Dean to make ad hoc revisions to examinations and assessment requirements, followed by subsequent reports to the Education Committee, provided that students are not disadvantaged by these ad hoc amendments; and that amendments made for semesters other than the current semester are normally to be approved according to Faculty processes and reported to the Education Committee; and

subsection 2.5 be deleted from the Regulations.

8.5 Statements of Intent to Offer New Undergraduate Courses in 1997

RECOMMENDATION

That the Academic Board note the courses, listed below, which faculties intend to offer in 1997 to commencing undergraduate students, and note also that any of these programs which are not endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board at Education Committee Meeting 2/96 (to be held on 20 March 1996) and subsequently approved by the Board at its Meeting on 17 April 1996 would be removed from the VTAC Guide.

Bachelor of Applied Science / Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences) - Peninsula

Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Education - Peninsula

Bachelor of Education / Bachelor of Computing - Peninsula

Bachelor of Applied Science / Bachelor of Education - Peninsula

Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Tourism (Resort Management) - Berwick (title to be confirmed by the Faculty of Business and Economics)

Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Business (Management) - Peninsula

Bachelor of Business / Associate Diploma of Business (Marketing) - Berwick / Casey TAFE

Bachelor of Business / Diploma of Information Technology (Technical and User Support) - Berwick / Casey TAFE

Bachelor of Business / Associate Diploma of Business (Hospitality Supervision) - Berwick / Casey TAFE

Bachelor of Software Engineering (not to be offered as a stand-alone award) - Caulfield and Clayton

Bachelor of Digital Systems / Bachelor of Software Engineering - Clayton

Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) - Clayton

Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Software Engineering - Caulfield

Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Software Engineering - Clayton, to be offered in each of five divisions

Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Software Engineering - Caulfield, to be offered in each of the tagged degree programs : ie (Civil and Computing), (Electrical and Computing), (Industrial and Computing) and (Mechanical and Computing)

minor and major sequences in Medical Informatics in the Bachelor of Computing- Peninsula

8.6 Distance Education and Open Learning Committee

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION

That the Academic Board note the establishment of a Distance Education and Open Learning Committee as a standing subcommittee of the Education Committee, reporting to the Academic Board through the Education Committee, with membership and terms of reference as detailed in the documentation presented.

8.7 New Course Proposals

8.7.1Bachelor of Information Systems

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board approve the proposal to establish a new degree program, to be titled Bachelor of Information Systems, subject to confirmation from the Faculty that the title of this proposed award would not lead to confusion with similar award courses offered in other disciplines.

8.7.2The honours degree of Bachelor of Information Systems

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board approve the proposal to establish a new award, to be titled the honours degree of Bachelor of Information Systems, subject to confirmation from the Faculty that the title of this proposed award would not lead to confusion with similar award courses offered in other disciplines.

8.7.3Bachelor of Business Systems / Bachelor of Law

Attached.

A memorandum from the Dean of the Faculty of Law is also attached, indicating in principle approval on behalf of the Faculty Board, which does not meet until 24 April 1996.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board approve the proposal to establish a new double degree program entitled Bachelor of Business Systems / Bachelor of Laws, subject to ratification of the Dean's approval by the Board of the Faculty of Law at its meeting on 24 April 1996.

8.8 Amendments To Existing Courses

* 8.8.1 Monash Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd - amendments to structure of Master of Business Administration and to structure and title of Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

The Steering Committee draws the attention of the Board to the fact that not all of the courses to which the documentation presented refers are currently under consideration or review, and that not all of the said courses are awards of the University. The Board is concerned at this point only with proposals to amend the Master of Business Administration and the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and to retitle the latter award.

The Steering Committee further draws the attention of the Board to the advice of the Education Committee, as presented in its report to the Board, regarding the original proposal considered by that Committee (since revised) as follows:

"The Education Committee transmits this proposal to the Academic Board with general approval for the academic structure and content incorporated in the proposal as documented. A number of concerns were raised by the Committee, regarding which the Committee has recommended that the Vice-Chancellor seek further advice, particularly from the viewpoint of the University's role in ensuring quality programs and delivery of those programs. This advice was to be presented to the Vice-Chancellor prior to the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Academic Board to assist with the consideration of the full proposal.

"The Committee raised the following issues for advice:

the matter of the workload proposed for the programs in the proposal, originally proposed to be less than usual for a Masters level award, and now proposed to be greater than the usual workload for a Masters level award: the Director, MBA Programs, is to meet with the Chair of the Education Committee regarding this matter and report the resolution to the Vice-Chancellor;

the titles of the awards incorporated in this proposed restructure, including graduate certificate and graduate diploma programs which could be confused with those offered by the Department of Business Management: the head of the Department of Business Management and the Director, MBA Programs, are to confer regarding this issue, and report their decision to the Vice-Chancellor.

concerns related to the level of funding proposed in the documents received for the Departments which would be involved in teaching the program, and whether this funding level was adequate for quality instruction: the General Manager and Pro Vice- Chancellor and Dean are to advise the Vice-Chancellor regarding this matter;

concerns regarding the space and resource allocations for the Monash Mt Eliza School of Business and Government Ltd and the location of the offices to be used by that organisation on Monash campuses: the General Manager is to advise the Vice- Chancellor regarding this matter; and

more general matters raised by the representative of the Faculty of Business and Economics: the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, is to prepare a paper for the Vice-Chancellor outlining the current position of the Faculty regarding the proposed restructure of the Master of Business Administration and related programs."

The Steering Committee, in addition to those points detailed above, raised the issue of staffing for the course.

The Steering Committee draws the attention of the Board to further advice regarding certain of the issues defined above, which is attached to this Agenda, and to any further advice which may be provided by the Vice-Chancellor at the Meeting of the Board in response to these concerns.

The Steering Committee requested Professor Wood, (Director: MBA Programs) on behalf of Monash Mt Eliza, to examine the documentation originally presented, and to make appropriate amendments. This revised documentation is attached for the perusal of the Academic Board.

In addition, the Steering Committee requested that Professor Wood prepare a separate proposal for the amendment of the structure of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and the retitling of this award as the Graduate Diploma in Management, as is the usual practice in these matters.

Professor Wood has been invited to attend the meeting of the Academic Board.

The Steering Committee recommends that Academic Board approve the proposed structure and content of the revisions to the Master of Business Administration and Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, and the retitling of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration as the Graduate Diploma in Management, provided the Board is satisfied concerning the issues raised by the Education Committee and Steering Committee.

RECOMMENDATION:

(i) That the Academic Board:

note the advice of the Steering Committee as detailed above;

receive and note the revised proposal to amend the structure of the Master of Business Administration;

receive and note the proposal to amend the structure of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, and to retitle the award the Graduate Diploma in Management; and

receive and note the additional documentation presented and the advice of the Vice-Chancellor in relation to issues raised by the Education Committee and the Steering Committee.

(ii) That the Academic Board consider the proposal to amend the course program of the Master of Business Administration in the light of the information provided to the Board.

(iii) That the Academic Board consider the proposal to amend the course program of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration in the light of the information provided to the Board.

(iv) That the Academic Board consider the proposal to retitle the existing Graduate Diploma in Business Administration as Graduate Diploma in Management.

(v) That the Academic Board recommend that Council advise the Program Advisory Council of the Monash Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd that the academic content and structure of the Master of Business Administration be subject to ongoing scrutiny, monitoring and review by experts in the discipline who are academic staff of Monash University as part of the University's normal course review and quality assurance processes.

(vi) That the Academic Board note particularly that consideration has only been given to the courses Master of Business Administration and Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (proposed new title "Graduate Diploma in Management") and not to any other courses to which the documents presented refer.

(vii) That the Academic Board request a full review of the program structure and content of the Master of Business Administration (External), also offered through the Monash Mt Eliza School of Business and Government, to be submitted to the Board via the Education Committee by August 1996.

* 8.8.2 Bachelor of Nursing - Change to Structure of both programs

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION

That, subject to satisfactory consultation with the providers of service teaching in the courses under consideration and the report of the outcome of those discussions to the Education Committee, the Academic Board approve the proposal of the Subfaculty of Nursing to amend the structure of the Bachelor of Nursing programs at the School of Health Sciences, Gippsland campus, and the Caroline Chisholm School of Nursing, Peninsula campus, so that the programs have the same structure.

8.9 NEW SUBJECT PROPOSALS

The Education Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposals for subjects detailed below. Full documentation is available for perusal by members of the Board.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board approve the subject proposals from the Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics and Computing and Information Technology as detailed below:

VSA4023/VAD4023/VAM4023/VAM5023 Museum Practice and Research

MKT4030 Advanced Business Research Methods for Honours

MKT4020 History and Philosophy of Marketing

SYS2104 System Development Methods

SYS3550 Information Systems Project

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AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 9

9. REPORT OF THE PhD AND SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE

Report of Meeting 1/96

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Report of Meeting 1/96 of the PhD and Scholarships Committee held on Friday 2 February 1996 be received and noted.

9.1 Amendment to Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institutes - Division 1: PhD and Scholarships Committee (Amendment No 1 1996)

Refer Item 11.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board note the approval of the PhD and Scholarships Committee for amendment of Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institutes - Division 1: PhD and Scholarships Committee.

Proceedings

AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 10

10. ANNUAL REPORTS

* 10.1 Annual Report of the University Librarian, 1995

Attached.

Mr E Lim, University Librarian, will speak to his report.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board receive and note the 1995 Annual Report of the University Librarian.

AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 11

11. LEGISLATION

The University Solicitor has prepared legislation in accordance with instructions from the appropriate faculties and other offices, to implement proposals which have been approved by the Academic Board for submission to Council. A copy of the following item of legislation is tabled for perusal by members of the Board, and a copy of the explanatory memorandum prepared with the legislation is attached to this Agenda.

11.1 Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institutes (Amendment No 1 1996) Statute

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board approve for transmission to Council the above draft Statute.

AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 12

12. EXCLUSION APPEALS

A copy of Statute 6.2 - Exclusion for unsatisfactory progress is attached as amended by Council in December 1995 and enacted in January 1996.

The Exclusions Appeals Committee constituted under Section 6.1 of the Statute has now been formed, incorporating the changes in the legislation.

Since the Exclusions Appeals Committee has been reconstituted under the above-mentioned Statute with some changes to its membership and procedures, the Academic Board is now asked to exercise its powers of delegation to this Committee, which are provided for under Section 6.5 of the previously mentioned statute.

A similar delegation by Faculty Boards to Faculty exclusion committees is also required.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board:

delegate to the Exclusion Appeals Committee of the Board the authority to determine the right of students to appeal the decisions of faculty exclusion committees and subsequently to hear appeals under Statute 6.2 - Exclusion for unsatisfactory progress; and

recommend that Faculty Boards make similar delegations to Faculty exclusion committees in relation to Section 2.4 of Statute 6.2 - Exclusion for unsatisfactory progress.

AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 13

13. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

13.1 Chair Selection Committee - Chair of Marketing

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board nominate Professor R Coppel as the representative of the Board on the selection committee for the Chair of Marketing.

13.2 Election of Alternates to the Steering Committee of Academic Board

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board approve the proposed guidelines for the election of three professorial members and one non-professorial teaching staff member of Academic Board to be alternates to the Steering Committee of Academic Board; to be elected annually at the same time as Steering Committee for a period of two years, noting that the initial term of office for two professors be one year and three months and for one professor and one non-professor for two years and three months to create staggered retirement/election of members.

AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 14

14. ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBERSHIP

14.1 Casual Vacancies

14.1.1 Faculty of Medicine

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board note that Associate Professor R Devenish of the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology has been nominated by the Faculty Board to replace Dr JI Rood who has resigned his position in order to undertake an Outside Studies Program, for a term of office ending on 30 June 1996.

14.1.2 Faculty of Business and Economics

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board note that the Faculty Board has nominated Ms V Clulow of the Syme Department of Marketing to fill a casual vacancy for the position of a non-professorial teaching staff member, for a term of office ending 30 June 1997; and Professor A Sohal, Department of Business Management to fill a casual vacancy for the position of a professor (replacing Professor JW Freebairn who has left the University) for a term of office ending 30 June 1996.

14.2 Request for Special Leave

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board grant Dr Terri Seddon, Faculty of Education (term of office ending June 1997), special leave from Academic Board meetings held during February to July 1996 as she will be on study leave.

AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 15

15. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MINUTES OF COUNCIL

Attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Board note the items of interest from the unconfirmed Minutes of Council Meeting 1/96, held on 12 February 1996.

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 4

4.	MATTERS REFERRED TO ACADEMIC BOARD BY COUNCIL

	There were no matters referred to Academic Board by Council for this meeting.

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 5
* 5.	REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR

	5.1 Computing, Communications and Multimedia Advisory Board Report

	Attached.

	Professor Egan will speak to this item.

	The Board is asked to note that the report requested at Minute 5.6 of Academic Board Meeting 8/95 will be presented to the April 17 Meeting of the Board (3/96).

	RECOMMENDATION

	That the Academic Board receive and note the report of the Computing, Communications and Multimedia Advisory Board (previously the Communications and Multimedia Advisory Board); and note that the full report requested at Meeting 8/95 of the Board will be presented to the April 17 1996 Meeting of the Board (3/96).

	5.2 CASMAC

	The Board received a paper dated 17 November 1995 regarding CASMAC (Academic Board item 6.5, Meeting 1/96). Discussion of the item was deferred to this meeting of the Board.

	An additional paper dated 7 February 1996 is attached.

	The Deputy General Manager will speak to this item.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board note the report on CASMAC and the information presented by the Deputy General Manager.

	5.3 Research

	The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor PLeP Darvall, will speak to this item.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board note the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor PLeP Darvall regarding Research.

	5.4 Subfaculty of Art & Design

	Attached.

	The Dean of the Faculty of Arts will speak to this item.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board approve the proposal, endorsed by the Committee of Deans at its Meeting 2/96, of the Faculty of Arts and the Sub-Faculty of Art & Design that:

	The Subfaculty of Art & Design continue as a Subfaculty until it is reviewed for faculty status;
	A review of the Subfaculty regarding its potential to become a faculty be undertaken within two to five years;
	The Subfaculty be known in future as the College of Art & Design;
	The Head of the Subfaculty be known in future as the Director, College of Art & Design;
	The agreements on the responsibilities of the Director of the College and the College be implemented with instructions to all University administrative departments;
	The Director be the head of the College, the Chair of the College Board, an ex officio member of any committee of the College or the College Board and, at his or her discretion, may be Chair of any such committee;
	The student load and budget continue to be separate allocations from the University to the College, provided in conjunction with Faculty of Arts allocations.

	5.5 Subfaculty of Nursing

	The attention of the Board is drawn to a review currently being undertaken of management arrangements within the Subfaculty of Nursing and between the Subfaculty of Nursing and the Faculty of Medicine. Professors C Chapman and M Quartly will examine management and structural issues and report their findings to the Vice-Chancellor. Both the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and the Head of the Subfaculty of Nursing are in complete accord with these proceedings.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board note the information provided regarding the review of management structures within the Subfaculty of Nursing and between the Subfaculty and the Faculty of Medicine.

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 6
6.	REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DEANS

	Receipt of Report

	Attached

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Report of Meeting 1/96 of the Committee of Deans held on 30 January 1996 be received and noted.


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7.	REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE
	Receipt of Report

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Report of Meeting 1/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine held on 7 February 1996 be received and noted.

	7.1 Queen Victoria Medical Centre Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board approve the establishment of a prize to be awarded to a sixth year student at Monash Medical Centre who obtains the highest aggregate mark in Obstetrics and Gynaecology as determined by the results of the Fifth Year Obstetrics and Gynaecology rotation and the final year clinical Objective Structured Clinical Assessment Examination; said prize to be called the "Queen Victoria Medical Centre Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology".


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8.	REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

	Report of Meeting 1/96

	RECOMMENDATION

	That the Academic Board receive and note the report of Meeting 1/96 of the Education Committee, held on 7 February 1996.

	8.1 Audit of Undergraduate Courses for 1996

	Attached.

	This document has been circulated to all faculties for comment and clarification.

	The Education Committee decided that, given the relative size of the faculties and the number of campuses, a range of courses of the magnitude indicated in the attached documentation was reasonable. The Committee also concluded that the current number and variety of double award programs was acceptable.

	The Board should note that this is the first of four reports to the Board regarding courses and subjects of the University. The next report to be presented will concern undergraduate subject offerings of the University, followed later in the year by a report of graduate and postgraduate courses, and finally by a report of graduate and postgraduate subjects before the end of 1996.

	RECOMMENDATION

	That the Academic Board note the information provided by the Education Committee regarding the range of undergraduate degree programs available in 1996, and the assurance provided by that Committee when assessing undergraduate degree programs for offer in 1998. The Board should also note, however, that the Committee considered that careful consideration should be undertaken before further expansion of the number of tagged Bachelor of Business degree programs.

	8.2 Specialist Degree Titles

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Board a number of principles regarding tagged degree titles. These are reproduced below:
	When a degree is to tagged (ie have the specialisation inserted in the title of the award in brackets), the tag must relay a significant content. For example, Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) is an example of a 'good' tag, while Bachelor of Arts (Humanities and Social Sciences) is not.
	When a program is a tagged version of another program with the same basic form of title, there should be course structure similarities between the two. For example, a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Science (Environmental) should have a basic structural relationship; two Bachelor of Business (tagged) degrees should have the same initial form. If this is not the case, then a specific title would be more appropriate, as Bachelor of Business Systems is more appropriate than Bachelor of Computing (Business Systems).
	In a tagged degree, there should be a mechanism for students to move to the untagged form, or to an equivalent award, even if there were to be no intake into that course at first year. For example, a student who had enrolled in Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) should be able, if their interests or abilities change, to transfer to a Bachelor of Arts without significant loss of credit.

	Further to these principles, the Committee made the following comments regarding existing degree programs:
	noted the range and nature of undergraduate programs of the Faculty of Engineering was under review, and looked forward to a plan for a clear rationalisation of courses by the end of 1996, with implementation to commence not later than 1998;
	requested a review of programs from the Faculty of Education, and looked forward to a plan for a clear rationalisation of courses by the end of 1996, with implementation to commence not later than 1998;
	requested the Faculty of Arts to a) replace the Bachelor of Arts (Humanities and Social Science) and Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Humanities) with the Bachelor of Arts, or another general degree; and b) rename the Bachelor of Arts (Police Studies) as the Bachelor of Police Studies or clarify that it is now a specialised version of a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a similar core structure to the Bachelor of Arts;
	requested the Faculty of Business and Economics to bring the requirements of the Bachelor of Business and the tagged Bachelor of Business degrees into line with principles laid down by the working party for implementation no later than 1998.

	RECOMMENDATION

	That the Academic Board endorse the principles detailed above regarding degree titles and note the recommendations for action made by the Education Committee to the Faculties detailed above.

	8.3 Guidelines for Approval of New Courses

	The Education Committee endorsed guidelines approved by the Associate Deans (Teaching) and noted by the Academic Board previously (in the report of the Committee of Deans made to Academic Board Meeting 8/95). The Committee considered it appropriate that this statement be specifically drawn to the attention of the Board.

	RECOMMENDATION

	That the Academic Board approve the recommendation of the Education Committee that, in order not to have prospective students use preferences on courses with very low numbers of places available, new courses should normally be subject to a guaranteed minimum number of places available to qualified applicants; for VTAC offered undergraduate courses, this should be 30 full-time places, while for direct entry undergraduate courses the minimum should be 20 full-time places available each year. The Board should note that this policy could be varied by the setting of specific entrance requirements which may make the number of students eligible for the course lower, or by direct application for exemption from the recommended number of places made to the Vice-Chancellor along with the submission of the course proposal or amendment to the Education Committee.

	8.4 Examinations Regulations - Relating To Subject Assessments And Examinations

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION

	That the Academic Board approve the recommendation of the Education Committee that Examinations Regulations - Subject assessments and terminal examinations (made pursuant to Statute 6.1.5 - Examinations) be amended according to the following guidelines:
	subsection 2.3 be amended to include reference to the Education Policy and the Education Committee;
	subsection 2.4 be amended to allow for the Dean to make ad hoc revisions to examinations and assessment requirements, followed by subsequent reports to the Education Committee, provided that students are not disadvantaged by these ad hoc amendments; and that amendments made for semesters other than the current semester are normally to be approved according to Faculty processes and reported to the Education Committee; and
	subsection 2.5 be deleted from the Regulations.

	8.5 Statements of Intent to Offer New Undergraduate Courses in 1997

	RECOMMENDATION

	That the Academic Board note the courses, listed below, which faculties intend to offer in 1997 to commencing undergraduate students, and note also that any of these programs which are not endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board at Education Committee Meeting 2/96 (to be held on 20 March 1996) and subsequently approved by the Board at its Meeting on 17 April 1996 would be removed from the VTAC Guide.

	Bachelor of Applied Science / Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences) - Peninsula
	Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Education - Peninsula
	Bachelor of Education / Bachelor of Computing - Peninsula
	Bachelor of Applied Science / Bachelor of Education - Peninsula
	Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Tourism (Resort Management) - Berwick (title to be confirmed by the Faculty of Business and Economics)
	Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Business (Management) - Peninsula
	Bachelor of Business / Associate Diploma of Business (Marketing) - Berwick / Casey TAFE
	Bachelor of Business / Diploma of Information Technology (Technical and User Support) - Berwick / Casey TAFE
	Bachelor of Business / Associate Diploma of Business (Hospitality Supervision) - Berwick / Casey TAFE
	Bachelor of Software Engineering (not to be offered as a stand-alone award) - Caulfield and Clayton
	Bachelor of Digital Systems / Bachelor of Software Engineering - Clayton
	Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) - Clayton
	Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Software Engineering - Caulfield

	Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Software Engineering - Clayton, to be offered in each of five divisions
	Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Software Engineering - Caulfield, to be offered in each of the tagged degree programs : ie (Civil and Computing), (Electrical and Computing), (Industrial and Computing) and (Mechanical and Computing)
	minor and major sequences in Medical Informatics in the Bachelor of Computing- Peninsula

	8.6 Distance Education and Open Learning Committee

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION

	That the Academic Board note the establishment of a Distance Education and Open Learning Committee as a standing subcommittee of the Education Committee, reporting to the Academic Board through the Education Committee, with membership and terms of reference as detailed in the documentation presented.

	8.7 New Course Proposals

	8.7.1Bachelor of Information Systems

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That Academic Board approve the proposal to establish a new degree program, to be titled Bachelor of Information Systems, subject to confirmation from the Faculty that the title of this proposed award would not lead to confusion with similar award courses offered in other disciplines.

	8.7.2The honours degree of Bachelor of Information Systems

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That Academic Board approve the proposal to establish a new award, to be titled the honours degree of Bachelor of Information Systems, subject to confirmation from the Faculty that the title of this proposed award would not lead to confusion with similar award courses offered in other disciplines.

	8.7.3Bachelor of Business Systems / Bachelor of Law

	Attached.

	A memorandum from the Dean of the Faculty of Law is also attached, indicating in principle approval on behalf of the Faculty Board, which does not meet until 24 April 1996.
	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board approve the proposal to establish a new double degree program entitled Bachelor of Business Systems / Bachelor of Laws, subject to ratification of the Dean's approval by the Board of the Faculty of Law at its meeting on 24 April 1996.

	8.8 Amendments To Existing Courses

	* 8.8.1 Monash Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd - amendments to structure of Master of Business Administration and to structure and title of Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

	The Steering Committee draws the attention of the Board to the fact that not all of the courses to which the documentation presented refers are currently under consideration or review, and that not all of the said courses are awards of the University. The Board is concerned at this point only with proposals to amend the Master of Business Administration and the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and to retitle the latter award.

	The Steering Committee further draws the attention of the Board to the advice of the Education Committee, as presented in its report to the Board, regarding the original proposal considered by that Committee (since revised) as follows:

	"The Education Committee transmits this proposal to the Academic Board with general approval for the academic structure and content incorporated in the proposal as documented. A number of concerns were raised by the Committee, regarding which the Committee has recommended that the Vice-Chancellor seek further advice, particularly from the viewpoint of the University's role in ensuring quality programs and delivery of those programs. This advice was to be presented to the Vice-Chancellor prior to the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Academic Board to assist with the consideration of the full proposal.

	"The Committee raised the following issues for advice:
	the matter of the workload proposed for the programs in the proposal, originally proposed to be less than usual for a Masters level award, and now proposed to be greater than the usual workload for a Masters level award: the Director, MBA Programs, is to meet with the Chair of the Education Committee regarding this matter and report the resolution to the Vice-Chancellor;
	the titles of the awards incorporated in this proposed restructure, including graduate certificate and graduate diploma programs which could be confused with those offered by the Department of Business Management: the head of the Department of Business Management and the Director, MBA Programs, are to confer regarding this issue, and report their decision to the Vice-Chancellor.

	concerns related to the level of funding proposed in the documents received for the Departments which would be involved in teaching the program, and whether this funding level was adequate for quality instruction: the General Manager and Pro Vice- Chancellor and Dean are to advise the Vice-Chancellor regarding this matter;
	concerns regarding the space and resource allocations for the Monash Mt Eliza School of Business and Government Ltd and the location of the offices to be used by that organisation on Monash campuses: the General Manager is to advise the Vice- Chancellor regarding this matter; and
	more general matters raised by the representative of the Faculty of Business and Economics: the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, is to prepare a paper for the Vice-Chancellor outlining the current position of the Faculty regarding the proposed restructure of the Master of Business Administration and related programs."

	The Steering Committee, in addition to those points detailed above, raised the issue of staffing for the course.

	The Steering Committee draws the attention of the Board to further advice regarding certain of the issues defined above, which is attached to this Agenda, and to any further advice which may be provided by the Vice-Chancellor at the Meeting of the Board in response to these concerns.

	The Steering Committee requested Professor Wood, (Director: MBA Programs) on behalf of Monash Mt Eliza, to examine the documentation originally presented, and to make appropriate amendments. This revised documentation is attached for the perusal of the Academic Board.

	In addition, the Steering Committee requested that Professor Wood prepare a separate proposal for the amendment of the structure of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and the retitling of this award as the Graduate Diploma in Management, as is the usual practice in these matters.

	Professor Wood has been invited to attend the meeting of the Academic Board.

	The Steering Committee recommends that Academic Board approve the proposed structure and content of the revisions to the Master of Business Administration and Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, and the retitling of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration as the Graduate Diploma in Management, provided the Board is satisfied concerning the issues raised by the Education Committee and Steering Committee.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	(i) That the Academic Board:
	note the advice of the Steering Committee as detailed above;
	receive and note the revised proposal to amend the structure of the Master of Business Administration;
	receive and note the proposal to amend the structure of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, and to retitle the award the Graduate Diploma in Management; and
	receive and note the additional documentation presented and the advice of the Vice-Chancellor in relation to issues raised by the Education Committee and the Steering Committee.

	(ii) That the Academic Board consider the proposal to amend the course program of the Master of Business Administration in the light of the information provided to the Board.

	(iii) That the Academic Board consider the proposal to amend the course program of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration in the light of the information provided to the Board.

	(iv) That the Academic Board consider the proposal to retitle the existing Graduate Diploma in Business Administration as Graduate Diploma in Management.

	(v) That the Academic Board recommend that Council advise the Program Advisory Council of the Monash Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd that the academic content and structure of the Master of Business Administration be subject to ongoing scrutiny, monitoring and review by experts in the discipline who are academic staff of Monash University as part of the University's normal course review and quality assurance processes.

	(vi) That the Academic Board note particularly that consideration has only been given to the courses Master of Business Administration and Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (proposed new title "Graduate Diploma in Management") and not to any other courses to which the documents presented refer.

	(vii) That the Academic Board request a full review of the program structure and content of the Master of Business Administration (External), also offered through the Monash Mt Eliza School of Business and Government, to be submitted to the Board via the Education Committee by August 1996.

	* 8.8.2 Bachelor of Nursing - Change to Structure of both programs

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION

	That, subject to satisfactory consultation with the providers of service teaching in the courses under consideration and the report of the outcome of those discussions to the Education Committee, the Academic Board approve the proposal of the Subfaculty of Nursing to amend the structure of the Bachelor of Nursing programs at the School of Health Sciences, Gippsland campus, and the Caroline Chisholm School of Nursing, Peninsula campus, so that the programs have the same structure.

	8.9 NEW SUBJECT PROPOSALS

	The Education Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposals for subjects detailed below. Full documentation is available for perusal by members of the Board.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board approve the subject proposals from the Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics and Computing and Information Technology as detailed below:

	VSA4023/VAD4023/VAM4023/VAM5023 Museum Practice and Research
	MKT4030 Advanced Business Research Methods for Honours
	MKT4020 History and Philosophy of Marketing
	SYS2104 System Development Methods
	SYS3550 Information Systems Project


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	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 9

9.	REPORT OF THE PhD AND SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE

	Report of Meeting 1/96

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Report of Meeting 1/96 of the PhD and Scholarships Committee held on Friday 2 February 1996 be received and noted.

	9.1 Amendment to Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institutes - Division 1: PhD and Scholarships Committee (Amendment No 1 1996)

	Refer Item 11.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board note the approval of the PhD and Scholarships Committee for amendment of Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institutes - Division 1: PhD and Scholarships Committee.

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10.	ANNUAL REPORTS

	* 10.1 Annual Report of the University Librarian, 1995

	Attached.

	Mr E Lim, University Librarian, will speak to his report.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board receive and note the 1995 Annual Report of the University Librarian.

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 11

11.	LEGISLATION

	The University Solicitor has prepared legislation in accordance with instructions from the appropriate faculties and other offices, to implement proposals which have been approved by the Academic Board for submission to Council. A copy of the following item of legislation is tabled for perusal by members of the Board, and a copy of the explanatory memorandum prepared with the legislation is attached to this Agenda.

	11.1 Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institutes (Amendment No 1 1996) Statute

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That Academic Board approve for transmission to Council the above draft Statute.

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 12

12.	EXCLUSION APPEALS

	A copy of **Statute 6.2 - Exclusion for unsatisfactory progress** is attached as amended by Council in December 1995 and enacted in January 1996.

	The Exclusions Appeals Committee constituted under Section 6.1 of the Statute has now been formed, incorporating the changes in the legislation.

	Since the Exclusions Appeals Committee has been reconstituted under the above-mentioned Statute with some changes to its membership and procedures, the Academic Board is now asked to exercise its powers of delegation to this Committee, which are provided for under Section 6.5 of the previously mentioned statute.

	A similar delegation by Faculty Boards to Faculty exclusion committees is also required.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board:
	delegate to the Exclusion Appeals Committee of the Board the authority to determine the right of students to appeal the decisions of faculty exclusion committees and subsequently to hear appeals under Statute 6.2 - Exclusion for unsatisfactory progress; and
	recommend that Faculty Boards make similar delegations to Faculty exclusion committees in relation to Section 2.4 of Statute 6.2 - Exclusion for unsatisfactory progress.

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 13

13.	COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

	13.1 Chair Selection Committee - Chair of Marketing

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board nominate Professor R Coppel as the representative of the Board on the selection committee for the Chair of Marketing.

	13.2 Election of Alternates to the Steering Committee of Academic Board

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board approve the proposed guidelines for the election of three professorial members and one non-professorial teaching staff member of Academic Board to be alternates to the Steering Committee of Academic Board; to be elected annually at the same time as Steering Committee for a period of two years, noting that the initial term of office for two professors be one year and three months and for one professor and one non-professor for two years and three months to create staggered retirement/election of members.

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 14

14.	ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBERSHIP

	14.1 Casual Vacancies

	14.1.1 Faculty of Medicine

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board note that Associate Professor R Devenish of the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology has been nominated by the Faculty Board to replace Dr JI Rood who has resigned his position in order to undertake an Outside Studies Program, for a term of office ending on 30 June 1996.

	14.1.2 Faculty of Business and Economics

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board note that the Faculty Board has nominated Ms V Clulow of the Syme Department of Marketing to fill a casual vacancy for the position of a non-professorial teaching staff member, for a term of office ending 30 June 1997; and Professor A Sohal, Department of Business Management to fill a casual vacancy for the position of a professor (replacing Professor JW Freebairn who has left the University) for a term of office ending 30 June 1996.

	14.2 Request for Special Leave

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Academic Board grant Dr Terri Seddon, Faculty of Education (term of office ending June 1997), special leave from Academic Board meetings held during February to July 1996 as she will be on study leave.

	AB2/96 28 February 1996 Item No 15

15.	ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MINUTES OF COUNCIL

	Attached.

	RECOMMENDATION:

	That the Board note the items of interest from the unconfirmed Minutes of Council Meeting 1/96, held on 12 February 1996.