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

That the recommendations of the Steering Committee be adopted without discussion for all items other than those starred.

That the Minutes of Academic Board Meeting 6/98 held on 2 September 1998 be confirmed and signed.

That Academic Board note the advice of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor J Warren, regarding the Monash University Sunway Campus Malaysia.

That Academic Board note the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), Professor AW Lindsay, about the Global Alliance for Transnational Education.

That Academic Board note a progress report provided by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor DA Robinson, about Arts at Monash.

That Academic Board note the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development), Professor PLeP Darvall, regarding Cooperative Research Centre Applications.

That Academic Board note the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development), Professor PLeP Darvall, about the mission of the Honorable Phil Honeywood MP, Minister for Tertiary Education and Training, to South America.

That Academic Board approve the proposal of the Education Committee to establish a Diploma of Undergraduate Studies, as an exit award only, as detailed in the document presented.

That, noting the endorsement of the Committee of Deans, Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Dean of the Faculty of Science to establish, advertise and fill the position of Chair in Statistics.

That the Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 6/98 of the Committee of Associate Deans Research (CADRES) held on Thursday, 10 September 1998.

That the Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 6/98 of the Education Committee held on Wednesday, 23 September 1998.

That Academic Board approve the recommendation of the Education Committee that:

• A pass remain the normal minimum level of academic achievement for progression within courses, but that higher hurdles be permitted as exceptions when faculties present a justifiable case. This policy does not apply to higher degrees by research.

That Academic Board approve the proposal of the Faculty of Arts to establish the Master of Arts / Master of Arts Administration, commencing semester one, 1999 at the Caulfield and Clayton campuses.

That Academic Board approve a proposal of the Faculty of Education to establish the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, in conjunction with the Centre for Higher Education Development, to be offered commencing semester one, 1999 in flexible mode as an on-campus course at Clayton and other campuses subject to demand.

That Academic Board approve a proposal of the Faculty of Arts to establish the Bachelor of Arts (Policy Studies) / Bachelor of Information Management and Systems, to be offered beginning in 1999 as an on-campus course at the Caulfield campus.

That Academic Board approve the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts to establish a Diploma of Foundation Studies to be offered commencing in Semester 1 1999 as an on-campus course at the Gippsland Campus.

That Academic Board approve a proposal of the Faculty of Arts to amend the following courses by offering them through a combination of distance education and on-campus teaching:

A. Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Linguistics)

B. Masters Qualifying by coursework in Applied Linguistics

C. Master of Arts by coursework (Applied Linguistics)

D. Masters Qualifying with a research component in Applied Linguistics

E. Master of Arts by coursework and research (Linguistics)

That Academic Board approve a proposal of the Faculty of Arts to offer the Graduate Certificate in Corporate Environmental Management by distance education.

That Academic Board approve a proposal of the Faculty of Arts to offer the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Civil Ceremonies) by distance education.

That Academic Board approve a proposal of the Victorian College of Pharmacy to change the title of the Graduate Diploma in Hospital Pharmacy, to become the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.

That Academic Board approve a recommendation of the Faculty of Arts that no further students be enrolled into the first year of the Bachelor of Human Services Degree at the Caulfield campus from semester one, 1999.

That Academic Board approve the proposals of the Faculties of Art and Design and Education and the Victorian College of Pharmacy (4 subjects) to establish the following new subjects.

• TAD2122Art and Design Practice in Britain A
• TAD2132Art and Design Practice in Britain B
• TAD2121Contemporary Art and Design in Europe A
• TAD2131Contemporary Art and Design in Europe B
• TAD3209Contemporary Discourse in Interior Architecture and Design
• TAD2201Critical Issues in Design 2A
• TAD2211Critical Issues in Design 2B
• TAD3602Critical Practices A
• TAD3612Critical Practices B
• TAD2203History and Criticism of Interiors and Furniture 2A
• TAD2213History and Criticism of Interiors and Furniture 2B
• TAD2311Making Art and Design: Cultural Contexts 2B
• TAD3311Making Art and Design: Cultural Contexts 3B
• TAD2206Ornament, Meaning an Design 2A
• TAD2216Ornament Meaning and Design 2B
• TAD2502Product Analysis Forum
• TAD3205Women, Art and Social Context 3A
• TAD3125Women Art and Social Context 3B
• APA4001Project Studies (Applied Arts Honours)
• APA4002Major Project (Applied Arts Honours)
• FNA4001 Project studies (Fine Arts Honours)
• FNA4002Major Project (Fine Arts Honours)
• EDN5XXX Designing for Learning
• EDN5YYY Teaching for Learning
• EDN5ZZZEvaluating Teaching and Learning
• EDN5***Negotiated Project
• EDF1513Music in early childhood
• EDF1514Visual art in early childhood
• EDP3306Introduction to world music
• EDF4011ESL in the mainstream
• EDF4012Introduction to students with special needs
• EDF4103Modifying curriculum for students with special needs
• EDF 4014Exploring multiculturalism and cultural differences in schools
• EDF 4015The professional teacher
• EDF 4016Developing effective communication skills
• EDF4017Using digital technologies in literacy education
• EDG3001Curriculum studies: Literacy2
• EDG3002Curriculum studies: Mathematics 2
• EDG3003Curriculum studies: Physical Education and health education
• EDG3004Curriculum studies: Art and Music
• EDG3005Curriculum studies: Science and Studies of Society and Environment
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry (first year level)
• Pharmaceutical Microbiology II (third-year level)
• Clinical Pharmacy 1 (third-year level)
• Biochemistry (second year level)

That Academic Board note that thirteen (13) subjects codes and/or alternate codes were disestablished in the agenda for Meeting 6/98 of the Education Committee. Of those, eleven (11) were from the Faculty of Arts and two (2) were from the Victorian College of Pharmacy.

That Academic Board approve amendments to the Master of Business Administration (Executive) as detailed in the document presented.

That the Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 3/98 of the Intellectual Property Committee held on Monday, 10 August 1998.

That the Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 5/98 of the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee held on Wednesday, 16 September 1998.

That, noting the endorsement of the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee, Academic Board approve a proposal of the Faculty of Business and Economics to extend the offering of the Bachelor of Business and Electronic Commerce to Singapore, through the Technology Management Centre, commencing semester one 1999.

That, noting the endorsement of the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee, Academic Board approve a proposal of the Monash Mt Eliza Business School to extend the offering of the Master and Graduate Diploma of Public Policy and Management to Singapore, through the Technology Management Centre, commencing semester one 1999.

That the Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 8/98 of the PhD and Scholarships Committee held on Wednesday, 2 September 1998.

That Academic Board approve a proposal of the PhD and Scholarships Committee that the existing Doctor of Education also be offered by external mode.

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the Guidelines for the Award of Posthumous Research Degrees, as drafted by the PhD and Scholarships Committee and detailed below:

• At the time of death the student must have completed sufficient laboratory work, papers and publications, literature reviews, or other tangible evidence to indicate that had he/she lived, in the normal course of events the requirements for the degree would have been satisfied.

• Two assessors, one of whom may have been the supervisor and one who may be external to the university, will be invited to review the available work in order to determine whether the primary requirement has been met. Both assessors cannot have been supervisors or associate supervisors for the student. Unanimous agreement must be reached in order to proceed.

• The supervisor may be requested to insert supplementary and/or explanatory material to facilitate the examiners' understanding of the candidate's research contribution.
• A statement should then be appended to the thesis indicating the work undertaken by the supervisor on the student's behalf.

• The 'thesis' should then be submitted for examination. Both examiners must give an unequivocal 'yes' or 'no' as to whether evidence exists to indicate that had the student lived, in the normal course of events requirements for the degree would have been satisfied.

• At all times, these situations should be handled with considerable sensitivity and discretion, avoiding the possibility of giving the family concerned unreasonable expectations as to the eventual outcome.

That the Academic Board receive and note the Report of a Meeting of the Board of the Faculty of Education.

That Academic Board note that the Board of the Faculty of Education approved an honorary appointment as Honorary Research Fellow as detailed in the Report presented.

That the Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 5/98 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine held on Wednesday, 16 September 1998.

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the National Centre for Coronial Information, as detailed in the document presented.

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Department of Radiography and Medical Imaging, as detailed in the document presented.

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish within that Faculty the positions of Associate Dean (Research Degrees) and Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework Degrees).

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to award the degree of Doctor of Medicine to the following candidates:

• Dr N J Bodsworth, for his thesis titled 'On certain interactions between the human hepatotrophic viruses and human immunodeficiency virus infection'; and
• Associate Professor S M Crowe, for her thesis titled 'The role of macrophages in the pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection'.

That Academic Board approve for transmission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the following prizes:

• The Shimadzu Prize in Radiographic Imaging and Methods

A prize of $200, to be awarded to the student who achieves the highest aggregate marks in the first-year subjects RAD1011 Radiographic Imaging and Methods 1 and RAD1062 Radiographic Imaging and Methods 2; said prize to be titled the "The Shimadzu Prize in Radiographic Imaging and Methods".

• The Victorian Imaging Prize

A prize of $200, to be awarded to the top student in first year; said prize to be titled the "The Victorian Imaging Prize".

That the Academic Board receive and note the Report of a meeting of the Board of the Victorian College of Pharmacy held on Wednesday, 2 September 1998.

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the above draft legislation.

That Academic Board ratify the nomination made by the Steering Committee of Professor MN Clayton, as the representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Distinguished Teaching.

That Academic Board ratify the nomination made by the Steering Committee of Professor RA Cas, as the representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Postgraduate Supervision.

That Academic Board nominate Professor MN Clayton, as the representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for the Position of Professor/Director, Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies.

That Academic Board note the appointment made by the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics of Associate Professor K Trace, to fill a non-professorial casual vacancy on the Academic Board for a term of office ending 30 June 1999.

That Academic Board note the appointment made by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine of Dr C Rodda, to fill a non-professorial casual vacancy on the Academic Board for a term of office ending 30 June 1999.

That Academic Board note the appointment made by the Monash Postgraduate Association of Ms S Lawson, to fill a casual vacancy for a graduate student on the Academic Board for a term of office ending 31 December 1998.

That Academic Board note the results of the recently held elections for student membership of the Academic Board as detailed below, for terms of office from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 1999:

• Election of four members of the Academic Board by the undergraduate, diploma, associate diploma, graduate certificate and postgraduate certificate students of the University; and
• Election of two members of the Academic Board by the graduate (including masters, PhD, graduate diploma and postgraduate diploma) students of the University.

That Academic Board approve a request from Professor P Tharenou, who is currently on OSP leave, for special leave from attendance at meetings of the Academic Board until February 1999 (inclusive).

That Academic Board receive and note the document presented containing matters of interest referred to the Academic Board from Council Meeting 6/98, held on 21 September 1998.