Monash UniversityAcademic Board Meeting 2/2001Meeting No 2/2001 of the Academic Board will be held on Wednesday, 11 April in the Council Room of the University, commencing at 2:15 pm. The Agenda papers have been circulated. The Index of Recommendations is set out below and supplementary and replacement papers are attached. New items, or items with new / revised attachments, are indicated in the Index of Recommendations by a vertical line on the left-hand side of the page. 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 59063. Observers have no speaking or voting rights. Members are reminded that items may be starred prior to the Meeting by contacting the Secretary, or at the commencement of the Meeting under item 1.1 of the Agenda. Tea and coffee will be served in the foyer prior to the meeting. Tony Calder Secretary V:\ACADEMIC\AGENDA\2001\aprecs01-02.doc A G E N D A INDEX OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS *A PROCEDURAL MATTERS 1 ARRANGEMENT OF AGENDA 1.1 Starring of Items Members who wish a non-starred item to be discussed may do so at this point.1.2 Approval of Non-Starred Items The Chair will move: That the recommendations of the Steering Committee be adopted without discussion for all items other than those starred. 1.3 Confidential Items C Any confidential items will be resolved at this point. 2 MINUTES 2.1 Minutes of Academic Board Meeting No 1/2001 held on Wednesday 26 February 2001 The Minutes for Meeting 7/2000 were circulated. RECOMMENDATION That the minutes of Academic Board Meeting 1/2001 held on 26 February 2001 be confirmed. *B STARRED ITEMS 3 REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR’S GROUP 3.1 Integrated Academic and Resource Planning – Progress Report p 1 - 4 A document is attached. Professor A Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Academic and Planning, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the advice of Professor A Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Academic and Planning. 3.2 Monash University Malaysia within the Broader Monash p 163 - 164 A document is attached. Professor R Bignall, Pro Vice-Chancellor – Monash University Malaysia, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the advice of Professor R Bignall, Pro Vice-Chancellor – Monash University Malaysia. 3.3 Information Technology Strategic Plan p 165 - 190 A document is attached. Mr A McMeekin, Executive Direction – Information Technology Services Division, will speak to this item. The Information Technology Strategic Plan comprises three documents. The document enclosed with the agenda papers is a summary of the IT Strategic Plan, the second document is the detailed IT Strategic Plan (available at http://www.its.monash.edu.au/monash_only/itsp/detail.doc) which provides the complete list of goals and strategies for the deployment of IT across Monash while the third document is the IT Programme/Project Portfolio which identifies a number of programmes with their underlying projects. RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive the Information Technology Strategic Plan and note the advice of Mr A McMeekin, Executive Direction – Information Technology Services Division. 3.4 Draft Global Equal Opportunity Policy p 5 - 6 A document is attached. Mr P Marshall, Divisional Director – Student and Staff Services Division will speak to this item. Ms K Gardner, Acting Manager – Equal Opportunity and Employment Equity will be in attendance. RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board endorse the Draft Global Equal Opportunity Policy and note the advice of Mr P Marshall, Divisional Director – Student and Staff Services Division. 3.5 Update on amendments to the Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery Professor N Saunders, Dean – Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board note the advice of Professor N Saunders, Dean – Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. 3.6 Future Directions Report – Faculty of Business and Economics p 191 - 192 A document is attached. Professor G Palmer, Dean – Faculty of Business and Economics, is invited to speak to her report. RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note for transmission to Council the report of Professor G Palmer and note the comments of Professor Palmer. 4 ITEMS ORIGINATING FROM SECTION C C ITEMS FOR APPROVAL OR INFORMATION5 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES 6 MATTERS REFERRED TO ACADEMIC BOARD BY COUNCIL 7 REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE p 7 - 76 7.1 Receipt of Report RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 2/2001 of the Education Committee held Wednesday, 21 March 2001. 7.2 New Course Proposals 7.2.1 Bachelor of Multimedia (Honours) p 15 - 16 Documentation is attached. (Attachment 1) The course under this item has cross-faculty involvement between the Faculties of Information Technology and Art and Design. Cross-faculty consultation has occurred. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish the Bachelor of Multimedia (Honours), to be offered as an on-campus course at the Berwick campus, commencing semester one, 2001. 7.2.2 Graduate Certificate in Animal Welfare p 17 - 26 A document is attached. (Attachment 2) Refer also to the item "New Subjects" below. The proposal under this item has cross-faculty involvement between the Faculties of Science and Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. Relevant cross-faculty consultation has occurred. Monash University (the Departments of Psychology and Physiology), the University of Melbourne (Institute of Land and Food Resources) and Agriculture Victoria (Victorian Institute of Animal Science) will combine to provide teaching resources under the auspices of the Animal Welfare Centre, a joint Centre between the three institutions. Members are invited to note that, under the section of the proposal titled "Admission Requirements", students may be admitted to this Graduate Certificate who possess a Bachelor’s degree (pass), or equivalent, or 3 years relevant work experience at an appropriate level (to be determined at the discretion of an academic selection panel). RECOMMENDATION: That, subject to the approval of appropriate cross-institutional/partnership agreements between Monash University and the external institutions/partners mentioned above, Academic Board approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to establish the Graduate Certificate in Animal Welfare, to be offered as an off-campus course from the Caulfield campus (including two weekend on-campus workshops) from semester one, 2002. 7.3 Major Amendments to Existing Courses 7.3.1 Bachelor of Arts (International Communication) p 27 - 28 A document is attached. (Attachment 3) The meeting of the Board of the Faculty of Arts at which this proposal was endorsed was inquorate. The proposal will be forwarded to the next meeting of the Faculty Board for ratification. RECOMMENDATION: That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts at its next meeting, Academic Board approve the proposal of the Faculty of Arts to amend the structure of the Bachelor of Arts (International Communication) as detailed in the document presented. 7.3.2 Bachelor of Business and Commerce / Bachelor of Communication p 29 - 30 A document is attached. (Attachment 4) This course has cross-faculty involvement between the Faculties of Business and Economics and Arts. The Faculty of Business and Economics is the managing faculty. (The meeting of the Arts Faculty Board at which this proposal was endorsed was inquorate and the proposal will be returned to the next Faculty Board meeting for ratification.) RECOMMENDATION: That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Academic Board approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Arts to make a major amendment to the course structure of the Bachelor of Business and Commerce / Bachelor of Communication as detailed in the document presented. 7.3.3 Master of Engineering Maintenance Management p 31 - 32 A document is attached. (Attachment 5) RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to change the title of the Master of Engineering Maintenance Management, to become the Master of Maintenance and Reliability Engineering. 7.3.4 Master of Network Computing p 33 - 36 Documentation is attached. (Attachment 6) RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the Master of Network Computing as detailed in the documentation presented, from semester one 2001, to:
expand the range of core elective subjects available within the degree as listed in the documentation. 7.3.5 Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery p 37 - 54 A proposal for major amendment to the Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), including a covering memorandum from Mr M Lewenberg, Director of Academic Programs, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, is attached. (Attachment 7) Cross-faculty consultation about this proposal has occurred with the Faculties of Arts, Science and Law. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to amend the Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), to change the structure of the course, as detailed in the documentation presented, to become a five year medical curriculum. 7.3.6 Bachelor of Psychology and Management / Marketing p 55 - 76 Documentation is attached. (Attachment 8) (The Faculty of Science has used a trial of the new course development software under the integrated planning approach for this course amendment proposal documentation.) This course was offered in 2000 on-campus at the Caulfield campus. The Faculty of Science reports that the proposal under this item has received endorsement by the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee (OQAC) and accreditation from the Australian Psychological Society (APS). RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to amend the Bachelor of Psychology and Management / Marketing as detailed in the document presented, including extension of the offering of the course to off-campus via distance education, with off-campus offshore distance education in Singapore in partnership with the TMC Educational Group. 7.4 New Subject Proposals (Documentation in relation to the subject proposals under this item is available for perusal upon request to the Executive Officer, Education Committee.) The Academic Board is invited to note that twenty-two (22) subjects are proposed for approval in this Report. This total includes nineteen (19) new subjects for establishment, two (2) new subjects by virtue of changes to the credit points of existing subjects, and one (1) new subject by virtue of additional year level of offering for an existing subject. A breakdown of the proposed new subjects is contained in the following table.
RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board approve the proposals of the Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Information Technology, Law and Science to establish the new subjects listed on pages 10 and 11 of the Education Committee Report. Proceedings 8 REPORT OF THE PhD AND SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE p 77 - 80 RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 2/2001 of the PhD and Scholarships Committee held Friday, 2 March 2001. Proceedings 9 REPORT OF THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE p 81 - 84 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the Admissions Committee Meeting 1/2001 held on 8 March 2001. 9.1 Proposal to discontinue the Guaranteed Entry Scheme RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board approve the proposal to discontinue the Guaranteed Entry Scheme for local fee-liable undergraduate places, and reference to this scheme be removed from all VTAC and university publications. 9.2 Report by the Faculty of Arts on use of the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the report on Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) entry to the Faculty of Arts for 2001. Proceedings 10 REPORT OF THE GENERAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE p 85 - 90 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the General Library Committee Meeting 4/2000 held on 13 December 2000. Proceedings 11 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS p 91 - 94 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the Faculty of Business and Economics Meeting 1/2001 held on 19 February 2001. Proceedings 12 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING p 95 - 100 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the Faculty of Engineering meeting 1/2001 held on 13 February 2001. 12.1 Emeritus Professor Noel Murray p 97 - 100 The Dean drew members’ attention to the sad passing of Emeritus Professor Noel Murray and advised that an obituary had been recently published in THE AGE. A copy of the content of the obituary is attached. 13 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY p 101 - 106 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the report of meeting 1/2001 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology held on Wednesday 28 February 2001. 13.1 Appointment of Associate Deans RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the following Associate Dean appointments for terms from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001:
Secretarial Note: The Board of the Faculty of Information Technology ratified the 12 December 2000 decision of the Faculty Executive to make the above appointments. As the decision was taken prior to obtaining ministerial approval for the streamlined Statute 3.3 – Deans, the appointments need to be endorsed by Academic Board and approved by Council. 13.2 Appointment to fill a Casual Vacancy on Academic Board RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board note the appointment of Associate Professor Sue McKemmish made by the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology, to fill a casual vacancy on the Academic Board arising from the resignation of Associate Professor J Breen, for a term expiring on 30 June 2001. Proceedings 14 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES p 107 - 120 14.1 Proposal to establish the Centre for the Study of Ethics in Medicine and Society p 109 - 110 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board endorse for transmission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to establish the Centre for the Study of Ethics in Medicine and Society. 14.2 Proposal to establish and fill the position of Professor/Associate Professor, Rural Obstetrics and Gynaecology p 111 - 114 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board endorse for transmission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to establish the position of Professor/Associate Professor, Rural Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 14.3 Proposal to establish and fill the Vivian Bullwinkel Chair of Palliative Care Nursing p 115 - 120 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board endorse for transmission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to establish the Vivian Bullwinkel Chair of Palliative Care Nursing. Proceedings 15 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE p 121 - 128 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the report of meeting 1/2001 of the Board of the Faculty of Science held on Wednesday 7 March 2001. Proceedings 16 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF PHARMACY p 129 - 130 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board receive and note the report of the Board of the Faculty of Pharmacy held on Wednesday 7 March 2001. Proceedings 17 ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBERSHIP RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board note the following appointments to fill casual vacancies:
18 SUPPLEMENTARY AND SPECIAL (DEFERRED) EXAMINATIONS (2001/2002) p131-132 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board approve the proposal that Supplementary and Special (Deferred) Examinations be held during the period 14 January to 18 January 2002. 19 LEGISLATION 19.1 Statute 6.3 – Exclusion for Health Reasons (Amendment No1, 2001) p 133 - 138 19.2 Statute 6.2 – Exclusion for Unsatisfactory Progress p 139 - 146 19.3 Exclusion for Unsatisfactory Progress Regulations p 147 - 150 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board endorse for transmission to Council the above draft legislation. 20 PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH AND FILL A CHAIR OF CHEMISTRY p 151 - 152 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board endorse for transmission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to establish and fill a Chair of Chemistry. 21 PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH AND FILL A CHAIR OF MATERIALS SCIENCE p 153 - 156 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board endorse for transmission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to establish and fill a Chair of Materials Engineering. 22 ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM COUNCIL p 157 - 158 RECOMMENDATION That Academic Board note the matters of interest to the Academic Board from Council meetings 1/2001 held on 12 February 2001 and 2/2001 held on 19 March 2001. 23 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF ASSOCIATE DEANS (RESEARCH) p 159 - 162 RECOMMENDATION That academic Board receive and note the report of the Committee of Associate Deans (Research) held on 8 February 2001. Proceedings
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