Meeting No 6/94 of the Education Committee was held on Tuesday 20 September 1994 at 9:00 am in the Council Room, University Offices, Clayton Campus.
There were present:
Professor I Chubb (Chair)
Associate Professor R Alfredson, Engineering
Professor R Axford, Nursing - alternate
Professor E Barry, Arts
Professor C Bellamy, Computing and Information Technology
Professor L Chipman, Distance Education
Dr M Evans, Business & Economics - alternate
Associate Professor M Gill, Education
Ms M Guli, MAS
Professor M King, PhD and Scholarships Committee
Mr S Kulesza, MPA
Ms H Morgan, MPA
Dr L Roller, Pharmacy
Associate Professor G Taylor, Medicine
Professor J Warren, Science - alternate
Professor J Williamson, Art and Design
In attendance:
Mr P Annal, Computer Centre
Dr G Baldwin, Policy and Planning
Ms E R Brooks, Executive Officer
Ms J Dunn, Secretariat
Mr J Duncan, Faculty Registrar/Administrator
Mr E Lim, University Library
Mr C Vernon, Student Services
MINUTES
*1. STARRED ITEMS
The Committee starred additional items, being 3.4, 11.3, 14.3,15.6, 17.4 and 17.5 of these minutes. The star was removed from item 3.6 of these minutes. The Committee then endorsed the recommendations for items other than those starred.
*2. MINUTES
The Minutes of Meeting 5/94 were confirmed and signed as circulated.
3. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
3.1 Graduate Studies Working Party
Regarding Minutes 3.1 Meeting 5/94, 3.1 Meeting 4/94, 2.1 Meeting 3/94, 2.2 Meeting 2/94 and 12 Meeting 1/94: it was noted that the Sub-Committee met on Tuesday 23 August 1994, and would meet again on Wednesday 21 September 1994. The Committee also noted that Professor King was now chairing this working party.
3.2 Academic Board approval of subjects
Regarding Minutes 3.2 Meeting 5/94, 3.4 Meeting 4/94 and 8.5 Meeting 3/94: the Committee noted that the University Solicitor's Office was to respond to the paper submitted to them for comment.
A Lazar
3.3 Fees for Subjects Taken Over and Above Degree Requirements
Regarding Minutes 3.3 Meeting 5/94, 3.5 Meeting 4/94 and 9.5 Meeting 3/94: the Committee noted that most faculties have forwarded their current fee policies to the Executive Officer, and that a summary would be presented to the next meeting of the Education Committee.
ERB
3.4 University Entry via Non-Credit Courses
Regarding Minutes 3.4 Meeting 5/94, 3.6 Meeting 4/94 and 11 Meeting 3/94: Professor Barry advised that only a ruling was required on the issue. The Committee referred the item to the next meeting of the Education Committee for resolution.
ERB
3.5 Discipline Working Party
Regarding Minutes 3.6 Meeting 5/94, 5 Meeting 4/94 and 4 Meeting 2/94: the Committee noted that the working party had requested a number of submissions and would meet again on Friday 7 October 1994.
3.6 Double Degree Funding
Regarding Minute 3.7 Meeting 5/94, and 7 Meeting 4/94: the Committee noted that the Chairman would discuss this item privately with Professor Chipman.
Prof. Chubb
3.7 Conventions in Naming Degrees
Regarding Minutes 3.9 Meeting 5/94 and 11.1.12 Meeting 4/94: the Committee noted that the item would be brought to a later meeting of the Education Committee.
ERB
3.8 Honours Working Party
Regarding Minutes 4 Meeting 5/94, and 4.1.9 Meeting 3/94: the Committee noted that the working party had met and was in the process of preparing and distributing a questionnaire to faculty staff.
ERB
*3.9 Regulations Working Party
Regarding Minute 5 Meeting 5/94, after discussion of this item and during consideration of item 7 of the agenda, the Committee determined to dissolve this working party in favour of Professor Bellamy preparing an additional paper for distribution to CADeT and consideration by that body before a report was made to the Education Committee.
Prof. Bellamy
*4. ACADEMIC MEDALS
The Committee received a discussion paper (Attachment A to these minutes) concerning the possibility of the University awarding medals for achievement and conducting a ceremony of recognition for those students who perform exceptionally. (Refer Minutes 3.5 Meeting 5/94, 3.7 Meeting 4/94, and 13 Meeting 3/94.)
The Committee agreed to the inclusion in the proposal of a "scholarship spotting committee" to assist high calibre students to identify and prepare for external scholarships (eg the Rhodes or Fulbright Scholarships), and discussed a number of other issues, including whether these awards would override existing awards and the number of medals to be awarded. The Committee requested that this matter be returned to the Committee at its next meeting, incorporating the additional matters discussed, before being forwarded to the Academic Board. The three main principles (the medals, valedictory ceremony and scholarship spotting group) were endorsed by the Committee.
ERB
*5. YEAR LEVEL STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENT POLICIES
The Committee received a paper prepared by Professor Barry outlining the rationale for offering subjects at both second and third year level in the Faculty of Arts. (This issue refers to Minutes 3.8 Meeting 5/94 and 9.1 Meeting 4/94.) After discussion of assessment levels and expectations, Dr Baldwin was asked to prepare a draft statement of University expectations for differentiation between levels of assessment at different levels within a course, including statements concerning articulation of assessment and criteria for qualitative assessment, for the Committee to discuss at its next meeting.
Dr Baldwin
*6. SUBJECT EVALUATION PILOT PROJECT
The Committee received a memorandum from Professor Porter concerning the project. Professor Chubb indicated that the Committee of Deans would receive revisions to the questionnaire at its next meeting, but that overall the response to the questionnaire had been satisfactory. The Committee was told that the Deans would be asked to consider which subjects would be assessed at the end of semester two, but that at least 20% of the Faculty's offerings should be examined.
*7. REPORT OF CADeT
The Committee received the Terms of Reference of the recently-formed Committee of Associate Deans (Teaching), and noted that CADeT would develop issues for the consideration of the Education Committee, and would report to the Academic Board via the Education Committee concerning its activities. The amended Terms of Reference (Attachment B to these minutes) were endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board.
ERB
The Committee also received the first report of CADeT, and endorsed the report for transmission to the Academic Board.
ERB
*8. SUBJECT QUOTA PROCEDURES
The Committee received a memorandum from Ms J Dunn, requesting the assistance of the Education Committee in determining procedures for fixing subject quotas for 1995. After discussion of a tabled proposal from Mr Vernon (Attachment C to these minutes), the Committee agreed to make the following recommendation to Academic Board:
1. That Faculties submit their proposed subject quotas to the Education Committee for investigation;
2. That Academic Board request Council to delegate to the Vice-Chancellor or to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor the authority to approve subject quotas; and
3. That Education Committee report annually to Academic Board concerning quota approvals made in the preceding twelve months, for submission to Council for information.
In order to investigate quota applications, the Committee agreed to request from faculties the following information, to be submitted by September each year:
* Name of subject
* Number of enrolments, by course, for the last three years
* Reason for quota and indication of previous quotas set
* Limitations, if any, on enrolment categories, and justification for these
* Criterion for admission to quota (eg academic merit, order of application).
ERB
*9. REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN
The Committee received the written and oral reports of the University Librarian, Mr Lim. Mr Lim queried the usefulness of the report he had been asked to make, but agreed to provide a report in two parts for each future meeting of the Education Committee, including firstly an aggregate of library impact information for the year and secondly any information specifically relating to matters concerning that meeting's proposals.
Mr Lim
*10. REPORT OF THE COMPUTER CENTRE
The Committee received the written and oral reports of the Director of the Computer Centre. The Committee decided that the proforma should be re-written to include a section for consultation with the Computer Centre regarding the availability of facilities (as for the Library) and that the Computer Centre should submit an annual impact assessment of new courses on the computing resources of the University.
Mr Annal, ERB
11. FACULTY OF ARTS REPORT 4/94
The Committee received the report from Faculty Board Meeting 4/94 held on 27 May 1994 and considered each item requiring action separately, as below, for transmission to the Academic Board.
*11.1 Bachelor of Arts (Human Services)
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to alter the title of the existing Bachelor of Arts (Human Services) to Bachelor of Human Services.
ERB
*11.2 Re-Organisation Of Master of Arts Part I
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to re-organise the two existing streams of the Master of Arts offered by the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, by allowing the students in the Part I to take subjects formerly available only to students in Part II.
ERB
11.3 New Subject Proposals for 1995
11.3.1 CLT5290/CLM4290 Reading Irigaray
11.3.2 ENV8380 Environment and Health
11.3.3 FRMxxxx Writing Practices/Reading Theories Ponge's Writing and Literary Theory
11.3.4 AST5xxx/CLC5xxx/HSY4xxx/PLT4xxx "Being American": The Construction of a National Identity
The Committee noted that the objectives listed were objectives for the academic in each case, rather than being for the student, and asked that the reverse should be the case in future.
Prof. Barry
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the subject proposals listed in items 11.3.1 to 11.3.4 inclusive, subject to clarification of the credit point value and year level of each subject.
ERB
*11.4 New stream in American Studies in Master of Arts
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new stream, American Studies, in the existing Master of Arts.
ERB
11.5 Disestablishment of subjects
11.5.1 CLT5200 Structuralism and Semiotics
11.5.2 CLT5210 Poststructuralism
11.5.3 CLT5260 Feminist Critical Theory
11.5.4 CLT5310 Non-Western Popular Culture
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to disestablish the subjects listed in items 11.5.1 to 11.5.4 inclusive.
ERB
12. REPORT OF FACULTY OF ARTS 6/94
The Committee received the report from Faculty Board Meeting 6/94 held on 7 September 1994 and considered each item requiring action separately, as below, for transmission to the Academic Board.
12.1 Amendment to title of Master of Arts stream.
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the amendment to the title of an existing stream within the Master of Arts degree, from Museum Studies Material Culture to Museum Studies and Cultural Studies.
ERB
*12.2 Master of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to alter the title of the existing Master of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Master of Arts (Foreign Affairs and Trade), as specified by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
ERB
*12.3 Graduate Diploma in Foreign Affairs and Trade
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to alter the title of the Graduate Diploma in Foreign Affairs and Trade to Graduate Diploma of Arts (Foreign Affairs and Trade), as specified by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
ERB
12.4 New Subject Proposal for 1995
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the ERB proposal to establish a new subject, MCM5004 Cultural Policy and Institutions.
13. FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS REPORT 3/94
The Committee received the report from Faculty Board Meeting 3/94 held on 3 August 1994, noted the proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately, as below, for transmission to the Academic Board.
*13.1 Master of Business (Manufacturing/Operations Management)
The Committee noted that this proposal to rename the degree superseded the proposal approved at Education Committee Meeting 2/94 (Minute 7.1) and Academic Board Meeting 3/94 (Minute 14.2.1), and presented to Council Meeting 3/94 as Proceeding 16.
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to alter the title of Master of Business (Manufacturing/Operations Management) to Master of Business (Operations Management).
ERB
13.2 New subject proposals for 1995
13.2.1 MKT6xxx Banking and Financial Services Marketing
13.2.2 MGM6xxx Introduction to Systems Thinking
*13.2.3 ECO1000 Economics
*13.2.4 ECO1010 Economics
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the subject proposals listed in items 13.2.1 to 13.2.4 inclusive.
ERB
14. FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS EXECUTIVE REPORT
The Committee received the report of the Faculty of Business and Economics Executive.
*14.1 Master of Business Administration (Accounting)
*14.2 Graduate Diploma in Advanced Accounting
The Committee discussed these proposals at length, particularly with reference to the Committee's requirement for faculty committees to see all proposals before they are forwarded to this committee. Issues to be examined and brought by the Dean to the Academic Board have been forwarded to the faculty committee convenor.
Dr Evans
The Committee endorsed in principle the proposals to establish a Master of Business (Accounting) and a Graduate Diploma in Advanced Accounting for transmission to the Academic Board, but agreed to ask the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics to bring to Academic Board the response of the Faculty to issues raised by the Education Committee.
ERB
14.3 New Subjects for 1995
14.3.1 MBAxxxx Business Accounting I: Concepts and Techniques
14.3.2 MBAxxxx Strategic Policy and Entrepreneurship
14.3.3 MBAxxxx Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis
14.3.4 MBAxxxx Business Accounting II: Strategic Issues
14.3.5 MBAxxxx Management Auditing
14.3.6 MBAxxxx International Accounting and Finance
14.3.7 MBAxxxx Advanced Applied Corporate Finance
14.3.8 MBAxxxx Advanced Business Information Systems
14.3.9 MBAxxxx Advanced Business Taxation
14.3.10 MBAxxxx Advanced Business Law
14.3.11 MBAxxxx CPA Core I
14.3.12 MBAxxxx CPA Core II
14.3.13 MBAxxxx CPA Auditing
14.3.14 MBAxxxx CPA - Management Accounting
14.3.15 MBAxxxx CPA: Taxation
14.3.16 MBAxxxx CPA Treasury
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the subject proposals listed in items 14.3.1 to 14.3.16 inclusive, subject to faculty assurance to the Academic Board that, in the subjects where the final examination is listed as 100% of the assessment, this is an adequate and an appropriate assessment for a graduate subject.
ERB
15. FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REPORT 3/94
The Committee received the report from Faculty Board Meeting 3/94 held on 7 September 1994, noted the proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately, as below, for transmission to the Academic Board.
*15.1 Graduate Diploma in Business Systems
The Committee noted that the course is already offered by distance education.
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to offer the existing Graduate Diploma in Business Systems by distance education in Singapore.
ERB
15.2 New Subject proposal for 1995
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new subject, SYS3214 Strategic Inter-Organisational Systems.
ERB
15.3 Amendments to existing subjects
15.3.1 SYS2190 Systems Prototyping - Change from 3 to 4 points
15.3.2 SYS2170 Project Management - Change to BUS2170/BUS2174/BUS2176 Project Management (the different codes indicate different degree program enrolments and different assessment levels)
15.3.3 BUS2071/BUS4071 Systems Analysis and Design - Change to SYS2071/SYS4071 Systems Analysis and Design (the different codes indicate different degree program enrolments and different assessment levels)
15.3.4 COT3500 Computer Technology Project - Change from 8 to 12 points
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the amendments to subjects listed in items 15.3.1 to 15.3.4 inclusive.
ERB
15.4 Quota recommendations
15.4.1 COT2004 Data Communications and Networks - 45 students
15.4.2 COT2030 Input Output Technology - 45 students
15.4.3 COT2040 Comparative Operating Systems - 45 students
15.4.4 COT2200 Security and Privacy - 45 students
15.4.5 CFR3500 Industrial Experience - 10 students (Summer semester)
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the subject quotas recommended in items 15.4.1 to 15.4.5 inclusive.
ERB
15.5 Amendment to Prerequisites
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposed amendments to the prerequisite list for the Bachelor of Computing.
ERB
15.6 International Baccalaureate Entrance Requirements
The Committee referred this item to the Admissions Committee for consideration.
ICG
16. FACULTY OF EDUCATION REPORT 4/94
The Committee received the report from Faculty Board Meeting 4/94 held on 7 September 1994 and considered each item requiring action separately, as below, for transmission to the Academic Board.
16.1 New subject proposals for 1995
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposals to establish two new subjects: EDN3345 Human Biology 5: The Human Species I; and EDN3355 Human Biology 6: The Human Species II.
ERB
17. FACULTY OF MEDICINE REPORT 5/94
The Committee received the report from Faculty Board Meeting 5/94 held on 10 August 1994 and considered each item requiring action separately, as below, for transmission to the Academic Board.
The Committee commended the proposals put forward in items 17.1, 17.2 and 17.3 as excellent examples of individual course proposals.
*17.1 Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Perioperative)
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new course, to be titled Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Perioperative).
ERB
*17.2 Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Critical Care)
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new course, to be titled Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Critical Care).
ERB
*17.3 Graduate Diploma of Midwifery
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new course, to be titled Graduate Diploma of Midwifery.
ERB
17.4 New Subject Proposals for 1995
17.4.1 CNS6101 Research Utilisation
17.4.2 CNS6201 Health, Caring, Environment and Technology
17.4.3 CNS6202 Research in Health Care Environments
17.4.4 CNS6301 Advanced Pathophysiology
17.4.5 CNS6401 Critical Care Concepts 1
17.4.6 CNS6402 Critical Care Concepts 2
17.4.7 CNS6501 Emergency Nursing 1
17.4.8 CNS6502 Emergency Nursing 2
17.4.9 CNS6511 Nephrology Nursing 1
17.4.10 CNS6512 Nephrology Nursing 2
17.4.11 CNS6521 Intensive Care Nursing 1
17.4.12 CNS6522 Intensive Care Nursing 2
17.4.13 CNS6531 Cardiac Nursing 1
17.4.14 CNS6532 Cardiac Nursing 2
17.4.15 CNS6302 Nature and Science of Midwifery
17.4.16 CNS6551 Normal Process of Childbirth 1
17.4.17 CNS6552 Normal Process of Childbirth 2
17.4.18 CNS6553 Midwifery Practice Issues: Clients at Risk A
17.4.19 CNS6554 Midwifery Practice Issues: Clients at Risk B
17.4.20 CNS6403 Perioperative Nursing of Adults and Children
17.4.21 CNS6404 Anaesthetic and Post Anaesthetic Nursing Principles and Practices
17.4.22 CNS6541 Perioperative Nursing Subspecialty A
17.4.23 CNS6542 Perioperative Nursing Subspecialty B
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the subject proposals listed in items 17.4.1 to 17.4.23 inclusive.
ERB
17.5 Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Primary Health Care)
This item was inadvertently omitted from the Agenda, although the papers were presented.
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to alter the title of the existing Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Primary Health Care) to Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Community Health), in order to standardise the course title at the Peninsula and Gippsland campuses.
ERB
18. FACULTY OF SCIENCE REPORT 5/94
The Committee received the report from Faculty Board Meeting 5/94 held on 14 September 1994 and considered each item requiring action separately, as below, for transmission to the Academic Board.
18.1 New Subject proposal for 1995
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new subject, BIO1042 Environmental Biology.
ERB
*18.2 Amendment to Course Structure
A revised first year structure for BSc(Biomedical) was proposed as follows:
BIO1011/1032
CHM1011/1022
MAT1060
BIO1022 and/or PHS1031
Plus one or two (as appropriate) optional semester subjects from the BSc First Schedule, Group One.
ERB
The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the amendment to the first year structure of the Bachelor of Science (Biomedical).
ERB
19. ADDITIONAL ITEMS
A question from Ms Morgan concerning the stability of fee arrangements in fee-paying courses led to the decision to consider this matter as an individual item at the next meeting.
The Committee also received a tabled document, Survey of Off-Campus Postgraduate Students, prepared by the Monash Postgraduate Association for interested members.
ERB
20. NEXT MEETING
The Committee noted that the next meeting of the Education Committee will be held at 10 am on Wednesday 2 November 1994 in the Faculty Room on the ground floor of the Faculty of Medicine Offices, Clayton Campus.
The Committee also noted that submissions for the agenda (single sided only) should be hand delivered to University Secretariat, University Offices, Clayton Campus by Friday 21 October 1994.
Membership
Professor I Chubb (Chair)
Associate Professor R Alfredson, Engineering
Professor R Axford, Nursing - alternate
Professor E Barry, Arts
Professor C Bellamy, Computing and Information Technology
Professor L Chipman, Distance Education
Dr M Evans, Business & Economics - alternate
Associate Professor M Gill, Education
Ms M Guli, MAS
Professor M King, PhD and Scholarships Committee
Mr S Kulesza, MPA
Ms H Morgan, MPA
Dr L Roller, Pharmacy
Associate Professor G Taylor, Medicine
Professor J Warren, Science - alternate
Professor J Williamson, Art and Design
Executive Officer
Ms E R Brooks
Distribution
Mr P Annal, Computer Centre
Dr G Baldwin, Policy and Planning
Ms E R Brooks, Executive Officer
Ms J Dunn, Secretariat
Mr J Duncan, Faculty Registrar/Administrator
Mr E Lim, University Library
Mr C Vernon, Student Services