Meeting 1/96 of the Education Committee was held on Wednesday 7 February 1996 at 9:00 am in the Sir George Lush Room, University Offices, Clayton campus.
Present were:
Professor RJ Pargetter (Chair)
Associate Professor R Alfredson, Engineering
Ms H Anderson, MUGSU
Associate Professor E Barry, Arts
Mr J Beggs, MUSU, Inc
Professor J Bowers, Nursing
Associate Professor N Cameron, Science
Professor JLC Chipman, Distance Education
Ms BL Chew, MPA
Associate Professor M Evans, Business and Economics
Mr D Imber, MSA
Professor M King, PhD and Scholarships Committee
Mrs A McMillan, Computing and Information Technology
Associate Professor S McNicol, Law
Professor J Redmond, Art and Design
Associate Professor G Taylor, Medicine
Associate Professor W Young, Co-Opted
In Attendance were:
Ms E R Brooks, Secretariat
Mr R Burnet, Student Services
Ms O Cornelius, Academic Registrar
Ms J Newham, Secretariat
Ms A Pilgrim - Faculty Registrar/Manager (in rotation)
Apologies were received from:
Mr F Corsar, MPA
Professor T Hore, PDC
Ms A Ong, MUBS
Professor C Raper, Pharmacy
Associate Professor L Roller, Pharmacy
Professor A Sohal, Business and Economics
Professor J Whitelaw, Arts
M I N U T E S
| * 1. | STARRED ITEMS | |
| The Committee starred item 11.1 in addition to the items starred prior to the meeting, and items 15 and 16 were added to the Agenda. The Committee endorsed the recommendations for items other than those starred. | ||
| * 2. | MINUTES | |
| Subject to the inclusion of "McNicol" after the words "Associate Professor" in Minute 9.4, the Minutes of Meeting 8/95 were confirmed and signed. | ||
| The Committee noted that the minutes of Meeting 7/95 required amendment to Minute 8.3.9 as follows (amendments italicised): | ||
| "The Committee approved the proposal to allow students to enter the Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Engineering from level one in addition to level two, where previously only enrolment into level two had been permitted. The Committee noted that the Faculty intended to permit approximately 50% enrolment direct to first year and 50% transfer enrolment into second year." | Mr Secomb, Ms Brooks | |
| 3. | MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES | |
| 3.1 Marking and Selection Practices | ||
| Regarding Minute 3.4 Meeting 3/95, 4.3 Meeting 4/95, 4.2 Meeting 5/95, 4.2 Meeting 6/95, 3.2 Meeting 7/95 and 3.1 Meeting 8/95: the Committee noted that the information would be submitted to the Committee at a later date. | ||
| 3.2 Focus of Degrees | ||
| Regarding Minute 7 Meeting 5/95, 4.4 Meeting 6/95, 3.3 Meeting 7/95 and 3.2 Meeting 8/95: the Committee noted that information regarding the status of elective subjects within undergraduate degrees would be brought to the Committee at a later date. | ||
| 3.3 Grievance Policy | ||
| Regarding Minute 7 Meeting 6/95, 3.4 Meeting 7/95 and 3.3 Meeting 8/95: the Committee noted that a paper was being drafted for circulation to faculties regarding this matter. | ||
| 3.4 Third Year Level Studies | ||
| Regarding Minute 10.3 Meeting 5/95, 3.6 Meeting 7/95 and 3.5 Meeting 8/95: the Committee noted the information would be brought to a later meeting of the Committee. | ||
| 3.5 Fourth Year Honours Programs: Guidelines For Good Practice | ||
| Regarding Minute 7 meeting 8/95: the Committee noted the working party would report to Meeting 3/96 of the Education Committee. | ||
| * 3.6 Subject Quotas in the Faculty of Education | ||
| The Committee received a revised version of the documentation attached to the Agenda from the Faculty of Education regarding subject quotas at Gippsland, as requested at Minute 12.2, Meeting 8/95. (Attachment 1) | ||
| The Committee noted the rationale provided by the Faculty of Education for 1996 subject quotas and the selection criteria to be used in filling those quotas on the Gippsland campus. | Mr Yates, Ms Brooks |
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| * 3.7 New Subject in the Faculty of Arts | ||
| The Committee received revised documentation for the proposed subject, VSA4023/VAD4023/VAM4023/VAM5023 Museum Practice and Research, as requested at Minute 19.2.1, Meeting 8/95. | ||
| The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish the subject VSA4023/VAD4023/VAM4023/VAM5023 Museum Practice and Research. | Miss Jordon, Ms Brooks | |
| * 4. | MEMBERSHIP MATTERS | |
| 4.1 New Members | ||
| The Committee welcomed Associate Professor Neil Cameron (Faculty of Science) and Mr Gerry Tickell (Faculty of Education) to membership of the Committee, and noted that the new student representatives had not yet been formally appointed, although interim representation had been provided. | ||
| The Committee noted the advice of the Chair that in all cases it was better to send an alternate than to leave the Committee with incomplete representation. | Members | |
| 4.2 Undergraduate Evaluation Panel | ||
| The Committee noted that Mrs A McMillan (Faculty of Computing and Information Technology) was appointed by the Chair to replace Professor N Hallam as one of two members of the Committee responsible for the initial consideration of course and subject proposals, and noted that Associate Professor M Evans (Faculty of Business and Economics) would remain the other. | Mrs McMillan A/Prof Evans Ms Brooks | |
| The Chair reminded the Committee that Professors M King and W Young were the members of the evaluation panel which examined higher level proposals. | Prof King, Prof Young | |
| * 5. | SPECIALIST DEGREE TITLES | |
| The Committee received a number of documents circulated prior to the meeting or tabled at the meeting, each of which is attached to these Minutes. Attachment 2 is a paper prepared outlining the decisions of the working party; Attachment 3 a motion prepared by the Chair for the consideration of the Committee; Attachment 4 a paper prepared some time ago by the Student Services Division regarding transcripts; and Attachment 5 is a set of sample transcripts provided for the information of the Committee. Attachment 6 is a listing which was prepared for this Committee and revised for submission to the Academic Board, showing the range of undergraduate degree programs available at the University for 1996. The paper attached to these Minutes as Attachment 6 is the revised version submitted to the Academic Board. | ||
| The Committee considered Agenda Items 5 and 6 together, and made a number of recommendations to the Academic Board and to Faculty Boards. | ||
| With reference to the titles of degrees, the Committee endorsed certain but not all of the issues raised in the attached documents. For the sake of clarity, these decisions are reproduced in full in these Minutes, rather than referring to the documentation. | Ms Brooks, Faculty Registrars | |
| The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Board a number of principles regarding tagged degree titles, as follows: | ||
| When a degree is to be 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, and with reference to existing degree programs, the Committee: | ||
| 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; | A/Prof Alfredson, Mr Secomb |
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| 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; | Mr Tickell, Mr Yates |
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| 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; | A/Prof Barry, Miss Jordon | |
| 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. | A/Prof Evans, Ms Pilgrim | |
| Subsequent to the Meeting, a member of the Committee pointed out that the recommendations of the working party to simplify transcripts where possible and to include the major or specialisation on all transcripts had not been considered adequately by the Committee. As a result, the Chair agreed that this issue should be placed on the Agenda of Meeting 2/96 for full consideration. No recommendations regarding this matter have yet been made. | Members | |
| * 6. | UNDERGRADUATE COURSES OFFERED IN 1996 | |
| The Committee noted the list of the courses available in 1996 to both VTAC applicants and direct entry applicants provided by Student Admissions and Records. | ||
| The Committee also received further information regarding the range of degree programs available in 1996, and made a number of comments(see Minute 5 and Attachment 6 for clarification). | ||
| The Education Committee reviewed the range of undergraduate courses available in 1996, with reference to the request of the Academic Board in 1995 that the Committee ascertain whether the current range of programs constituted too large a spread of programs. | ||
| After consideration, the Committee decided, given the relative size of the faculties and the number of campuses, that a range of courses of the magnitude indicated in the attached documentation was reasonable. It also concluded that the current number and variety of double award programs was acceptable. | ||
| The Committee agreed to recommend that the Academic Board note the information provided by the Education Committee (detailed in Attachment 6 to these minutes) regarding the range of undergraduate degree programs available in 1996, and note also the assurance provided by that Committee when assessing undergraduate degree programs for offer in 1998. | Ms Brooks | |
| The Committee concluded, however, that careful consideration should be undertaken before further expansion of the number of tagged Bachelor of Business degree programs. | A/Prof Evans, Ms Pilgrim | |
| * 7. | GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF NEW COURSES | |
| The Committee noted the paper previously considered by the Associate Deans (Teaching), and agreed to refer the following statement to the Academic Board regarding the minimum number of places to be made available when developing a new course: | ||
| "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. 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." | Deans, Faculty Registrars | |
| * 8. | QUANTITATIVE SUMMARY OF SUBJECTS | |
| The Committee considered the draft memorandum and sample proformas prepared to help determine the subject summary information previously requested by the Academic Board. | ||
| After discussion, the Committee agreed to establish a small working party to consider the best method of obtaining the kind of information requested by the Board. The working party would comprise: Mrs A McMillan, Ms ER Brooks, Mr R Burnet (or a nominee from Student Services), Ms Cornelius, and a representative from the Statistical Services Section. Subsequent to the Meeting, it was agreed that Ms L Fairservice would join this working party to provide expertise related to the DEET reporting information, and Mr P Irvine would provide advice on behalf of the Information Systems Centre. | Mrs McMillan, Mr Burnet, Ms Cornelius, Ms Fairservice Mr Irvine, Ms Brooks |
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| The decision to establish the working party, however, did not compromise the Committee's agreement that a report of undergraduate subject information offered by the University would be provided at Education Committee Meeting 3/96 on 15 May 1996 and a report of ligher level subject information would be provided at Education Committee Meeting 5/96 on 14 August 1996. It was preferable, the Committee agreed, for the working party to establish a method of collecting the data from existing sources, but if necessary the information would be gathered in a manual exercise similar to that proposed in the Agenda. | Members, Ms Brooks |
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| * 9. | EXAMINATIONS REGULATIONS - RELATING TO SUBJECT ASSESSMENTS AND EXAMINATIONS | |
| The Committee considered the paper prepared by Associate Professor McNicol on this issue and decided to make the following recommendation to the Academic Board: | ||
| "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: | Mr Eddy, Ms Brooks |
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| 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." | ||
| The Committee also endorsed a suggestion from a member that the university's legislation be examined with a view to including the Education Policy and the Education Committee. | Mr Eddy, Ms Cornelius |
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| * 10. | STATEMENTS OF INTENT TO OFFER NEW COURSES IN 1997 | |
| For the purposes of inclusion of the programs in the 1997 VTAC Guide, the Education Committee noted the following specific courses, listed below, which faculties intend to offer in 1997 to commencing undergraduate students, and noted also that any of these programs which were 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 1997 VTAC Guide: | Faculty Registrars, Mr Vernon |
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| Bachelor of Applied Science / Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences) - Peninsula | ||
| Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Education - Peninsula | ||
| Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) / Bachelor of Education - Gippsland | ||
| 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 | ||
| 11. | FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS | |
| The Committee received the report from the Academic Administrator of the Faculty of Business and Economics and considered each item requiring action separately for transmission to the Academic Board. | ||
| 11.1 New Subject Proposals | ||
| 11.1.1 MKT4030 Advanced Business Research Methods for Honours | ||
| 11.1.2 MKT4020 History and Philosophy of Marketing | ||
| Revised versions of these proposals were tabled at the Meeting and are attached to these Minutes (Attachment 7). | ||
| The Committee endorsed for transmission to Academic Board the subject proposals listed in items 11.1.1 to 11.1.2 inclusive, subject to the approval of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics at Meeting 1/96, to be held on Wednesday 14 February 1996. | Ms Pilgrim | |
| * 12. | MONASH MT ELIZA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT LTD | |
| The Committee received a document from the Monash Mt Eliza School of Business and Government Ltd concerning proposed changes to the structure of the Master of Business Administration. | ||
| The Education Committee agreed to transmit this proposal for the restructure of the Master of Business Administration 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. | Ms Brooks | |
| 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, Faculty of Business and Economics, 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. | ||
| In addition, the Education Committee agreed to recommend to the Academic Board that the 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, and to recommend that this review be submitted to the Board via the Education Committee by August 1996. | ||
| Subsequent to the Meeting, a number of additional actions have been taken, and a full report of the deliberations of the Academic Board on this matter will be submitted to the next meeting of the Education Committee for information. | Ms Brooks | |
| 13. | FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | |
| The Committee received the report from Meeting 5/95 of the Board of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology held on 29 November 1995, the report from Meeting 1/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology held during the week of 22-29 January 1996, noted the advice of the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology and considered each item requiring action separately for transmission to the Academic Board. | ||
| * 13.1 New Course Proposals | ||
| 13.1.1 Bachelor of Information Systems | ||
| The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board 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. | Mr Hobbs | |
| 13.1.2 the honours degree of Bachelor of Information Systems | ||
| The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board 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. | Mr Hobbs | |
| 13.1.3 Bachelor of Business Systems / Bachelor of Laws | ||
| The Committee noted the memorandum from the Dean of the Faculty of Law, indicating in principle approval on behalf of the Faculty Board, which would not meet until 24 April 1996. | ||
| The Committee consider the matter of the proposed overloaded structure, and the proposed EFTSU allocation for the program in light of policies approved by the Education Committee and by Academic Board, and agreed that the overload was required for reasons of professional accreditation (in particular those of the legal profession) and was not excessive when taken in this light. In addition, the Committee reinforced its agreement with the principle that if an overload were necessary, it was better to acknowledge it (as here) than to try to hide the overload by underweighting the individual subjects undertaken by students. | Mr Hobbs, Ms Wilson |
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| Regarding the matter of the proposed EFTSU allocation, the Committee agreed that the proposed intake reflected the specific entrance requirements which, as agreed at item 7 of these Minutes, may make the number of students eligible for the course lower than the recommended minimum number of places. The Faculty agreed that were there to be more than ten students who satisfied the criteria for selection that those students would not be refused admission to the course. | Mr Hobbs, Ms Wilson |
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| The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish an award entitled Bachelor of Business Systems/Bachelor of Laws. | Mr Hobbs, Ms Wilson |
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| 13.1.4 Bachelor of Software Engineering | ||
| The Committee noted the advice of the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology that the Faculty would prefer that this course, and others as noted in these Minutes, be presented to the next Meeting of the Education Committee for approval, and should be properly included in the list of courses for which the faculties concerned had made statements of intent to offer. This change was made at the Meeting and is reflected in the Minute for Item 10. | Mr Hobbs | |
| 13.1.5 Bachelor of Digital Systems / Bachelor of Software Engineering | ||
| The Committee noted the advice of the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology that the Faculty would prefer that this course, and others as noted in these Minutes, be presented to the next Meeting of the Education Committee for approval, and should be properly included in the list of courses for which the faculties concerned had made statements of intent to offer. This change was made at the Meeting and is reflected in the Minute for Item 10. | Mr Hobbs | |
| 13.1.6 Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science)/Bachelor of Software Engineering | ||
| The Committee noted the advice of the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology that the Faculty would prefer that this course, and others as noted in these Minutes, be presented to the next Meeting of the Education Committee for approval, and should be properly included in the list of courses for which the faculties concerned had made statements of intent to offer. This change was made at the Meeting and is reflected in the Minute for Item 10. | Mr Hobbs | |
| 13.1.7 Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Software Engineering | ||
| The Committee noted the advice of the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology that the Faculty would prefer that this course, and others as noted in these Minutes, be presented to the next Meeting of the Education Committee for approval, and should be properly included in the list of courses for which the faculties concerned had made statements of intent to offer. This change was made at the Meeting and is reflected in the Minute for Item 10. | Mr Hobbs | |
| 13.1.8 Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Software Engineering | ||
| The Committee noted the advice of the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology that the Faculty would prefer that this course, and others as noted in these Minutes, be presented to the next Meeting of the Education Committee for approval, and should be properly included in the list of courses for which the faculties concerned had made statements of intent to offer. This change was made at the Meeting and is reflected in the Minute for Item 10. | Mr Hobbs | |
| 13.1.9 Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Software Engineering | ||
| The Committee noted the advice of the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology that the Faculty would prefer that this course, and others as noted in these Minutes, be presented to the next Meeting of the Education Committee for approval, and should be properly included in the list of courses for which the faculties concerned had made statements of intent to offer. This change was made at the Meeting and is reflected in the Minute for Item 10. | Mr Hobbs | |
| 13.2 New Subject Proposals | ||
| 13.2.1 SYS2104 System Development Methods | ||
| 13.2.2 SYS3550 Information Systems Project | ||
| The Committee endorsed for transmission to Academic Board the subject proposals listed in items 13.2.1 to 13.2.2 inclusive. | Mr Hobbs | |
| 14. | FACULTY OF MEDICINE | |
| * 14.1 Amendment to Existing Course | ||
| 14.1.1 Bachelor of Nursing - Change to Structure of both programs | ||
| The Committee endorsed for transmission to Academic Board 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 the programs have the same structure, subject to the approval of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine at Meeting 1/96, to be held on 7 February 1996. | Ms Hind | |
| 15. | PSYCHOLOGY SUBJECTS WITHIN THE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE STRUCTURE | |
| Two documents were tabled at the Meeting related to this issue. The first (Attachment 8) referred to the concerns of the Faculty of Science regarding the ability or inability of Arts students to undertake a major in Psychology as part of the Bachelor of Arts degree program. Attachment 9 outlined a number of points for the Committee to consider. | A/Prof Barry, A/Prof Cameron Miss Jordon, Dr Rodan | |
| The Committee agreed to request further information from both the Faculties of Arts and Science for its Meeting 2/96, and to discuss the matter at that time. | ||
| 16. | OPEN LEARNING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | |
| The Committee agreed to endorse the recommendation to establish this standing subcommittee, subject to the inclusion of Mr J Harris, Director of the Distance Education Centre in the list of members of the Committee, and the amendment of the student membership from "Distance Education or Open Learning student" to "Distance Education AND Open Learning students" (two students in total). | Ms Brooks | |
| 17. | NEXT MEETING | |
| The Committee noted that the next meeting of the Education Committee was scheduled for Wednesday 20 March 1996 at 9 am in the Sir George Lush Room, University Offices, Clayton Campus. | ||
| Single-sided submissions for this Agenda should be hand-delivered or sent via email no later than Friday 8 March 1996, and initial course and subject proposals should be received as close to Wednesday 21 February as possible. | Members |
Membership
Professor R J Pargetter (Chairman)
Associate Professor R Alfredson, Engineering
Mr J Beggs, MUSU, Inc.
Professor J Bowers, Nursing
Associate Professor E Barry, Arts
Associate Professor N Cameron, Science
Ms B L Chew, MPA
Mr F Corsar, MPA
Professor L Chipman, Distance Ed (Alternate Chair)
Associate Professor M Evans, Business and Economics
Mr D Imber, MSA
Professor M King, PhD and Scholarships Committee
Mrs A McMillan, Computing and Information Technology
Associate Professor S McNicol, Law
Professor J Redmond, Art and Design
Associate Professor L Roller, Pharmacy
Associate Professor G Taylor, Medicine
Mr G Tickell, Education
Associate Professor B Young, Co-Opted
In Attendance
Mr R Burnet, Student Services
Professor T Hore, PDC
Professor C Raper, Pharmacy
Professor A Sohal, Business and Economics
Professor J Whitelaw, Arts
Faculty Registrar/Manager (in rotation)
Executive Officer
Ms E R Brooks, Secretariat
Distribution
Mr P Annal, Computer Centre
Ms S Bolton, Art & Design
Mr R Cochrane, M I Pty
Ms O Cornelius, Secretariat
Prof P LeP Darvall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Mr B Eddy, Solicitor's Office
Ms H Hind, Nursing
Ms C Holland, Arts
Ms E Knowles, Student Services
Mr E Lim, Librarian
Ms J Newham
Ms S Parker, Bus & Eco
Ms M Rambert, FCIT
Mr P Summers, Policy and Planning
All Faculty Deans
All Faculty Registrars/Administrators