Monash University Secretariat - Education Committee - Minutes

Meeting 2/96 of the Education Committee was held on Wednesday 20 March 1996 at 9:00 am in the Sir George Lush Room, University Offices, Clayton campus.

* 1.	STARRED ITEMS
	The Committee starred items 3.3, 3.6, 8, 10, 13.4 and 15.2 in addition to those starred prior to the meeting, and item 3.9 was added to the Agenda. The Committee endorsed the recommendations for items other than those starred.

* 2.	MINUTES

	The Committee approved the Minutes of Meeting 1/96 subject to the following amendment to item 5, dot point 5 (changes italicised):

	"noted a review of programs from the Faculty of Education was being conducted, 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;"	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, 3.1 Meeting 8/95 and 3.1 Meeting 1/96: the Committee noted that the information would be submitted at a later date.	Ms Brooks

	3.2 Focus of Degrees

	Regarding Minute 7 Meeting 5/95, 4.4 Meeting 6/95, 3.3 Meeting 7/95, 3.2 Meeting 8/95 and 3.2 Meeting 1/96: the Committee noted that information regarding the status of elective subjects within undergraduate degrees would be brought to the Committee at a later date.	Ms Brooks

	* 3.3 Grievance Policy

	Regarding Minute 7 Meeting 6/95, 3.4 Meeting 7/95, 3.3 Meeting 8/95 and 3.3 Meeting 1/96: the Committee noted that a paper was being drafted for circulation to faculties regarding this matter. A student member of the Committee queried whether this document would also be circulated to the student organisations, and was informed by the Chair that the document would provide an overarching policy for the University concerning grievance matters, and that it would certainly be considered by the Education Committee as a whole before it was implemented.	Ms Brooks

	3.4 Third Year Level Studies

	Regarding Minute 10.3 Meeting 5/95, 3.6 Meeting 7/95, 3.5 Meeting 8/95 and 3.4 Meeting 1/96: the Committee noted that the information would be brought to a later meeting.	Ms Brooks

	3.5 Fourth Year Honours Programs: Guidelines For Good Practice

	Regarding Minute 7 Meeting 8/95 and 3.5 Meeting 1/96: the Committee noted that the working party would meet on Friday 22 March 1996 and would report to Meeting 3/96 of the Education Committee.	Prof King, Ms Brooks

	* 3.6 Quantitative Summary Of Subjects

	Regarding Minute 8 Meeting 1/96: the Committee noted that the working party had met twice and would make a report regarding this matter to Education Committee Meeting 3/96. After the Chair queried whether the report would be delivered to the Academic Board within the timeframe specified, Ms McMillan gave the Committee a brief interim report regarding the deliberations of the working party and assured the Committee that the schedule for reporting to the Academic Board would be met.	Ms McMillan, Ms Brooks

	3.7 Examinations Regulations - Relating To Subject Assessments And Examinations

	Regarding Minute 9 Meeting 1/96: the Academic Board forwarded the recommendation made by the Education Committee to the University Solicitor's Office for action. However, subsequent to the Education Committee Meeting, further advice was received from the Faculty of Law regarding the matter. This advice was also forwarded to the University Solicitor for consideration.	A/Prof McNicol, Ms Brooks

	The Committee received and noted this information.

	3.8 Master Of Business Administration - course amendment

	Regarding Minute 12 Meeting 1/96: the Committee noted that the Academic Board made a number of additional recommendations regarding this matter and received an extract from the unconfirmed Minutes of the Academic Board.

	* 3.9 Legislation for Courses to be offered in 1997.

	The Committee noted the advice of the Chair that Council had commented on the large number of courses currently available to students for which there is no legislation. The Chair informed the Committee that he had guaranteed Council that undergraduate courses for which legislation had not been prepared by the end of 1996 would not be permitted to have an intake in 1997.	Members, Faculty Registrars, University Solicitor, Ms Cornelius

	Members of the Committee expressed concern at this information, primarily regarding whether the University Solicitor's Office would be able to cope with this additional demand, and were assured that the Solicitor's Office had been advised of the necessity to complete the drafting process. Professor Pargetter advised members that Faculty staff would need to ensure that formal and complete drafting instructions had been prepared and were available to the Solicitor's Office. In response to a question from a member of the Committee, the Chair advised that the Solicitor's Office would prefer to receive instructions rather than draft legislation, as they were endeavouring to create uniform legislation in a different style from that used previouly.

	The Committee agreed that the Academic Registrar should monitor the progress of the drafting of the legislation and should keep the Committee informed of this matter.

4.	MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

	* 4.1 Student Members

	The Committee welcomed Ms Bee Ling Chew in her new capacity as representative of Masters candidates and noted that MUFSO would formally notify the Committee regarding student representation as soon as possible.	Ms Anderson

* 5.	RECORDING OF SPECIALISATIONS ON DEGREE TESTAMURS AND/OR ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS

	Included in the paper circulated to the last meeting of the Committee regarding specialist titles of degrees was the suggestion of the Working Party that specialisations or major sequences be recorded on University transcripts but not on degree testamurs. On the recommendation of a member of the Committee subsequent to Meeting 1/96 of the Education Committee, this issue was highlighted for further discussion.

	The Committee received the paper previously prepared by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor regarding the matter of including specialisations on a degree testamur, and considered the matter at some length. The Committee also received a statement from the Faculty of Business and Economics regarding the matter (Attachment 1).

	The Chair reminded the Committee that although the working party had recommended simplifying the testamurs of students wherever possible, the main point of the particular statement in question was that specialisations or majors should be included on transcripts. The Committee wholeheartedly endorsed this statement.	Mr Burnet

	After some debate the Committee agreed that faculties should be permitted to make a case to the University Council if they wished to include the specialisation of the student in the wording of the official testamur for a particular degree. However, the Committee further agreed that prior to making such a case to Council, the faculty would be required to define the administrative process which would be used to determine the specialisation proposed to be included.	Deans, Faculty Registrars, Mr Burnet

* 6.	QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES

	The Committee received at Meeting 8/95 the draft versions of revised procedures and proformas and cover sheets for subject and course approvals and amendments. A number of comments were received regarding these drafts, and these comments and the proposed procedures were considered by the Committee.

	A number of minor amendments were suggested, and an amended version of the papers will be circulated to the members and interested parties in the near future. A suggestion from the Faculty of Arts to reduce even further the reporting requirements was considered but was not agreed to at this time, as it was considered that the delegation of authority to approve subjects and amendments to subjects required a certain level of reporting to the central administrative bodies.	Members, Faculty Registrars, Ms Brooks

	In addition, the Committee was advised that proposals for subjects intended to be included in the 1997 university handbooks would need to be submitted within the next few months. The Executive Officer agreed to investigate the exact deadline further and inform Faculties as soon as possible.	Members, Faculty Registrars, Ms Brooks

* 7.	SUMMER SCHOOL SUBJECTS

	The Committee considered the question of whether amending a subject to allow it to be taught in an intensive mode was a major or a minor change to that subject. After some discussion of the possible implications of such a change (eg workload, objectives, learning mode), the Committee agreed that this type of change should be included in the category of major amendments, and as such should be reported to the Education Committee by the Faculty.	Faculty Registrars, Ms Brooks

* 8.	MAKING THE TRANSITION: A CONFERENCE ON THE TRANSITION FROM SECONDARY SCHOOL TO UNIVERSITY

	The Committee received and noted the draft paper "Making the Transition: A conference on the transition from secondary school to university". A student member commented that a number of the issues highlighted in the paper also needed to be addressed for later year students, but the Committee agreed generally that at the present time the focus should remain on the transistion year, although endorsing the comment of the student member.

9.	AUSTRALIAN QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK

	The Committee noted the information submitted by Mr Vernon regarding the Australian Qualifications Framework.

* 10.	SUBJECT EVALUATIONS

	The Committee noted that the core questions used in the subject evaluation process would be reconsidered by the Associate Deans (Teaching), and noted the information provided by Professor Hore regarding the current core questions.

	In addition, Professor Hore drew the attention of the Committee to the second of the two papers attached to the Agenda, and advised the Committee that the issue of greater freedom for individual faculties to vary the questionnaire and greater responsibility for Associate Deans (Teaching) in the subject evaluation process also would be considered at the meeting of the Associate Deans (Teaching) to be held on Friday 29 March.	Ms Brooks



11.	CASEY TAFE COURSE

	The Committee noted the change of name of the Associate Diploma of Business in Hospitality Supervision to Diploma in Hospitality (Management) made by the Casey College of TAFE in accordance with the Australian Qualifications Framework recommendations, and noted that this amendment affected the following double award programs of the University (listed with their amended titles):
	Bachelor of Tourism / Diploma in Hospitality (Management) Bachelor of Business / Diploma in Hospitality (Management)	Ms McLachlan, Ms Brooks

* 12.	VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

	The Committee noted the further information provided by the Dean of the Victorian College of Pharmacy regarding the pre-registration internships required of students enrolled in a revised four year Bachelor of Pharmacy degree program. In response to a question from a member, the representative of the Victorian College of Pharmacy agreed that she would contact Austudy immediately regarding the status of students enrolled in the proposed fourth year and the internship, but advised that she anticipated no difficulties with the proposal from Austudy as the change was occurring in all Pharmacy programs in Australia.	Mr Watson

	The Committee further noted that full details of the internship program could not be provided until the program had actually been implemented.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal presented at Education Committee Meeting 8/95 to amend the existing three year Bachelor of Pharmacy to allow it to be taught as a four year program, with introduction of this new structure to take place from Semester 1 1997.	Mr Watson

13.	FACULTY OF ARTS

	The Committee received the Report from Meeting 1/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts held on 21 February 1996, noted the proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for transmission to the Academic Board.

	13.1 New Course Proposal

	* 13.1.1 Bachelor of Applied Science / Bachelor of Arts (Social Science)

	The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Arts gave in principle approval to this proposal, and that it had been more fully considered by the Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Faculty of Arts, by the Executive of that Faculty, and by the Education Committee of the Faculty of Science.

	The Committee noted that this course would be offered on the Peninsula campus from Semester 1 1997.


	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new double degree program, to be titled Bachelor of Applied Science / Bachelor of Arts (Social Science).	Ms Jordon, Dr Rodan

	13.2 New Subject Proposals

	13.2.1 MFA6650 The Law of International Organisations

	13.2.2 MFA6760 Asia Pacific: Regional Evolution and Great Power Conflict

	13.2.3MFA6540 Managing People and Organisations

	13.2.4MFAxxxx Three Unit Research Paper

	* 13.2.5 GSC2603 Content Analysis and Quantitative Research

	13.2.6PER2040 Making Performance: Theory and Practice

	13.2.7SCYxxxx The Sociology of Men and Masculinity

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to Academic Board the subject proposals listed in items 13.2.1 to 13.2.4 inclusive, and 13.2.6 and 13.2.7 inclusive.	Ms Jordon

	The Committee considered item 13.2.5, having noted that this proposal was referred to the Faculty for further consultation by Education Committee Meeting 8/95. The Committee received a tabled memorandum from Professor King regarding the matter (Attachment 2). Issues regarding the level of this subject and the expertise in the area in question of the faculty wishing to present the subject were raised, and the Committee agreed to request that further amendment to the proposal be made to the subject prior to the Distance Education materials printing date of 29 March. A report of the outcome, and the revised subject proposal, will be presented to the next Education Committee Meeting.	A/Prof Barry, A/Prof Evans, Ms Brooks

	In addition to other points raised by the Committee as outlined above, the credit point value of the subject was queried, as the subject was indicated as intended for offer at two different point values, depending upon the location of the subject. The Committee had previously agreed that this would not be an acceptable practice in future (see Minute 10.1.1 Meeting 7/95), and were advised that only the six point value for the subject, to be offered at the Berwick campus, should be considered.	Ms Jordon

	13.3 Minor Amendments to Subjects

	The Faculty of Arts recommended the following minor amendments to existing subjects as follows:

	13.3.1 Comparative Sociology - change in name of stream to Comparative Societies;
	13.3.2 MUS2510/MUS2520 Orchestral, Choral and Chamber Performance and Repertoire - to be coded additionally as MUS3510/MUS3520 Orchestral, Choral and Chamber Performance and Repertoire;
	13.3.3 MUS3980/MUS3990 Solo and Duo Performance - amendment to require permission of the Head of the Department and achievement of Distinction result in MUS2980/MUS2990 Solo and Duo Performance prior to admission to subject at third year level; and
	13.3.4 LAT1070 Language and Literature 1 and LAT1080 Language and Literature 2 - to be reinstated as offerings of the Faculty for 1996;

	The Committee noted the minor amendments to existing subjects of the Faculty of Arts, as listed in items 13.3.1 to 13.3.4.	Ms Jordon

	* 13.4 PER2000 Aesthetics of Performance

	The subject PER2000 Aesthetics of Performance was approved at Education Committee Meeting 8/95, but at that meeting the representative of the Faculty of Arts indicated that the Library Impact Statement might be of interest to the Committee.

	The Committee received and noted the Library Impact Statement for the subject PER2000 Aesthetics of Performance. The Committee expressed concern that, in meeting the necessary funding for library provisions for this subject, other subjects should not be affected adversely; the attention of the University Librarian is drawn to this statement.	Prof Lim, Ms Brooks

	In future, the Committee agreed not to approve for introduction any subject proposals with Library Impact Statements indicating a need for additional funding without indicating where this additional funding might be found.	Prof Lim, Ms Brooks

	13.5 Assessment in Performance Based Subjects

	13.5.1 Double Marking

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts that assessment for students in performance based subjects should, where appropriate, include a written component as well as a performance component. In the case of a disputed result, the written component must be marked by another qualified member of the department; and the performance component should be assessed by more than one examiner at the time of the performance. The respective "weighting" of each examiner's assessment should be determined by the head of the department and advertised in the subject handbook.	Ms Jordon



	* 13.5.2 Group Assessment Criteria

	The Committee agreed that it would be of benefit to be able to differentiate between superlative and average performance in group assessed subjects, and endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Arts as detailed below.

	The Committee agreed that its approval of the proposed grading system would be subject to advice from the Examinations and Certifications Branch of Student Services regarding implementation of the proposed scale.	Mr Burnet, Mr Thorburn

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts that in subjects where assessment can discriminate between contributors to a jointly submitted work or performance, this should be done, and the criteria for such assessment advertised in the same way that criteria for assessment is advertised in subject handbooks for every subject in the Faculty; and where it is impossible or undesirable to discriminate between individual contributions to a group project/performance, the grades should be returned as follows: "Group Assessment HD/D/C/P/NN" (with appropriate abbreviation).	Ms Jordon

14.	FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

	The Committee received the Report of Meeting 1/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics held on 14 February 1996, noted the proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for transmission to the Academic Board.

	* 14.1 New Course Proposals

	14.1.1 Master of Accountancy

	The Committee considered that it would be premature to approve this proposal after noting that the proposal was developed prior to the endorsement of the Graduate Studies Policy. The Committee therefore referred the proposal to the Faculty of Business and Economics for further discussion and relation of the proposal to the new policy document, with particular attention to be paid to the anticipated level of study.	Ms Pilgrim

	14.1.2 Graduate Diploma in Retail and Wholesale Management

	The Committee noted that this course would be offered through the Caulfield campus by Distance Education.


	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new course, to be titled Graduate Diploma in Retail and Wholesale Management.	Ms Pilgrim

	14.1.3 Graduate Certificate in Banking and Finance

	The Committee noted that this course would be offered on the Caulfield campus.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new course, to be titled Graduate Certificate in Banking and Finance.	Ms Pilgrim

	14.1.4 Graduate Certificate in Marketing

	The Committee noted that this course would be offered on the Caulfield campus for on-campus and Open Learning students and through the Gippsland campus for Distance Education students.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new course, to be titled Graduate Certificate in Marketing.	Ms Pilgrim

	14.1.5 Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Business (Management)

	The Committee had previously noted that this proposal to offer a new double degree program through the Faculties of Business and Economics and Computing and Information Technology was approved by the Board of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology at Meeting 5/95, held on 29 November 1995.

	The Committee received replacement pages for page 0468 (Attachment 3) and noted the advice of the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology regarding the proposed overload to the course. The proposal should have, added to the section regarding the workload on page 0466 of the Agenda, the following phrase: " and similarly the requirements for membership of the Australian Computer Society."

	The Committee accepted the rationale presented for the proposed overload in the course (on the basis of professional/accreditation requirements), and noted that this course would be offered on the Peninsula campus.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new double degree program, to be titled Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Business (Management).	Ms Pilgrim, Mr Hobbs



	14.1.6 Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Tourism (Development and Policy)

	The Committee noted that this course would be offered on the Berwick campus.

	The Committee noted the advice of the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty of Business and Economics regarding the title of the proposed double degree, and agreed that this matter should be finalised prior to the meeting of the Academic Board and the resultant decision reported to the next meeting of the Education Committee. The Committee further noted the stipulation of the Faculty of Business and Economics that the quota for the course was to be made available from outside the normal faculty quota and agreed to endorse the proposal subject to a satisfactory resolution of this matter.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new double degree program, to be titled Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Tourism (Development and Policy), subject to a final decision regarding the name of the proposed course and to a decision regarding the provision of the quota for the course.	Ms Pilgrim, Ms McLachlan

	14.1.7 Bachelor of Business / Associate Diploma of Business (Marketing)

	The Committee noted that this double award course would be offered on the Berwick campus in conjunction with the Casey College of TAFE.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new double degree program, to be titled Bachelor of Business / Associate Diploma of Business (Marketing).	Ms Pilgrim, Ms McLachlan

	14.1.8 Bachelor of Business / Diploma of Information Technology (Technical and User Support)

	The Committee noted that this double award course would be offered on the Berwick campus in conjunction with the Casey College of TAFE.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new double degree program, to be titled Bachelor of Business / Diploma of Information Technology (Technical and User Support).	Ms Pilgrim, Ms McLachlan

	* 14.2 Amendments to Existing Courses

	14.2.1 Master of Taxation - amendment to structure and admission requirements

	The Committee noted that this proposal superseded the proposal approved by the Education Committee at Meeting 7/95.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to amend the structure and admission requirements of the existing course titled Master of Taxation.	Ms Pilgrim

	14.2.2 Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) - specification of compulsory subjects

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to specify the compulsory subjects for the existing course titled Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance).	Ms Pilgrim

	14.2.3 Bachelor of Commerce (Business Statistics) - specification of compulsory subjects

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to specify the compulsory subjects for the existing course titled Bachelor of Commerce (Business Statistics).	Ms Pilgrim

	14.2.4 Bachelor of Commerce (Strategic Management) - specification of compulsory subjects

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to specify the compulsory subjects for the existing course titled Bachelor of Commerce (Strategic Management).	Ms Pilgrim

	14.2.5 Bachelor of Business Studies - amendment to structure

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to replace the subject ACC6510 Quantitative Methods with the subject ECM1640/BMS11 Business Mathematics and Statistics in the structure of the existing course titled Bachelor of Business Studies.	Ms Pilgrim

	14.2.6 Bachelor of Business / Diploma in Hospitality (Management) - to be offered on the Berwick campus in addition to the Gippsland campus

	The Committee noted that this proposal would allow students to enrol in this double award program on the Berwick campus or on the Gippsland campus in conjunction with the Casey College of TAFE. This proposal also allows local students to enrol in this course, previously available only to international students.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to offer the existing course titled Bachelor of Business / Diploma in Hospitality (Management) on the Berwick campus in addition to the Gippsland campus.	Ms Pilgrim, Ms McLachlan

	14.3 New Subject Proposals

	14.3.1ACC6000 Retailing and Financial Management

	14.3.2 AAF4860/ECO4860/ECM4860/MGC4860 Economics and Commerce Issues Seminar

	14.3.3 GBUxxxx Advanced Management Accounting

	14.3.4GBUxxxx International Accounting

	14.3.5GBUxxxx Management Accounting and Control Systems

	14.3.6GBUxxxx Advanced Financial Accounting

	14.3.7MKT4030 Advanced Research Methods for Marketing Honours

	14.3.8MKT4020 History and Philosophy of Marketing

	14.3.9MGM3xxx Introduction to Management Research Methods

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the subjects proposals listed in items 14.3.1 to 14.3.6 inclusive.	Ms Pilgrim

	The Committee noted that the subject proposal listed in item 14.3.7 was approved at Education Committee Meeting 1/96, although the title had been amended (the title approved at Meeting 1/96 was "Advanced Business Research Methods for Honours").	Ms Pilgrim

	The Committee noted that the subject proposal listed in item 14.3.8 was approved at Education Committee Meeting 1/96.	Ms Pilgrim

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the subject proposal listed in item 14.3.9.	Ms Pilgrim

	14.4 Amendments to Existing Subjects

	14.4.1MKT6160 Marketing Theory and Practice - to be additionally coded and offered by Distance Education

	14.4.2MKT6110 Buyer Behaviour - to be additionally coded and offered by Distance Education

	14.4.3MKT6120 Marketing Research and Forecasting - to be additionally coded and offered by Distance Education

	14.4.4MKT6341 Marketing in the Foreign Environment - to be additionally coded and offered by Distance Education

	14.4.5FIN5xxx Tax Policy and Constitutional Issues - revision to assessment and increase in credit points from six to twelve.

	14.4.6FIN5xxx Current Issues in Tax Planning - revision to assessment and increase in credit points from six to twelve.

	14.4.7FIN5xxx Asian Taxation - revision to assessment and increase in credit points from six to twelve.

	14.4.8GDA6008 Strategic Policy and Entrepreneurship - revision to assessment.

	14.4.9GBU8057 Organisational Change and Development - revision to assessment.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the amendments to subjects detailed in items 14.4.1 to 14.4.9 inclusive.	Ms Pilgrim

15.	FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

	That the Committee received the Report from Faculty Board Meeting 2/96 held on 6 March 1995 and considered each item requiring action separately for transmission to the Academic Board.

	15.1 New Course Proposal

	15.1.1 Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Education

	See Item 16.2.1.

	The Committee noted the approval of the Board of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology for the proposal to offer a Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Education, subject to resolution of the EFTSU load issue between the Dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology and the Dean of the Faculty of Education.	Mr Hobbs, Mr Yates

	* 15.2 New Subject Proposals

	15.2.1MAT1811 Mathematics I-D

	15.2.2MAT1812 Mathematics II-D

	15.2.3SYS4280 Strategic Issues in Electronic Commerce


	The Committee noted, on the advice of the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, that the subject proposals for items 15.2.1 and 15.2.2 were incomplete, but agreed to endorse the proposals for transmission to the Academic Board subject to presentation of the corrected proposals to the next meeting of the Education Committee.	Mr Hobbs

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the subject proposal listed in item 15.2.3 subject to clarification of the question of consultation with the School of Business and Electronic Commerce.	Mr Hobbs

16.	FACULTY OF EDUCATION

	The Committee received and noted course proposals and a memorandum from the Faculty of Education, and noted the authorisation of the Dean of the Faculty of Education for the course proposals.

	* 16.1 Amendments to Titles of Existing Courses

	The Committee received a revised version of the memorandum included in the Agenda (p 0575) regarding the proposed amendments to titles of courses offered by the Faculty (Attachment 4).	Mr Yates

	The Committee:

	noted that the following arrangements regarding degree titles and structure would take effect from 1997
1.
	noted that the following degrees of the Faculty of Education would have no further intake: Bachelor of Education [one year program] Bachelor of Education (Primary) Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Bachelor of Education (School Librarianship) Bachelor of Education (Primary and Secondary) Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood) Bachelor of Teaching Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) Bachelor of Teaching (Primary and Secondary)
	noted that the Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood) would have no further intake.
	approved the proposal of the Faculty to retitle the three year Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) as Bachelor of Education and noted that this three year BEd would not be available as a single degree except in cases of students undertaking the four year degrees (see 5 below) who elected to graduate after three years. Further, the Committee noted that this arrangement would be phased out over the next two years.
	approved the following four year degrees (noting that these awards were previously double awards of the Faculty and were to be included in a different structure): Bachelor of Early Childhood Education - to replace Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood) / Bachelor of Education Bachelor of Primary Education - to replace Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) / Bachelor of Education Bachelor of Primary and Secondary Education - to replace Bachelor of Teaching / Bachelor of Education (Primary and Secondary)
	noted that students deemed to have completed the equivalent of three years post secondary education with relevant qualifications and experience would be eligible to undertake the final year of whichever of the above four year degrees (see 5 above) was considered by the Faculty the most appropriate.
	noted that the title of the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) would be amended to Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education as indicated above.

	* 16.2 New Course Proposals

	16.2.1 Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Education

	The Committee noted that this double degree program would be offered on the Peninsula and Gippsland campuses.

	The Committee also noted that this proposal referred throughout to the new title of the previously titled Bachelor of Teaching (Primary).

	The Committee received and endorsed a memorandum providing the rationale for the workload overload expected of students enrolled in this double degree program.

	See also Item 15.1.1.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new double degree program, to be titled Bachelor of Computing / Bachelor of Education, subject to satisfactory resolution of matters relating to the EFTSU load for the new course which were to be considered further by the Deans of the Faculties of Education and Computing and Information Technology.	Mr Yates, Mr Hobbs

	16.2.2 Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) / Bachelor of Education

	The Committee noted that this double degree program would be offered on the Gippsland campus.

	The Committee also noted that this proposal referred throughout to the new title of the previously titled Bachelor of Teaching (Primary).

	The Committee received a memorandum providing the rationale for the workload overload expected of students enrolled in this double degree program, but was not satisfied regarding the workload expected of the students in the first semester of their final year. The proposed 32 points exceeded the maximum of 30 points in a semester recommended by the Committee, and the Committee requested reconsideration of this matter, and a reduction in the expected workload for that semester.

	The Committee endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposal to establish a new double degree program, to be titled Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) / Bachelor of Education, subject to reduction of the workload expected of the students in the first semester of the fourth year.	Mr Yates, Ms Jordon

	16.3 Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Education

	The Committee noted that the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Arts intended to present minor amendments to the structure of the BA / BEd to the next meeting of the Education Committee, and noted also that the new version of the course was forwarded for inclusion in the VTAC Guide.	Mr Yates, Ms Jordon

17.	COURSES NOT PRESENTED TO THIS MEETING

	The Committee noted that the following courses, although foreshadowed at the last Education Committee Meeting, would not be included in the VTAC Guide for 1997:	Ms Knowles

	Bachelor of Applied Science / Bachelor of Education - Peninsula
	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) / Bachelor of Software Engineering - 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

18.	NEXT MEETING

	The Committee noted that the next Meeting of the Education Committee would be held on Wednesday 15 May 1996 and that subject proposal submissions for that meeting will be due on 17 April; full reports will be due before 3 May.	Members

	The Committee further noted that submissions should be electronically delivered where possible, or hand delivered (single sided copies only).

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Education Committee Meeting 2/96