Meeting 1/99 of the Education Committee was held on Wednesday, 27 January 1999 at 10:00 am in the Sir George Lush Room, University Offices, Clayton Campus.

Apologies: Telephone: 9905 9001; email: Sally.Stafford@adm.monash.edu.au

Professor A Lindsay, Chair

Professor M Evans, Associate Chair of Academic Board

Associate Professor P Gronn, Education

Professor J Harris, CHED

Associate Professor J Hurst, Information Technology

Professor L Johnson, MME

Professor M King, PhD and Scholarships Committee

Dr K Macrae, Science

Dr B McSherry, Law

Associate Professor K Ng, Engineering

Professor L Piterman, Medicine

Professor G Taylor, Medicine

Professor G Webb, CHED

Associate Professor R Young, Co-opted

Mr C Avram, Information Technology

Mr K Bensley, Art & Design

Associate Professor A Farley, Business and Economics

Associate Professor L Nethercott, Business and Economics

Associate Professor L Roller, Pharmacy

Professor T Threadgold, Arts

Mr R Burnet, Student Services

Mr G Nagtzaam (for Item 4.)

Dr P Rodan, Faculty Registrar/Science

Mr C Vernon, Monash International

Ms S Wolfe (for Item 4.)

The Committee noted that certain items had been starred as requiring discussion. The Committee starred additional Items A7 and B6.5. The Committee endorsed the recommendations for items other than those starred.

The Committee approved the Minutes of Meeting 8/98 as circulated.

The Committee noted that the items put forward in its Report to Academic Board at Meeting 8/98 on 25 November were approved as submitted.

A Revised Report was circulated (p A1-A5).

The Committee received the revised document Monash University Special Consideration Policy Guidelines and considered its recommendations (extracted below) in light of previous discussion at meeting 8/98 of the Associate Deans (Teaching) and input received from Faculties.

The Committee gave endorsement in principle to the recommendations of the Working Party as set out in the Guidelines document. However, before submitting the document for approval by Academic Board at Meeting 2/98 on 24 February, further amendments will be made:

• The Committee agreed that the recommendations of the Working Party as set out in the Guidelines would be recast to differentiate principles from procedures.
• In addition, the revised recommendations will include specific amendments highlighted by members in discussion.
• The amended Guidelines document will be circulated to Faculties for additional input before being relayed to Academic Board by its submission deadline of 8 February.

A revised policy document and memorandum was circulated (pA7-A14). A further revision is attached.

The Committee noted the advice of Ms A Lazar, Deputy University Solicitor and considered the revised Discipline and Grievance Policies for Open Learning Students. The Committee endorsed the Policies for submission to Academic Board subject to revisions now incorporated into the document attached.

The Committee noted the proposal circulated (p A15 - A31), outlining:

(1) an approach for presenting the Learning and Teaching Operational plan 1999

(2) a strategy for integrating the LTOP 1999 into the Monash Planning and Review Cycle.

The Chair advised the Committee that the draft performance indicators set out on page 3 of the document were the result of consultation with Faculties and provided a preliminary set of indicators as a means for monitoring progress. He noted that the further development of the indicators and their alignment with indicators set out in the Monash Plan would be part of an ongoing iterative process. After deliberation Professor A Lindsay suggested that he would initiate further discussion with Professor PleP Darvall, Professor M Evans, and Professor M King to ensure that indicators employed to monitor learning and teaching are consistent with those related to research and research training.

A document is attached. (Attachment – Item A8.)

The Committee received the updated membership table attached and noted that some details have yet to be finalised.

A document was circulated.

The Committee noted the circulated table setting out Meeting and submission dates for Education Committee and for the Associate Deans (Teaching).

The Committee received and noted two tabled documents:

• a document provided by the Monash Postgraduate Association, Identifying the Needs of Coursework Postgraduate Students.
• an updated evaluation panel roster and contact details for 1999.

*B1.1.1 Proposal to offer the Bachelor of Design at the Sunway Campus, Malaysia

A document was circulated (p1).

The Committee endorsed the proposal of the Faculty of Art & Design to offer the Bachelor of Design at the Sunway campus, Malaysia in on-campus mode commencing in Semester 2 1999. Further the Committee noted that this proposal was approved at Faculty Board Meeting 3/98 and had been endorsed by the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee and transmitted to Academic Board for approval at Meeting 1/99.

*B2.1 Major Amendment to Existing Subjects

The Committee noted that major changes to GRN2075/GRN2085 were approved by the Executive of the Faculty of Arts at its Meeting of 8 January 1999.

The Committee received the Report of Meeting 7/98 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p7-16).

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the establishment of a Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning to be offered from Semester 1 1999 in on-campus mode at the Caulfield campus and by distance education.

A document was circulated (p17-26).

The Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the course structure for the Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance to allow for the taking of four required subjects and four electives rather than eight required subjects.

A document was circulated (p27).

The Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Business and Economics to replace the core subject BEG3640 Electronic Commerce Project Management by the subject GCO3807 Project Management in the Bachelor of Business and Electronic Commerce from Semester 1 1999.

The Education Committee noted the minor amendments to existing courses as detailed in the Report of the Faculty Board presented.

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the establishment of the new subjects as listed below for commencement Semester 2 1999.

• BTC2XXX Stock Exchange and Derivatives Law
• BTC3YYY International Aspects of Business Taxation
• BTC3YYY Business Taxation
• MKX3000 Electronic Marketing.

The Education Committee noted the major amendments to MBK1402/MKG1402 Consumer Behaviour as detailed in the Report of the Faculty Board presented.

A handbook entry was circulated (p33-34).

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the establishment of EDF2105 as detailed in the document presented for commencement Semester 1 1999.

The Committee received the Report of 7 August and 11 December 1998 Meetings of the Executive of the Faculty of Engineering and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

A document, a copy of the original proposal, was circulated (p39-48).

The Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Engineering to extend the Master of Engineering Science to the Sunway campus as an on campus course from Semester 2 1999.

The Education Committee agreed that the proposal to amend the wording on Bachelor of Engineering courses at all campuses in 1998, as detailed on pages 1-3 of the document presented, required further consideration. Accordingly, Professor A Lindsay, Professor M Evans and Mr R Burnet will meet to discuss issues associated with recording branch specialisations and majors on testamurs, the purposes of testamurs and transcripts and the demands of professional bodies and the marketplace.

At Meeting 8/98 the Committee received the Report of Meeting 2/98 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology. The Report contained proposals for the courses set out below. These proposals were withdrawn at Meeting 2/98 and resubmitted to Meeting 1/99 in order to permit evaluation before their endorsement by the Committee. Members noted that evaluator comments had now been addressed and that revised versions of the course proposals are available on the Web at the address below:

http://www.fcit.monash.edu.au/fec/

A document was circulated previously (p119-125, Agenda 8/98).

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish a Graduate Certificate in Business Systems to be offered from Semester 1 1999 as an on-campus course on the Clayton campus.

A document was circulated previously (p127-136, Agenda 8/98).

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish a Graduate Diploma in Information Management & Systems to be offered from Semester 1 1999 as an on-campus course on the Caulfield campus.

A document was circulated previously (p37-146, Agenda 8/98).

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish a Graduate Certificate in Information Management & Systems to be offered from Semester 1 1999 as an on-campus course on the Caulfield campus.

A document was circulated previously (p147-157, Agenda 8/98).

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish a Postgraduate Certificate of Information Technology to be offered from Semester 1 1999 as an on-campus course on the Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses and by distance education from the Gippsland campus.

A document was circulated previously (p159-168, Agenda 8/98).

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish a Postgraduate Diploma of Multimedia Computing to be offered from Semester 1 1999 as an on-campus course on the Caulfield campus and by distance education from the Gippsland campus.

A document was circulated previously (p159-168, Agenda 8/98).

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish a Postgraduate Certificate of Multimedia Computing to be offered from Semester 1 1999 as an on-campus course on the Caulfield campus and by distance education from the Gippsland campus.

At Meeting 8/98 the Committee received the Report of Meeting 2/98 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology. The Report contained proposals for the subjects set out below. These proposals were withdrawn at Meeting 8/98 and resubmitted to Meeting 1/99 order to permit evaluation before their endorsement by the Committee. The Committee noted that evaluator queries had been resolved and revised versions of the subject proposals are available on the Web at the address below:

http://www.fcit.monash.edu.au/fec/

• IMS5002 Information Systems Security
• IMS5004 Executive Information Systems
• IMS5005 Decision Support Systems
• IMS5006 Systems Development Methodologies
• IMS5007 Electronic Commerce
• IMS5008 Multimedia Theory
• MS5009 Recordkeeping Contexts and Clients
• IMS5010 Appraisal and Description
• IMS5011 Recordkeeping Concepts
• IMS5015 Professional Practice
• IMS5016 Information Resources: Acquisition and Access
• IMS5017 Information Resources : Organisation
• IMS5018 Reference Principles and Practice
• IMS5019 Library Contexts and Clients
• IMS5020 Libraries, Curriculum and Literature
• IMS5022 Contemporary Issues in Information Management and Systems
• IMS5024 Information Systems Modelling
• IMS5025 Decision Support Systems Development
• IMS5027 Knowledge Management
• IMS5030 Multimedia Systems
• IMS5031 Managing Virtual Libraries
• IMS5032 Recordkeeping Accountability and the Law
• IMS5033 Electronic Recordkeeping
• IMS5034 Multimedia Publishing
• IMS5040 Managing the Records Continuum
• IMS5042 Information Systems Strategic Planning
• IMS5043 Information Technology Management
• IMS5044 Multimedia, the internet and human networking
• IMS5047 Recordkeeping and Archival Processes
• IMS5048 The Information Continuum
• IMS5801 Logistics Control & Information Systems
• IMS9001 Systems Analysis and Design
• IMS9003 Business Information Management
• IMS9023 Managing Information Services
• IMS9049 Computing for Information Professionals

• IMS1112 Business Information Management

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the new subjects set out above.

A proposal was circulated (p 49 - 60).

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the establishment of the following new subject, approved by the Board of the Monash Mt Eliza Business School, for commencement in Semester 2 1999 as an on-campus residential subject offered on the Mt Eliza campus.

• EMBA1011 Integration Through General Management

The Committee received the Report of Meeting 5/98 of the Board of the Faculty of Science and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 64- 84)

The Board of the Faculty of Science approved a proposal to establish a Bachelor of Psychology and Management/Marketing to be offered from Semester 1 2000 as an on-campus course on the Caulfield campus.

Subject to confirmation of approval by the Faculty of Business and Economics, the Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Science to establish a Bachelor of Psychology and Management/Marketing to be offered from Semester 1 2000 as an ongoing campus course on the Caulfield campus.

A document was circulated (p 85-86).

The Education Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to change assessment weightings for Psychology Honours PSY4000. The proposed change involved adopting a weighting of 50% for the Research Thesis (previously 60%) and a weighting of 30% for the Theoretical Essay (previously 20%). The Committee further noted that this amendment had been proposed in response to the accreditation report from the Australian Psychological Society.

The Education Committee noted the minor amendments to ATM1010 as detailed in the Report of the Faculty Board presented.

The next scheduled Meeting of the Education Committee will be held at 10.00 am on Wednesday 17 March 1999. Course and subject proposal submissions for that Meeting are due on or before WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 1999. Full Reports are due on or before Friday 5 March 1999.

It is very important that all final submissions include a Report or draft Report from the Faculty Board. Submissions must be electronically submitted. Hard copies should also be submitted for our records. Please DO NOT staple or submit double-sided hard copies.

That the Committee note the information above.

Professor A Lindsay (Chair)
Mr C Avram, Information Technology
Mr K Bensley, Art & Design
Professor M Evans, Associate Chair of Academic Board
Associate Professor A Farley, Business and Economics
Associate Professor D Garrioch, Arts
Associate Professor P Gronn, Education
Professor J Harris, DEC
Associate Professor J Hurst, Information Technology
Professor L Johnson, MME
Professor M King, PhD and Scholarships Committee
Dr K Macrae, Science
Dr B McSherry, Law
Associate Professor L Nethercott, Business and Economics
Associate Professor K Ng, Engineering
Professor L Piterman, Community Medicine and General Practice
Professor L Roller, Pharmacy
Professor G Taylor, Medicine
Professor T Threadgold, Arts
Professor G Webb, CHED
Professor B Young, Co-Opted

Ms J Buckingham, Office of the DVC (A&P)
Mr R Burnet, Student Services
Ms D James, Office of DVC
Mr C Vernon, Monash International Pty Ltd
Faculty Registrar/Manager, Dr P Rodan

S Stafford, University Secretariat

Mr B Eddy, University Solicitor’s Office
Faculty Registrars
Ms M Fairbanks, Faculty of Education
Dr A Mitchell, Records and Archives Services
Mr P Siggins, University Secretariat