Education Committee Meeting 2/99

Ms Kerri Wilson-Reid

Executive Officer

Professor AW Lindsay, (Chair)

Associate Professor D Garrioch

Dr P James

Mr K Bensley

Associate Professor A Farley

Associate Professor L Nethercott

Associate Professor P Gronn

Associate Professor K Ng

Associate Professor J Hurst

Mr C Avram

Dr B McSherry

Professor G Taylor

Professor L Piterman

Dr K Macrae

Dr M Morgan

Professor M King

Professor M Evans

Professor J Harris

Professor G Webb

Professor B Young

Professor L Johnson

Ms C Robinson

Mr D Hickman

Associate Professor Roller

Dr K Stewart (Alternate)

Mr R Burnet

Mr C Vernon

Ms S Stafford

Dr P Rodan

Ms K Wilson-Reid (Executive Officer)

Ms F Walker (Minute Secretary)

The Chair, Professor AW Lindsay, welcomed new members to the committee.

The Committee noted that certain items had been starred as requiring discussion. Members nominated additional items 4, 5, 6.5, 7.2 and 10.2 to be starred, and item 7.1.1 to be withdrawn. The Committee endorsed the recommendations for all items other than those starred.

The Committee approved the Minutes of Meeting 1/99 as previously circulated.

The Committee noted that the items put forward in the Report of Meeting 1/99 of the Education Committee to the Academic Board were approved by the Academic Board.

At its Meeting 2/99, the Academic Board approved the Discipline and Grievance Procedures for Open Learning Students which was forwarded by the Education Committee (Meeting 1/99), subject to more specific reference being included about the ability of the University to communicate with and/or hold hearings with the student via telephone etc.

The approved Procedures, including the minor amendment requested by the Academic Board, were circulated for information (p 1-6).

The Committee noted the final version of the Discipline and Grievance Procedures for Open Learning Students presented.

A copy of the Special Consideration Policies and Procedures, as approved by the Academic Board at its Meeting 2/99, was circulated (p 7-10).

The Committee noted that the final version of the University’s Special Consideration Policies and Procedures was approved by the Academic Board at its Meeting 2/99.

Documentation was circulated electronically prior to the meeting and a revised version of that documentation was tabled at the meeting. (The final version of the new procedures, including amendments suggested at this meeting, is attached for information - Attachment A.)

At its Meeting 8/98, the Education Committee approved in principle the revised course and subject proposal and evaluation procedures included in the Report of the Education Committee Procedures Review Working Party. The Committee noted that some aspects of the process would require adjustment and agreed that the procedures would be refined and would receive final approval by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning) prior to their transmission to faculties for implementation from Meeting 3/99.

The Chair introduced this item, highlighting the significant streamlining achieved by the new Education Committee evaluation and approval procedures. Professor Lindsay informed members that faculties would forward appropriate proposals directly to evaluators for evaluation prior to their submission to Faculty Boards for endorsement. This would ensure that only the final version, signed by the appropriate officers of the Faculty, would be submitted to the Executive Officer of the Education Committee for inclusion in an Education Committee agenda. The arrangement would also serve to better inform Faculty Boards at the appropriate time about the requirements of the Education Committee in relation to relevant proposals.

Members discussed issues in relation to the new procedural document, including:

use of the term "mode" in Appendix B (points B1 and B3). It was agreed that for the purpose of these procedures, the word "mode" would refer to the mode of enrolment ie. on-campus mode or distance education mode, and that points B1 and B3 would be clarified accordingly; and

reference to credit point and student workload issues in Appendix B (point B3). There was discussion during which it was highlighted that student workload, rather than contact hours, was linked to credit points, and that there was a need to left and substantiate this in subject proposals. A need was identified to update documentation found on the WWW pertaining to Education Committee procedures. The Chair noted that if there was a need for more detailed discussion, this could be usefully undertaken at the Committee of Associate Deans (Teaching), with such detailed reference to be omitted from this procedural document.

In relation to a query about the possibility of recycling subject codes (where a faculty disestablished subjects of a particular credit point value in order to establish those subjects with different credit point values), it was agreed that the matter could be discussed between Dr K Macrae and Mr R Burnet following the meeting.

The issue was raised that it may be challenging to implement the new procedures in 1999, as Faculty Board dates had already been pre-scheduled. The Chair indicated that this factor would be taken into account in monitoring the new procedures.

The Committee formally adopted the new procedures as detailed in the document titled "Evaluation and Approval Procedures for New Course and Subject Proposals and Amendments", noting that the document, including amendments as recommended by the Committee (detailed above), would be forwarded to Faculty Registrars/Managers for immediate implementation.

In its Report to Academic Board Meeting 5/98, the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology expressed concern regarding the scheduling of examinations in different time zones. The Academic Board agreed to refer the issue to the Education Committee for consideration.

Following discussion of the issue at Meeting 8/98, the Education Committee recommended that research be undertaken regarding policies and practices in other relevant institutions, and that relevant academic and administrative units consider this issue in light of their current practice and possible future alternatives and make suggestions on possible solutions.

A paper presented by Mr R Burnet, Assistant General Manager (Student Services), which addressed the request for further information made by the Education Committee, was circulated (p 11-12).

At the beginning of the meeting, Mr R Burnet made minor corrections to the recommendation under this item which were incorporated and endorsed.

Discussion occurred regarding the possibility of retaining students sitting for three hour examinations in Australia for a minimum period of two hours, in order to reduce the possibility of a local student exiting an examination room at a time prior to the commencement of the same examination offshore. The Committee agreed that the original proposal should be endorsed at this time, noting that any further issues relating to the proposal could be given more extensive consideration at a future time if necessary.

The Committee considered and endorsed, for implementation at the next examination period, the recommendation as detailed in the document presented and set out below that the Examinations and Certification Branch would:

negotiate with agents in Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur to commence examinations at 8:30 am and 1:30 pm local time in both June and November; and

delay the commencement of on-shore morning and afternoon examinations to 9:30 am and 2:30 pm respectively.

The Report of Meeting 1/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics, held on 10 February 1999, was circulated (p 13-16).

The Committee received the Report of Meeting 1/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics, noted the proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 17-20).

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the Bachelor of Business, to offer the course as a stand alone exit award at the Berwick campus from semester one, 1999.

A document was circulated (p 21-28).

Associate Professor A Farley highlighted to the Committee that the Business and Economics components of the double degrees under items 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 did not meet all of the requirements of the University policy at this time, however that the Faculty had not wished to delay amendments to the Information Technology components of the two double degrees. He added that the Business and Economics degree components would be reviewed along with the undergraduate programs in the Faculty so that they would meet University policy requirements.

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the structure for the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) / Bachelor of Computing, Caulfield and Peninsula campuses, as a consequence of the introduction of the new Bachelor of Computing at the Caulfield campus and the new Bachelor of Network Computing at the Peninsula campus.

A document was circulated (p 29-32).

Refer to item 6.1.2.

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the structure of the Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)/Bachelor of Computing, Caulfield campus, as a consequence of the introduction of the new Bachelor of Computing.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 33-36).

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish the subjects listed below:

MGC2xxx Managing International Business

BTG2223 Business Regulation and Corporate Crime

The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics had approved major amendments to the following subjects:

AFC4120 Financial Accounting Theory

ETC2400 Econometrics

MGF2830 Managing Health and Safety at Work

MGF4010 Applied Business Research

Having received endorsement from the Faculty of Science, this course was endorsed by the Education Committee at its Meeting 1/99, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics.

The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics had endorsed the establishment of the Bachelor of Psychology and Management / Marketing, which was then formally approved by the Academic Board at its Meeting 2/99 held on 24 February 1999.

A memorandum to the Committee from Associate Professor A Farley, regarding an amendment to the recommendation originally made to the Committee under this item, was tabled at the meeting. The amendment to the recommendation as requested in that memorandum is incorporated below.

The Committee endorsed the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics that the minimum VCE requirements for courses in the Faculty for 2002 remain as for 1998 – 2001, viz.:

For Berwick and Gippsland courses, English with a study score of at least 25 plus two units of General Mathematics or Mathematical Methods at the Unit 1 and 2 level;

For courses at Caulfield and Peninsula, a study score of at least 25 in English and in mathematics (any) at Unit 3 and 4 level, and a study score of at least 20 in any two other VCE studies;

For Clayton, a study score of at least 25 in English and in either Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics at Unit 3 and 4 level, and a study score of at least 20 in any two other VCE studies.

(These prerequisites normally would be the minimum for all double degree courses of which these were a component.)

A document was circulated (p 37-38).

The Committee received the draft report of Meeting 1/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Education (noting the endorsement of all items by the Faculty Board at its meeting on 10 March 1999), and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 39-42).

The major amendment to the Graduate Diploma in Educational Psychology which was recommended by the Faculty of Education under this item was withdrawn from consideration at this meeting by the Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty, Associate Professor P Gronn. (Refer also to related subjects withdrawn under item 7.2.)

A document was circulated (p 43-46).

Refer also to item 7.2.

A memorandum written by the Registrar of the Faculty of Education, Mr P Lawford, was submitted to the Chair by Associate Professor P Gronn at the beginning of the meeting which requested that in the Committee’s consideration of this item, the title of the Bachelor of Special Education be amended to become the Graduate Diploma of Education (Special Education). The amended proposal would ensure that the new qualification was consistent with the standard qualifications framework with respect to admission requirements and the duration of courses. As stated in that memorandum, the Faculty of Education also undertook to make the necessary changes to the required documentation in order to reflect the amended title and to forward those revisions to the Executive Officer as soon as possible.

Subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Education of the change to the title of the award, the Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Education to amend the Bachelor of Special Education as detailed in the documentation presented, including a change to the title of the award so that it becomes the Graduate Diploma of Education (Special Education).

Handbook entries were circulated (p 47-54).

The three subjects below, which were originally proposed by the Faculty of Education for establishment under this item, were withdrawn from consideration at this time by Associate Professor P Gronn, in accordance with the withdrawal of the major amendment to the Graduate Diploma in Educational Psychology under item 7.1.1:

GED0157 Principles of Behaviour Change

GED0158 Professional Issues and Psychological Assessment

GED0159 Research Project in Psychology

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to establish the following subject (refer also to item 7.1.2):

EDF40xx International Perspectives in Special Education

The Report of Meeting 1/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology, held on 3 March 1999, was circulated (p 55-58).

The Committee received the Report of Meeting 1/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology and considered each item requiring action separately, for submission to the Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p59-68).

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Information Technology and Arts to establish the degree of Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Computer Science, commencing semester two, 1999, to be offered as an on-campus course on the Clayton campus.

Documentation was circulated (p 69-72).

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to change the title of the Bachelor of Business Systems offered at the Malaysia campus, so that it becomes the Bachelor of Business and Information Technology.

A document was circulated (p 73-74).

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to cease intake into the Graduate Diploma in Computing at the Peninsula campus.

A document was circulated (p 73-74).

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to cease intake into the Graduate Certificate in Computing at the Peninsula campus.

The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology had approved amendments to the following courses, as detailed in the Faculty Board Report presented:

Bachelor of Information Systems

Bachelor of Computing, Gippsland campus

Handbook entries were circulated (p 75-96).

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board, the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish the subjects listed below:

CPE2001 Concurrent Programming Techniques

CPE2002 Data Communications and Networks

CPE2003 Analysis and Design of Distributed Information Systems

CPE2004 Engineering Distributed Software Applications

CPE2005 Database Systems in Networked Environments

CPE2006 Managing Distributed System Development

CPE3001 Information and Network Security

CPE3002 Web Interfaced Databases

CPE3003 Topics in Advanced Web Page Design and Development

CSE1434 Web Programming with Java Applets

BUS5600 Business Case Development

The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology had approved major and minor amendments to subjects as detailed in items 6 and 7 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

Proposals from the Faculty of Law under this item were forwarded by the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law. Members noted that all proposals would be forwarded to the Board of the Faculty of Law for endorsement at its meeting on 21 April 1999.

A document was circulated (p 97-106).

Refer also to item 9.2 for the establishment of new subjects associated with the Graduate Diploma in Trade Mark Law and Practice.

The Committee was invited to note that this course had received provisional accreditation from the Patent Board, and that as far as it was known, Monash University was the first University in Victoria to receive accreditation for such a course.

Subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Law, the Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Law to establish a Graduate Diploma in Trade Mark Law and Practice, to be offered as an on-campus course at the city premises, commencing semester two, 1999.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 107-114).

Subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Law, the Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Law to establish the subjects listed below:

LAW7223 Overview of Intellectual Property

LAW7224 Trade Mark Practice

The Committee noted the decision of the Faculty of Law to offer the existing subject LAW7212 Australian Legal System as an additional subject within the degree of Master of Laws.

The Report of Meeting 1/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, held on 3 February 1999, was circulated (p 115-118).

The Committee received the Report of Meeting 1/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 119-126).

Refer also to item 10.2.

Discussion occurred regarding the title of this course, as the Faculty had proposed that some students may be admitted based on relevant experience but without a prior tertiary qualification. This admission requirement would normally be permitted for a Faculty Certificate, whereas admission to a Graduate Certificate would normally require the prior tertiary qualification.

It was acknowledged that the Faculty had proposed this admission arrangement as an exception to the rule in order to make the course more accessible to some of those students it hoped to attract.

Following further consideration, the Committee agreed that the course should be endorsed for establishment as the Graduate Certificate in Culture, Trauma and Mental Health, however that the admission requirements in the course proposal should be amended to include further detail about the reasons for the exception to the admission requirement to allow the entry of a certain percentage (eg. up to 25%) of the course’s intake to those with relevant experience but without tertiary qualifications. It was agreed that the Faculty would make the necessary changes to the admission requirements and submit the amended proposal to Professor A Lindsay prior to the documentation being submitted to the Academic Board.

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish a Graduate Certificate in Culture, Trauma and Mental Health, to be offered as an on-campus course at the Monash Medical Centre, commencing semester two, 1999, subject to Professor Lindsay’s final endorsement of the admission requirements for the course.

A document was circulated (p 127-142).

Refer also to item 10.2.

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish a Master of General Practice Psychiatry (Clinical), to be offered as a distance education course via the Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, commencing semester two, 1999.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 143-182).

The following subject, which was originally proposed for establishment under this item by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, was withdrawn from consideration at this time by Professor G Taylor, Associate Dean (Teaching) of the Faculty, pending a response being made to evaluator queries:

MPH2071 Gender Issues in Public Health

Several of the subjects under this item were associated with the Graduate Certificate in Culture, Trauma and Mental Health and the Master of General Practice Psychiatry (Clinical), referred to under item 10.1.

The Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the following subjects:

CMT001 Trauma, Culture and Environment

CMT003 Indigenous Wellbeing

CMT004 Placement and Supervision in Trauma-Based Fieldwork

CMT002 Qualitative Research Methods Responsive to Culture

MGP1008 Psychotic Disorders

MGP1009 Personality Disorders

MGP1010 Somatoform Disorders

MGP1011 Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry

MGP1012 Psychiatry of Old Age

MGP1013 Organic Psychiatry

NUR9204 Education in Nursing

MPH2070 Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

NUR2202 Ethical Issues in Nursing

The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Medicine had approved an amendment to the assessment procedure for the subject MED6000, as detailed in the Faculty Board Report presented.

Full proposals were circulated (p 183-244).

At its Meeting 8/98, the Education Committee deferred consideration of the subjects under this item, which formed part of the Master of Business Administration, pending responses to evaluator queries. The evaluation process for the subjects had since been finalised and the subjects were submitted to the Committee for confirmation that they aligned with existing University policy and requirements.

The Committee confirmed that the following subjects, forwarded by the Board of the Monash Mt Eliza Business School, aligned with existing University policy and requirements:

MBA5120 Economics and Competitive Analysis

MBA5180 Accounting

MBA5190 Corporate Finance

MBA5210 Organisational Behaviour

MBA5220 Human Resource Management

MBA5310 Marketing

MBA5350 International Business

MBA5460 Measurement of Organisational Performance

MBA5560 Management Information Systems

MBA5700 Re-engineering the Organisation

MBA5710 International Management

MBA5750 Managing for Sustainable Development

MBA5900 Quality Management

MBA5930 Business & Government in the Asia-Pacific Region

MBA6350 Strategic Management

The next scheduled Meeting of the Education Committee will be held at 10.00 am on Wednesday, 5 May 1999. The deadline for final submissions for that meeting are due on or before Wednesday, 21 April 1999 (see Submission Schedule and Evaluation Roster for evaluation schedule).

It is very important that all submissions to the Education Committee include a Report from the Faculty Board. Submissions must be electronically submitted, and hard-copies should also be submitted for our records. Please DO NOT submit double-sided or stapled hard copies.

Professor Alan Lindsay (Chair)

Associate Professor David Garrioch

Dr Paul James

Mr Karen Bensley

Associate Professor Alan Farley

Associate Professor Les Nethercott

Associate Professor Peter Gronn

Associate Professor Kim Ng

Associate Professor John Hurst

Mr Chris Avram

Dr Bernadette McSherry

Professor Grahame Taylor

Professor Leon Piterman

Dr Kristina Macrae

Dr Michael Morgan

Professor Louis Roller

Professor Max King

Professor Merran Evans

Professor John Harris

Professor Graham Webb

Professor Bill Young

Professor Les Johnson

Ms Claire Robinson (MONSU)

Mr Daniel Hickman (MSA)

Mr Ken Hull (MUGSU)

Mr Noel Turner (MPA - Master by coursework)

Ms Wendy Rix (MPA - Graduate Diploma)

Mr Robert Burnet

Mr Clive Vernon

Ms Sally Stafford

Dr Paul Rodan

Ms Kerri Wilson-Reid (Executive Officer)

Ms Fiona Walker (Minute Secretary)

Mr B Eddy

Ms M Fairbanks

Dr A Mitchell

Mr P Siggins

Ms J Buckingham

Ms C Holland

Faculty Registrars/Managers