Meeting No. 5/99 of the Education Committee was held on Wednesday, 4 August 1999 in the Sir George Lush Room, Administration Building 3A, Clayton Campus, between 10:00am and 10:50am.

Ms K Wilson Reid
Executive Officer

Professor A 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 L Piterman

Dr M Morgan

Associate Professor L Roller

Professor M King

Professor M Evans

Professor J Harris

Professor G Webb

Professor L Johnson

Mr C Coles

Mr N Turner

Mr R Burnet

Mr C Vernon

Dr P Rodan

Ms K Wilson-Reid

Ms F Walker

Apologies were received from Professor G Taylor, Dr K Macrae, Ms A Purdham and Ms C Robinson.

The Committee noted that certain items had previously been starred as requiring discussion. In addition, item 4 was starred, item 7.2 was added and the existing star at item 11.1 was removed. The Committee then endorsed the recommendations for all items other than those starred.

The Committee approved the Minutes of Meeting 4/99 held on Wednesday, 23 June 1999, which had been circulated previously.

A document titled "New and Disestablished Subjects through Academic Board 1999" was tabled at the meeting by the Chair, Professor A Lindsay. A copy of the document is attached to these minutes for information. (Attachment )

The Committee noted that each recommendation in the Report of Meeting 4/99 of the Education Committee had been approved as put forward to the Academic Board.

Professor Lindsay reported to the Committee on discussions which had taken place at the Academic Board regarding the pattern of subject establishment and discontinuance across faculties. The Chair informed members that the Board had noted a proliferation of subjects which may significantly impact on cost structuring and staff workload. The Committee noted Professor Lindsay’s advice that in future, the Education Committee would be required to monitor the establishment and disestablishment of subjects, and that a report would be forwarded by the Committee to the Academic Board at the end of 1999 providing detail about the movement in subjects across the academic year. The Chair introduced the tabled paper titled "New and Disestablished Subjects through Academic Board 1999", highlighting that the table could serve as the format of the report on subjects for 1999. The Committee also noted that a list detailing the number of students enrolled in each subject could be generated at the same time for inclusion with the table being reported to the Academic Board.

Associate Professor D Garrioch, Associate Dean Teaching of the Faculty of Arts, indicated that the number of Arts subjects appearing in the table as "new subjects" was at variance with the number he had recorded, and queried whether new subjects by virtue of changes to credit points had been included in the number of new subjects. The Chair clarified that such subjects were approved as new subjects and were therefore included in the totals reflected in the tabled document. Professor Lindsay suggested that in the future a distinction could be made between new subject proposals and those subjects which were classified as new by virtue of an amendment to credit point value or the offering of an additional year level.

A document was circulated (p 1-2).

The Committee noted the summary of Library Impact Statements submitted to the University Librarian for the period January to June 1999.

Professor Lindsay highlighted that due to the size and operational requirements of the Committee, items to be presented under Part A of the agenda would need to be thoroughly prepared and submitted in advance to allow for any further preparation or consultation prior to the item being presented for consideration at a meeting. The Chair noted that with this streamlining of process, the Committee’s discussion of items under Part A could be informed and focussed.

A document was circulated (p 3-6).

The Education Committee received the Reports of Meeting 3/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Art & Design held on Wednesday, 23 June 1999, and Meeting 10/99 of the Faculty Executive Committee held on Friday, 9 July 1999.

Documentation was circulated (p 7-10).

The Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Arts, to be offered on-campus at the Caulfield and Gippsland campuses, commencing semester one, 2000.

Documentation was circulated (p 11-14).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Postgraduate Diploma of Fine Arts, to be offered on-campus at the Caulfield and Gippsland campuses, commencing semester one, 2000.

The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design had approved minor amendments to subjects as detailed under item 2 of the Report of Meeting 3/99 of the Faculty Board presented.

Documentation was circulated (p 15-26).

The new subjects under this item were proposed by the School of Geography and Environmental Science, in the Faculty of Arts, due to a change to their credit point value from four to eight points. These six subjects were originally considered by the Education Committee at its Meeting 4/99. Discussion occurred at that meeting regarding assessment and workload and the Committee reasoned that at that time there was not a clear enough workload distinction between the six point Science Faculty versions and the proposed eight point Arts Faculty versions of the subjects. At that meeting, Education Committee recommended that the subjects be approved as six point subjects instead of eight points, particularly given the planned conversion to six points multiples for all subjects. The Committee requested that Associate Professor Garrioch forward a memorandum detailing the Faculty’s transition arrangements for those students who may be disadvantaged if the subjects were not offered at eight credit points in 2000.

At its Meeting 5/99, the Committee received relevant documentation forwarded by Associate Professor D Garrioch, Associate Dean Teaching of the Faculty of Arts, and Associate Professor N Tapper, acting Head of the School of Geography and Environmental Science, which provided a detailed explanation of the Faculty’s rationale for offering the subjects at eight points in 2000, including clarification of the differences in assessment and workload between the Arts and Science versions of the subjects. At the Faculty’s request, the proposals for the six subjects were returned to Education Committee with the above-mentioned rationale for consideration and endorsement as eight point subjects for offer in 2000.

The Committee considered the six subjects below and endorsed them as new subjects by virtue of a change to their credit point value from four to eight points:

GES2450 Coastal Geomorphology and Management

GES2140 Coastal Geomorphology and Management

GES2180 Biogeography – the Status of Australian Vegetation

GES2110 Soils, land use and the environment

GES2200 Climates of the Earth Boundary Layer

GES2220 Environmental Hydrology

This item was added at the Meeting by Associate Professor P Gronn, Associate Dean Teaching of the Faculty of Education.

At Education Committee Meeting 4/99 under item 7.3 – New Subject Proposals from the Faculty of Arts, two subjects, titled HSY3800/HSY4800 Teaching History, were approved subject to further consultation and collaboration taking place between the Faculties of Arts and Education.

Associate Professor Gronn advised the Committee that the Faculty of Education was pleased with the consultation that had taken place with the Faculty of Arts since Meeting 4/99 and the possibilities that had been created for future consultation and collaboration.

Professor Lindsay highlighted the need for the strengthening and maintenance of solid relationships between faculties, particularly in relation to consultation about subject and course offerings and approval, as academic and resource planning was becoming increasingly integrated and efforts were being made to further devolve various academic approval processes.

A document was circulated (p 27-32).

The Committee received the Report of Meetings 4/99 and 5/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics, held on Wednesday, 9 June and Wednesday, 30 June 1999, noted the proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

Documentation was circulated (p 33-44).

The undergraduate Diploma of Wine Technology and Marketing proposed under this item would be taught jointly by the Faculties of Business and Economics and Science. The proposal had also received endorsement from the Board of the Faculty of Science.

Seven new subjects associated with the course were proposed for establishment in the agenda. Three of those subjects were to be offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics (AFW2XXX, MGP2XXX and MKP3XXX), and were presented for endorsement under item 8.2. Four of the new subjects were to be offered by the Faculty of Science (ASC1717, ASC1726, ASC2737 and ASC2746), which were presented for endorsement within the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Science, under item 13.3.

Associate Professor A Farley, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Teaching) in the Faculty of Business and Economics, requested that the code for the subject AFW2XXX be amended to become AFP2XXX.

A member also suggested that the standard abbreviation for this course be amended to become DipWineTech&Mkt, rather than DipWTech&Mkt, in order to give a clearer indication of the nature of the course. It was agreed that the Faculties of Science and Business and Economics would consult about an appropriate amendment to the abbreviated title for the course.

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculty of Business and Economics and Science to establish the Diploma of Wine Technology and Marketing, which would be taught jointly by the Faculties of Business and Economics and Science and managed by the Faculty of Business and Economics, to be offered on-campus at the Peninsula campus and via distance education, commencing semester one, 2000.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 45-50).

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish the six new subjects listed below (including an amendment requested at item 8.1.1 that the code AFW2XXX be changed to read AFP2XXX):

Education Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics approved minor amendments to subjects as detailed under item 4 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

A document was circulated (p 51-54).

Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 3/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Education held on Wednesday, 14 July 1999, noted the proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

Documentation was circulated (p 55-62).

The recommendation under this item proposed a one year honours degree which would follow on from the current undergraduate Education double degree courses.

One new subject associated with this item (EDF5150) was proposed for establishment under item 9.2.

Associate Professor Gronn requested that a minor amendment be made to the handbook entry for this course (refer agenda p 58). The Committee noted that the sentence "The honours year may to taken part-time or full-time" would be amended to read "The honours year may be taken part-time or full-time."

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to establish the Bachelor of Education (Honours), commencing semester one, 2000, initially to be offered on-campus at the Clayton campus and later to be offered at the Peninsula and Gippsland campuses also in on-campus mode.

Documentation was circulated (p 63-70).

This new course proposal responded to the accreditation requirements of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).

Four new subjects associated with this item (EDF5502, EDF5504, EDF5512 and EDF5524) were proposed for establishment under item 9.2.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to establish the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology (Education), to be offered on-campus at the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 71-94).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to establish the twenty-three new subjects listed below:

EDF5150 Research Seminar and Honours Thesis

EDF2204 Curriculum Studies: Primary Science

EDF2123 Exploring Mathematics

EDF3603 Wilderness Expedition

EDF3604 Camp Planning and Practices

EDF3607 Social Issues in Sport and Outdoor Recreation

EDF3608 Sport Education

EDF3609 Experiencing the Australian landscape

EDF3610 Research/Project in Sport and Outdoor Recreation

EDF3801 Program Design and Delivery

EDF3802 Work, Development and Identity

EDF3803 Working with difference: learners in the workplace and community

EDF3804 Independent Work-Based Project

EDF3805 Project management

EDF5102 Child Development

EDF5106 Primary Art and Music Education

EDF5107 Primary science and technology education

EDF5246 Media Studies Secondary Curriculum Method

EDF4021 Principles of Everyday Behaviour Analysis

EDF5502 Professional Issues

EDF5504 Psychopatholgy and Counselling

EDF5512 Principles of Behaviour Change

EDF5524 Research Project in Psychology

The proposal under this item aimed to bring consistency to the admission requirements for undergraduate Education courses. Currently English study scores and Mathematics requirements varied across the campuses on which the Faculty offered undergraduate courses.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to amend the entrance requirements for undergraduate Education courses such that:

English/ESL, English Literature or English Language be accepted as meeting the requirements of English – units 3 & 4;

a study score of at least 25 in English (any) be a pre-requisite for entry into an Education undergraduate degree; and

the satisfactory completion of any unit 1 & 2 Mathematics sequence be a pre-requisite for all undergraduate programs offered by the Faculty.

The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Education approved major and minor amendments to subjects as detailed in the Proceedings of the Faculty Board Report presented.

A document was circulated (p 95-96).

Education Committee received the Report of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Engineering held Friday, 11 June 1999 and considered the item presented for submission to Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 97-98).

At its Meeting 4/99, the Education Committee endorsed amendments to the prescriptions for the second year level of the Bachelor of Engineering in the branches of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and Mechanical Engineering. (The amendments were later approved by the Academic Board.) Those changes introduced several alternative subjects and enabled students in certain circumstances to satisfy year level requirements by completion of either one of each pair of subjects.

The intention of the amendments was:

to provide opportunity for some rationalising of teaching at the Malaysian campus, where Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering are all being offered, but to relatively small numbers of students in the first instance; and

to provide additional timetable flexibility for students on the Victorian campuses who are undertaking mixed level studies.

Similar arrangements to those above were proposed under this item for the Bachelor of Engineering in the branch of Mechatronics Engineering.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Engineering to amend the Bachelor of Engineering in the branch of Mechatronics Engineering, with effect from July 1999, to include alternative subjects as detailed in the document circulated previously, to facilitate the offering of the branch of engineering in Malaysia, and to provide further flexibility in the delivery of the program at the Gippsland campus.

A document was circulated (p 99-112).

Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 3/99 of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Information Technology held on Wednesday, 21 July 1999, noted the Proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

Documentation was circulated (p 113-118).

The Committee noted that the Faculty of Information Technology had established a faculty certificate titled Executive Certificate in Information Technology, to be offered on-campus at the Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula campuses, and via distance education, commencing semester one, 2000.

Documentation was circulated (p 119-134).

The Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE) was originally jointly managed by the Faculties of Engineering and Information Technology. Recently the two faculties reached an agreement whereby the BSE became the sole responsibility of the Faculty of Information Technology, and the Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering (BCSE) became the responsibility of the Engineering faculty.

During the period of joint management of the BSE, a compromise situation meant that the degree had incorporated much hardware related information that was now thought to be inappropriate. The proposal under this item aimed to re-structure the degree to incorporate much more Software Engineering related material.

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the Bachelor of Software Engineering as detailed in the documentation presented, effective from semester one, 2000.

Documentation was circulated (p 135-144).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the Graduate Diploma in Computing as detailed in the document presented, so that it will better cater for current market needs and provide greater flexibility in subject offerings for students, effective from semester one, 2000.

Documentation was circulated (p 145-156).

The proposal under this item sought to rationalise the graduate coursework programs in the School of Information Management and Systems into the Master of Information Management and Systems.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the credit provision and course structure of the Master of Information Management and Systems as detailed in the documentation presented, effective from semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 157-158).

The Education Committee noted the decision of the Faculty of Information Technology to make minor amendments to the Bachelor of Computer Science as detailed in the document presented.

Documentation was circulated (p 159-164).

The Education Committee noted the decision of the Faculty of Information Technology to make minor amendments to the Bachelor of Information Management and Systems as detailed in the documentation presented.

The Education Committee noted the decision of the Faculty of Information Technology to make minor amendments to the Graduate Diploma in Business Systems as detailed at item 3.3 of the Report of the Faculty Executive Committee presented.

The Education Committee noted the decision of the Faculty of Information Technology to make minor amendments to the Master of Business Systems by coursework as detailed at item 3.4 of the Report of the Faculty Executive presented.

Education Committee noted the decision of the Faculty of Information Technology to make minor amendments to the Master of Business Systems by project as detailed at item 3.5 of the Report of the Faculty Executive Committee presented.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 165-182).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish the seventeen new subjects listed below:

CPE3004 Internetworking

CPE3006 Mobile Software Agents

CSE1401 Introduction to Software Engineering

CSE4530 Object-Oriented Application Programming in C++

CSE9000 Foundations of Programming

CSE9001 Computer Technology

CSE9002 Database Technology

IMS1000 First Year Studio

IMS2103 Business Information Sources

IMS2401 Developing Multimedia Systems

IMS3402 Multimedia Tools 3

IMS5023 Information Enterprise Management & Marketing

IMS5052 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Documentation was circulated (p 183-190).

The Committee noted the decision of the Faculty of Information Technology to make major amendments to subjects as detailed at item 5 of the Report of the Faculty Executive Committee and in the documentation presented.

Education Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to make minor amendments to subjects as detailed at item 6 of the Report of the Faculty Executive Committee.

The Committee approved the proposal of the Faculty of Information Technology to disestablish the fifty-eight subjects (including one alias code) listed below:

SYS1003 Information Systems for Business and Government

IMS1101 Information Management 1

SYS2002 Information Systems 4

LAR2003 Information Processing

LAR2004 Information Policies and Infrastructures

LAR2005 Legal Systems and Recorded Information

LAR2006 Electronic Information Sources

LAR2603 Information Processing

LAR2670 Electronic Document Operations

LAR3004 Information Policies and Infrastructures

LAR3005 Legal Systems and Recorded Information

IMS3005 Legal Systems and Recorded Information

LAR3006 Electronic Information Sources

LAR3008 The Technology of Print

IMS3008 Internet Based Information Resources

LAR3009 Ethics and Risk in Information Management

IMS3009 Virtual Communities

IMS3011 Electronic Publishing

IMS3101 Information Management 4

IMS3102 Information Management 5

IMS3160 Decision Aids

IMS3330 Geographical Information Systems

IMS3540 Intelligent Decision Aids

LAR3604 Information Policies and Infrastructures

LAR3606 Electronic Information Sources

LAR4010 Libraries and Librarianship

LAR4020 History of Libraries and Information Agencies

LAR4030 Issues in Librarianship

LAR4040 History of the Book

LAR4050 Reference Services

LAR4060 Collection Management

LAR4070 Bibliographic Organisation

LAR4080 Bibliographic Organisation in Automated Environments

LAR4100 Reference Materials

LAR4110 Professional Practice

LAR4310 Management of Library and Information Services

IMS5009 Recordkeeping Contexts and Clients

IMS5018 Reference Principles and Practice

IMS5019 Library Contexts and Clients

IMS5020 Libraries Curriculum and Literature

IMS5025 Decision Support Systems Development

IMS5032 Recordkeeping, Accountability and the Law

IMS5034 Multimedia Publishing

IMS5035 Developing Information Services in Schools

IMS5039 Documenting Australia

IMS5040 Managing the Records Continuum

IMS5041 Business Records Management

IMS5044 Multimedia, the Internet and Human Networking

IMS5046 Evaluation and Implementation of Information Systems

GEC7220 Foundations of School Librarianship

GEC7230 Administration and Organisation of the Resource Centre

GEC7240 Curriculum Planning and Resources

GEC7250 Information Needs and Users

GEC7260 Organisation and Information

GEC7270 Computer-supported Information Services

GEC7280 School Librarianship Professional Development

GEC7290 School Librarianship Practicum

GEC7700 Special Topic in School Librarianship

A document was circulated (p 209-210).

Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 4/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine held on Wednesday, 7 July 1999, and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

Documentation was circulated (p 211-234).

The degree proposed for establishment under this item was a seventy-two credit point masters. The Committee noted that the degree would need to be listed under the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy.

Twenty-three new subjects were associated with this course which were presented for endorsement at item 12.3 below.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Master of Clinical Medicine, to be offered via a combination of distance education and on-campus modes, commencing January 2000.

Documentation was circulated (p 235-246).

The amended degree proposed under this item was a seventy-two credit point masters. The Committee noted that it would need to be listed under the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy.

Three new subjects proposals were associated with this course which were presented for endorsement at item 12.3 below.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to amend the structure of the Master of Clinical Embryology from ninety-six to seventy-two credit points.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 247-306).

The following new subjects were associated with the new course titled Master of Clinical Medicine and the major amendment to the Master of Clinical Embryology.

The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the twenty-six new subjects listed below:

MCM5101 Evidence based medicine, quality assurance and clinical audit

MCM5200 Cardiovascular medicine I

MCM5201 Cardiovascular medicine II

MCM5202 Nutritional epidemiology

MCM5203 Nutritional diagnosis

MCM5204 Nutritional management

MCM5205 Preventive nutrition in clinical practice

MCM5206 Ageing and physical activity

MCM5207 Nutrition and ageing

MCM5208 Metabolic medicine I

MCM5209 Metabolic medicine II

MCM5210 Health promotion actions

MCM5211 Health promotion in patient care

MCM5221 Developments in obstetrics and gynaecology I

MCM5222 Developments in obstetrics and gynaecology II

MCM5231 Pre-operative management

MCM5232 Operative surgery I

MCM5233 Operative surgery II

MCM5234 Post-operative management

MCM5241 Paediatrics I: Paediatric infectious diseases

MCM5242 Paediatrics II: sleep medicine

MCM5301 Clinical practice I

MCM5302 Clinical practice II

MCE1112 Embryo culture and cryopreservation

MCE1212 Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and embryo gene expression

MCE1213 Regulation and ethics in assisted reproductive technologies

A document was circulated (p 307-312).

The Committee received the report of Meeting 3/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Science held Wednesday, 30 June 1999, and considered each item as requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

The undergraduate Diploma of Wine Technology and Marketing was to be taught jointly by the Faculties of Business and Economics and Science. The proposal for this course was included in the agenda for endorsement under the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics at item 8.1.1. Three of the seven new subjects associated with the course which were to be offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics were included in the agenda at item 8.2. The four new subjects which were to be offered by the Faculty of Science (ASC1717, ASC1726, ASC2737 and ASC2746) were presented for endorsement at item 13.3 below.

The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Science had endorsed the proposal to establish and jointly offer an undergraduate Diploma in Wine Technology & Marketing in conjunction with the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Documentation was circulated (p 313-318).

Education Committee endorsed the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to amend the structure of the Graduate Diploma in Psychology as detailed in the documentation presented, in order to allow students the option to accelerate their progress.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 319-422).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to establish the one hundred and four new subjects (including seven alias codes) listed below:

CEL2012 Cell Biology 1

MOL2011 Molecular Biology: Genes and their Expression

MOL2022 Molecular Biology – Gene Technology and its Application

PHA2022 Drugs and Society

PHY2032 Physiology of Human Health

ASC1717 Introduction to Viticultural Science

ASC1726 Introduction to Wine Science

ASC2737 Vineyard Operations for Quality Wine Production

ASC2746 Winery Operations for Quality Wine Production

With the introduction of the new Bachelor of Science, the Board of the Faculty of Science agreed that credit point values for all subjects offered by that Faculty or by relevant departments in the Faculties of Medicine and Arts should be six points. All first year subjects were six credit points. From 2000, all second year subjects would be six credit points and from 2001, all third year subjects would become six credit points. The amendments represented changes to contact hours and assessment to reflect the change in credit point value. The list below involved second year subjects:

ANT2311 Human Anatomy 1: Musculo-skeletal System

ANT2321 Human Anatomy 2: Organs, Tissues and Body systems

ANT2342 Human Anatomy 3: Thorax, Abdomen and Pelvis

ANT2331 Introduction to Anatomy and Medical Terminology

SCI3716 Laboratory and Workplace Management

SCI3739 Applied Research Project

BIO2716 Physiological Function

BIO2727 Physiological Communication

BTH2757 Cellular metabolism

BTH2766 Introductory Microbiology

BTH2777 Microbial Function and Immunology

BTH3746 Medical Aspects of Cell Biology

BTH3757 Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

BTH3776 Food and Industrial Microbiology

BTH3787 Medical Microbiology

BTH3797 Environmental Microbiology

CHM2727 Molecular Analysis and Applications

CHM2736 Instrumental Techniques

CHM3716 Natural Products and Biotransformations

CHM3736 Bioactive Chemistry

CHM3727 Modern Chemical Applications

ENV2737 Environmental Science 2 – Resource Management Issues

MTH2246 Applied Statistics 2A

ENV2757 Environmental Health

ENV3726 Atmospheric Processes

ENV3737 Environmental Management

BCH2011 The Molecules of Life

BCH2022 Energy Metabolism of Cells and Tissues

BIO2011 Ecology

BIO2042 Conservation Biology

BIO2051 Animal and Plant Ecology

ENV4010 Environmental Sampling and Analysis

BIO2031 Biodiversity and Bioresources

BIO2022 Evolution and Systematics

BOT2032 Structure and function of plants: from cells to organism

BOT2041 Evolution of plant diversity

GEN2041 Foundation of genetics – heredity and you

GEN2052 Human and population genetics

CHM2911/2912 Molecular Design and Reactivity

CHM2921 Instrumental and Forensic Chemistry

CHM2931 Materials Chemistry: Biomaterials, Macromolecules and Smart Materials

CHM2942 Chemistry of Life

CHM2952 Environmental Chemistry – Water

CHE2071 Chemical Engineering Science 1

CHE2082 Chemical Engineering Science II

ESC2042 Environmental Geoscience 1

ESC2022 Origin and Evolution of the Earth’s crust

ESC2011 Crustal Processes

ESC2061 Field Geology

ENV2011 Environmental Policy and Management

ENV2022 Environmental Sampling and Monitoring

GES2130 Soils, land use and environment

GES2150 (alias GES2160) Coastal Geomorphology and Coastal Zone Management

GES2170 Biogeography – the status of Australian Vegetation

ENV1022 Australian physical environments: evolution, status, management

GES2210 Environmental Hydrology

GES2190 Climates of the Earth Boundary Layer

MTH2000 Mathematics Research Project Level 2

MTH2021 Linear Algebra with Applications

MTH2032 Differential Equations and Modelling

MTH2111/3111 Mathematical Structures

MTH2222/3222 Statistical Modelling

ASP2112/3112 Relativity and Cosmology

ATM2022/3022 Large-Scale Weather and Climate

MAT3401/3402 Special Topics in Mathematics I / II

MTH1210 Statistical Methods for Science

MIC2011 Microbiology: The Microbial World

MIC2022 Microbiology: Host and Environmental Interactions

MSC2011 (alias PHS2611) Everyday Materials

MSC2022 (alias PHS2622) Functional Materials

PHS2510 Medical Physics

ASP2011 (alias PHS2211) Astronomy: Exploring the Solar System

ASP2022 (alias PHS2222) Astronomy – The Stars and Beyond

PHS2011 Physics - Quantum Concepts and Technologies

PHS2022 Physics for Communications and Measurement

PHY2011 Neuroscience of Sensation, Brain and Movement

PHY2021 Body Systems Physiology

PSY2031 Developmental and Biological Psychology

PSY2042 Cognitive and Social Psychology

PSY2051 Research Design and Analysis

ZOO2031 Animal Diversity

ZOO2042 Animal Structure and Function

MTH2010 Multivariable calculus

GES2420 Environmental Policy and Management

The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Science had approved amendments to existing subjects as detailed under item 5 of the Faculty Board Report presented (p 423 – 426).

Professor Lindsay thanked evaluators for their considerable efforts and cooperation throughout the year to date, and particularly during the peak evaluation period that had just passed.

Some discussion ensued regarding evaluation procedures, where members raised the following points that:

electronic distribution of proposals for evaluation was not convenient for all evaluators;

various evaluators/Associate Deans Teaching had preferred methods of forwarding and receiving comments about evaluated proposals;

it may be appropriate to include extra evaluators in the following year’s roster for those meetings which were expected to involve a significantly greater evaluation workload eg. Education Committee Meetings 4/2000 and 5/2000; and

greater attention could be given within faculties to the viability of new academic programs and the mix of programs being offered. It was noted that the academic approval process within the Faculty of Medicine also required the submission and approval of a business plan for the establishment of any new course to be offered.

It was agreed that any evaluators who held preferences in relation to a) the method for receiving material to be evaluated, and/or b) the method for forwarding comments about their evaluation of proposals to the proposing faculties, would forward an email to Ms K Wilson-Reid (email: Kerri.Wilson-Reid@adm.monash.edu.au) including brief details of their preferred method(s). It was suggested that this information may be able to be included as part of the Education Committee’s evaluation roster located on the web.

Further discussion occurred regarding the role of evaluators and members noted that the purpose of evaluation was to ensure the consistency of proposals with relevant academic policies of the University eg. the Education Policy.

Professor Lindsay highlighted that whereas historically academic and resource planning had been quite separate, the current direction was towards further integration of the two types of planning. Members noted that academic planning would be the driving element, with an additional focus required for resource planning to ensure the viability of academic programs being developed and the mix of programs being offered. The Chair emphasised that an increasing focus for the Education Committee would be on strategic and policy issues in relation to academic directions, as greater devolution to faculties of various academic approval functions was anticipated. In closing, Professor Lindsay indicated that the Seminar for Associate Deans Teaching, which would be held in November 1999, may be an appropriate arena to further discuss the role of evaluators.

The next scheduled Meeting of the Education Committee will be held at 10.00 am on Wednesday, 22 September 1999.

All final submissions for that meeting are due by Wednesday, 8 September 1999. For other important dates, please refer to the 1999 Education Committee Submission Schedule and Evaluation Roster which is located on the web at the following address:

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

Associate Professor Louis Roller

Professor Peter Stewart

Professor Max King

Professor Merran Evans

Professor John Harris

Professor Graham Webb

Professor Les Johnson

Ms Claire Robinson (MONSU)

Mr Daniel Hickman (MSA)

Mr Ken Hull (MUGSU)

Ms Anne Purdham (MUBS)

Chris Coles (MPA – Graduate Diploma)

Mr Noel Turner (MPA - Master by coursework)

Mr Robert Burnet

Mr Clive Vernon

Dr Paul Rodan

Ms Kerri Wilson-Reid (Executive Officer)

Ms Fiona Walker (Minute Secretary)

Faculty Registrars/Managers (*9)

Mr B Eddy

Ms M Fairbanks

Dr A Mitchell

Mr P Siggins

Ms J Buckingham

Ms C Holland