Meeting No. 6/99 of the Education Committee was held on Wednesday, 22 September 1999 in the Sir George Lush Room, Administration Building 3A, Clayton Campus, between 10:00am and 11:45am.
Ms K Wilson-Reid
Executive Officer
MINUTES
PART A PROCEDURAL AND POLICY MATTERS
The Chair, Professor A Lindsay, left the meeting at 11.25am. Professor M Evans chaired the remainder of the meeting.
1. APOLOGIES
Apologies were received from Associate Professors M Morgan and L Roller.
2. STARRED ITEMS
*The Committee noted that certain items had previously been starred as requiring discussion. In addition, items 6, 7 and 9.2 were starred at the meeting. The Committee then endorsed the recommendations for all items other than those starred.
3. MINUTES
The Committee approved the Minutes of Meeting 5/99 held on Wednesday, 4 August 1999, which were circulated previously.
Action/Information: Secretary
4. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ACADEMIC BOARD MEETING 6/99
The Committee noted that each recommendation in the Report of Education Committee Meeting 5/99 was approved as put forward to the Academic Board.
5. 2000 MEETING SCHEDULE FOR EDUCATION COMMITTEE
The Committee approved the following schedule for meetings of the Education Committee in 2000:
Meeting No. Meeting Date Agenda Submission Deadline
1/2000 2 February 19 January
2/2000 22 March 8 March
3/2000 10 May 26 April
4/2000 21 June 7 June
5/2000 9 August 26 July
6/2000 20 September 6 September
7/2000 1 November 18 October
8/2000 6 December 22 November
Action/Information: Secretary; Members; Faculty Registrars
*6. FINAL REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON RANKING OF STUDENT RESULTS
The Working Party on Ranking of Student Results was established by the Education Committee at Meeting 3/99, to examine the possibility of providing ranking of student results in order to give employers, internal and external scholarship committees, other faculties and students themselves an idea of how students performed regardless of grades. Following consideration of the Working Party’s interim report at Meeting 4/99, Education Committee endorsed the general directions being followed, however "encouraged the Working Party to research possibilities for the development of Callista so that a more automated, University-wide approach to the generation of reports for student ranking could be recommended".
The final Report of the Working Party on Student Rankings was presented at this meeting for consideration by the Committee (p 1-2).
Dr B McSherry, Working Party Convenor, introduced the final report, highlighting that the Working Party’s recommendation to introduce ranking had been student driven and that consultation had taken place with student groups. Dr McSherry pointed out that the top percentile for ranking and other matters had been left open for the Committee’s consideration. Associate Professor A Farley later added that the Working Party had recommended university-wide ranking so that such results could be formally generated and recorded on Monash University transcripts for security purposes.
Lengthy discussion occurred as the Committee considered the recommendations contained in the Working Party’s final report. It was acknowledged that the Faculties of Business and Economics and Law held that student ranking was of importance and great relevance to students of those faculties in relation to seeking employment, admission to honours or scholarships for post-graduate study. This was supported by a student member of the Committee, Mr D Hickman, also a member of the Law Students Society and a student of both the Faculties of Law and Business and Economics.
Associate Deans Teaching from four faculties were of the view that this was not relevant to all Monash students and that employers in some of their related fields looked for qualities other than competitively-based academic achievement as a basis for employment selection. Furthermore it was suggested that to rank students would deviate from Monash's apparent direction of assessment becoming increasingly criterion-based, and discourage cooperative learning between students where group assessment applied. A post-graduate student member of the Committee, Mr N Turner, also highlighted that ranking may not be relevant or desirable for many post-graduate students (especially in small classes) who were studying for interest or for the furtherance of educational qualifications. Dr McSherry clarified that the recommendation to extend ranking to include post-graduate students had been made in order to simplify and automate the process, as had been suggested at Meeting 4/99 of the Committee, and that it was not necessary to include this category of students if Callista did not require such a degree of automation.
Other points were raised during the discussion, including suggestions that:
ranking could be across disciplines in the final year of study;
grade point averages could be utilised rather than ranking. Associate Professor Farley clarified that grade point averages would not provide comparative information within a student cohort.; and
in some faculties where ranking was required, the number of high results (eg. HD) may need to be internally assessed and changed over time if relevant.
In relation to the ranking of student results, it was agreed that a university-wide policy was not required. Rather, the Committee noted that where individual faculties held that ranking was relevant for their student cohorts (eg. Business and Economics and Law) they could pursue the matter in conjunction with Student Services and the Callista development group to ascertain a secure and efficient means of providing ranking information to students of those particular faculties.
Two related matters were highlighted which required further consideration. Professor M Evans emphasised the university-wide need for greater celebration of academic excellence, and suggested the possibility of recognition of the achievement of the top student in each subject on the academic transcript (eg. inclusion of an asterisk beside the result). Secondly, the Chair indicated that the issues of marking (namely the criteria for awarding distinctions and high distinctions), and criterion and norm based assessment, would be considered at a future meeting of CADeT. Professor Lindsay requested that Associate Deans Teaching give thought to the suggestion regarding recognition of academic excellence above. In relation to the assessment issues mentioned above, Associate Deans Teaching agreed to forward any submissions to the Executive Officer by 28 September 1999, for inclusion on the agenda of CADeT Meeting 6/99.
Action/Information: Secretary; Associate Professor A Farley;
Dr B McSherry; Mr R Burnet; Mr P Yates; Mr D Finlay;
Ms B Shields; Ms E Wilson; Associate Deans Teaching.
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7. TAGGED COURSEWORK AWARD TITLESRefer also to agenda item 12.3.
A proposal regarding the procedure for the "tagging" of coursework award titles was circulated (p 3-10), which was prepared by Associate Professor P Gronn and Mr P Lawford of the Faculty of Education, and forwarded from the Board of the Faculty of Education.
Also circulated for information, was a background paper with extracts from Academic Board minutes including the approved policies in relation to specialist degrees, the inclusion of specialisations on testamurs and the constitution of majors.
A related issue was the inclusion of specialisations on testamurs arising from an item at Education Committee Meeting 1/99. A memorandum from Professor M Evans and Mr R Burnet on this issue was circulated for initial consideration. A document was tabled by Associate Professor K Ng on behalf of the Faculty of Engineering in relation to this issue, which is attached to these minutes for information. (Attachment A)
In relation to the circulated proposal from Education, consultation was sought with the Associate Chair of Academic Board, the Executive Officer Education Committee, the University Solicitor’s Office, and two members of staff involved with the development of Callista.
The Chair welcomed Mr P Yates, Manager of Student Admissions and Records, Mr D Finlay, Change Manager Students, IAS Project, and Ms A Shelton, Assistant Solicitor, University Solicitor’s Office, who were invited to attend the meeting for this item.
Associate Professor P Gronn, Associate Dean Teaching of Education, introduced this item and thanked those who had provided significant input into the proposal.
Professor Lindsay highlighted the importance of streamlining procedures whilst maintaining quality assurance mechanisms. The Chair re-iterated that tags would need to be applied in accordance with specified Academic Board policy. Members noted Professor Lindsay’s advice regarding the benefits of faculties systematically and strategically rationalising their course offerings, including the titling of awards (namely the grouping or separation of awards through title), and the assistance that would be provided in relation to this process by the emerging Monash Qualifications Framework.
A query was raised as to what percentage of the degree component should be different for the degree to be recognised as a separate qualification. The Committee noted that this would remain a faculty judgement.
Mr Yates suggested that the proposed new procedure could be well accommodated by the Callista system where a student record could be moved from the generic degree to a tag (or the reverse) without the student having to formally discontinue one course and re-enrol in the next. Mr Finlay added that Callista could provide for either one course to be attached to one course code, or for one course code to have specialist iterations.
Consideration was then given to the attached memorandum from Professor M Evans and Mr B Burnet, regarding the format for inclusion of specialisations on testamurs. Mr Burnet indicated that Callista would be more flexible than MUSIS in relation to the inclusion of individual wording on testamurs. Mr Yates added that Callista could accommodate non-standard wording, such as that suggested in the tabled memo from Associate Professor K Ng.
Education Committee:
endorsed the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to alter the University course approval process in relation to tagged coursework award titles, such that faculties could establish tags for generically structured and approved degrees via major course amendments, noting that only the degrees would be listed under Statute 6.1.2 (members also noted that some procedural matters would require further consideration from the Callista team);
endorsed the proposal of Professor M Evans and Mr R Burnet in relation to the format for inclusion of specialisations on testamurs; and
noted that an exception to the standard university format for inclusion of specialisations on testamurs would be for awards of the Faculty of Engineering, for which the wording "...in the branch of..." would appear in place of the standard wording "...specialising in...".
Action/Information: Secretary; Associate Deans Teaching; Faculty Registrars;
Mr R Burnet; Mr P Yates; Mr D Finlay; Ms A Shelton
8. REVISION OF UNIVERSITY PROFORMAS FOR COURSE AND SUBJECT PROPOSALS & MONASH GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES
Members noted that documents which were prepared by the Education Committee LTOP Working Party on Procedures Review, including draft revised Course and Subject Proposal Proformas, completion instructions and "Supporting Documentation", were accessible on the University Secretariat’s website at the following addresses:
http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/com/ec/ecx/cs&sjpr0.rtf
http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/com/ec/ecx/scflapp2.rtf
The matters addressed within this documentation were matters arising from the Procedures Review Working Party’s reports to Education Committee Meetings 7/98 and 8/98, namely the revised proformas mentioned above, and also a draft revised list of graduate attributes.
Members (and Faculty Registrars) agreed to view the draft documentation on the web and refer comments to Dr K Macrae, Associate Dean Teaching Faculty of Science, by the Friday, 1 October 1999, so that a final draft could be included for consideration by the Education Committee at its next meeting.
Action/Information: Secretary; Members; Faculty Registrars; Dr K Macrae.
PART B: FACULTY REPORTS AND PROPOSALS
9. FACULTY OF ART AND DESIGN
A document was circulated (p 11-14).
Education Committee received and noted the Report of Meeting 11/99 of the Faculty of Art and Design Executive Committee held on 20 August 1999 (noting that proposals from this meeting were expected to be ratified by the next meeting of the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design), and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.
Action/ Information: Ms M Hah
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9.1 New Course ProposalsThe acting Chair, Professor M Evans, introduced items 9.1.1 to 9.1.3, informing the Committee that collaborative discussions had taken place prior to the meeting between the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), the acting Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design and the Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology, between the faculties regarding the location at which the following courses would be run. With a view to establishing a strong multimedia focus at the Berwick Campus, these courses would be run at the Berwick campus from 2001. In the interim due to resource implications, the three courses would be run at the Caulfield campus for their first year in 2000.
In addition, the Associate Dean Teaching of the Faculty of Arts, Associate Professor D Garrioch, indicated that the Faculty of Arts would have an interest in exploring collaborative possibilities with the Faculty of Art and Design in relation to the new courses proposed under items 9.1.4 to 9.1.7.
Action/Information: Secretary; Professors JR Redmond and J Rosenberg; Associate Professor B Hoffert; Mr K Bensley; Associate Professor D Garrioch
9.1.1 Bachelor of Design (Multimedia Design)
A document was circulated (p 15-26).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Bachelor of Design (Multimedia Design), to be offered on-campus at the Caulfield campus, commencing semester one, 2000, then to be moved to the Berwick campus from 2001.
9.1.2 Graduate Diploma of Design (Multimedia Design)
A document was circulated (p 27-30).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Graduate Diploma of Design (Multimedia Design), on-campus at the Caulfield campus, commencing semester one, 2000, then to be moved to the Berwick campus from 2001.
9.1.3 Graduate Certificate in Design (Multimedia Design)
A document was circulated (p 31-34).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Graduate Certificate in Design (Multimedia Design), to be offered on-campus at the Caulfield campus, commencing semester one, 2000, then to be moved to the Berwick campus from 2001.
9.1.4 Graduate Diploma of Applied Arts
A document was circulated ( p 35 - 38).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Graduate Diploma of Applied Arts, to be offered on-campus at the Caulfield campus, commencing semester one, 2000.
9.1.5 Graduate Certificate in Applied Arts
A document was circulated (p 39 - 72).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Graduate Certificate in Applied Arts, to be offered on-campus at the Caulfield campus, commencing semester one, 2000.
9.1.6 Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts
A document was circulated ( p 43 - 46).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts, to be offered on-campus at the Caulfield campus, commencing semester one, 2000.
9.1.7 Graduate Certificate in Fine Arts
A document was circulated (p 47 - 50).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Graduate Certificate in Fine Arts, to be offered on-campus at the Caulfield campus, commencing semester one, 2000.
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9.2 New Subject ProposalsHandbook entries were circulated (p 51 - 78).
The Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish twenty-four of the twenty-six new subjects listed below (the two underlined subjects, TAD2127 and TAD2129, were withdrawn at this time by the Associate Dean Teaching, Mr K Bensley):
APA4501 Jewellery/metals design 1G
APA4601 Project studies PGAA
APA4602 Major project PGAA
DGN2104 Design studio 4
DGN3105 Design studio 5
DGN3106 Design studio 6
FNA2125 The Landscape: Natural and Built Environment
FNA2303 The Human Image
FNA4401 Printmaking Studio 1G
FNA4402 Printmaking Studio 2G
FNA4403 Printmaking Studio 3G
FNA4404 Printmaking Studio 4G
FNA4601 Project studies PGFA
FNA4602 Major project PGFA
IAR2201 Building construction and materials A
IAR2202 Building construction and materials B
IAR2302 Services B
IDE3105 Industrial Design Studio 5
IDE3106 Industrial Design Studio 6
IDE3302 Ergonomics 2
IDE3805 Furniture Design 2
IDE3807 Transportation Design 2
IDE3809 Consumer Product Design 2
IDE4807 Transportation design 3
TAD2127 Art, Culture and Design in Central Europe
TAD2129 Art and Visual Culture of Paris
TAD4603 Research methods in art and design PG
TAD4604 Research seminar in art and design PG
Action/Information: Secretary; Mr K Bensley; Ms M Hah
9.3 Minor Amendments to Subjects
The Committee noted the decision of the Faculty of Art and Design to make minor amendments to subjects as detailed under items 4 and 5 of the Report of the Faculty of Art and Design Executive Committee.
10. FACULTY OF ARTS
A document was circulated (p 79 - 82).
Education Committee received and noted the Report of Meeting 4/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts held Wednesday, 28 July 1999, and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.
Action/ Information: Ms C Jordon; Ms C Holland
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10.1 New Course Proposal - Diploma in Social ScienceA document was circulated (p 83 - 90).
Discussion occurred between Associate Professors D Garrioch and A Farley regarding the possibility for collaboration in the offering of this award. In particular, it was suggested that a Diploma in Social Science could include, along with the other proposed major streams, a major stream in economics.
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to establish the Diploma in Social Science, to be offered through on-campus at the Caulfield, Clayton and Gippsland campuses, and via distance education, commencing semester one, 2000, noting that further consultation would take place between the Faculties of Business and Economics and Arts regarding possible future inclusion in the Diploma of specialisations from the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Action/ Information: Secretary; Associate Professor D Garrioch;
Associate Professor A Farley
10.2 Major Amendments to Existing Courses
10.2.1 Graduate Diploma of Arts (Tourism)
Documentation was circulated (p 91 - 102).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Tourism) as detailed in the documentation circulated previously, to include an additional core unit and additional functional subject.
10.2.2 Master of Arts
Documentation was circulated (p 103 - 108).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the Master of Arts in tourism as detailed in the documentation circulated previously.
10.3 New Subject Proposals
Handbook entries were circulated (p 109 - 166).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to establish the thirty-seven new subjects listed below (which include twenty-one subjects at an additional year level of offering and one new subject by virtue of a change to the credit point value):
AUS4234 / 5234 Comparative cultural institutions
ENV445E / 545E Energy environment infrastructure
HYM4140 / 5140 The Raj Imagined: Stories and Films of "British" India in their Historical Context
HYM4180 / 5180 Images of the natural world
HYM4230 / 5230 Happy Families? The Western European family, 17th – 19th centuries
PUB4007 / 5007 Advanced editing
RLM4150 Belief and Perception
RLM4600 / 5600 The Search for Meaning: Expressions of Belief
RLM4780 Thinking God – Philosophical Theology and Postmodernity
SWM5210 Welfare politics: from the local to the global (on campus and distance education)
SWM5220 Social Work and Aged Care
VAM4760 Gender, Body and Performance
VAM4830 / 5830 Exploration and Immigration in the Cultural Imaginary
WSM4700 / 5700 Issues in Feminist Cross-Cultural Research
WSM4940 / 5940 Lovers and Letters: Researching Private Lives
New Subject by virtue of change to credit point value
CHB5206 Bioethics supervised research paper
(from 8 to 8 & 12 points)New subjects by virtue of additional year level of offering
ENV504E Environmental policy and action
(in addition to ENV404E)ENV522E Environmental assessment
(in addition to ENV422E)ENV523E The conserver society
(in addition to ENV423E)ENV531E Environmental psychology
(in addition to ENV431E)ENV532E Environment and health
(in addition to ENV432E)ENV533E Environmental internship
(in addition to ENV433E)ENV536E Ecotourism
(in addition to ENV436E)GYM4610 Geographical information systems (GIS) for social science applications
(in addition to GES3810)GYM4920 Geographical information systems (GIS) for environmental science applications
(in addition to GES3810 /3820)VAM5760 Gender, Body and Performance
(in addition to DTP4760)WSM4041 Gender Issues
(in addition to WSM5041)10.4 Disestablishment of Subjects
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to disestablish the following eight subjects (which include two subjects at an additional year level of offering);
JPL2810 Accelerated Japanese 2D/E: part 1
JPL2820 Accelerated Japanese 2D/E: part 2
VSA2410 / 3410 History and Theory of Photography, part 1: 1839 -1940
VSA2430 / 3430 History and Theory of Photography, part 2: 1940 to the present
ASM4450 Questions of identity: Ethnicity, nationalism and globalisation
ASM4490 Knowledge, power and social transformation in Southeast Asia
10.5 Amendments to Existing Subjects
Documentation was circulated (p 167 - 176).
The Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to make major and minor amendments to subjects as detailed in the documents circulated previously and at items 7 and 9 of the Faculty Board Report.
11. FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
A document was circulated (p 177 - 178).
The Committee received the Report of Meeting 6/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics, held on Wednesday, 18 August 1999, noted the proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.
Action/ Information: Ms B Shields; Ms M Grant
11.1 Major Amendments to Existing Courses
11.1.1 Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance), Bachelor of Commerce (Business Statistics) and Bachelor of Commerce (Management)
Documentation was circulated (179 - 196).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the course structure of the generic Bachelor of Commerce, and the three tagged/specialised versions of the Bachelor of Commerce, as detailed in the documentation presented.
11.1.2 Bachelor of Economics
Documentation was circulated (p 193 - 196).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the course structure of the Bachelor of Economics as detailed in the documentation presented.
11.1.3 Bachelor of Business (Accounting), Bachelor of Business (Banking & Finance), Bachelor of Business (Human Resources), Bachelor of Business (International Trade), Bachelor of Business (Management), Bachelor of Business (Marketing) and Bachelor of Business (Retail Management)
Documentation was circulated (197 - 208).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the course structure of the seven specialised/tagged Bachelor of Business courses as detailed in the documentation presented.
11.1.4 Bachelor of Business and Commerce
Documentation was circulated (p 209 - 210).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to make various major amendments to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce as detailed in the documentation presented.
12. FACULTY OF EDUCATION
A document was circulated (p 211 - 212).
Education Committee received the Report Meeting 4/99 of the of the Board of the Faculty of Education, held Wednesday, 8 September 1999, noted the Proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.
Action/ Information: Mr P Lawford
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12.1 New Course Proposal - Master of Education (School Leadership)A document was circulated (p 213 - 216).
Discussion occurred regarding the mode of enrolment for this course, and it was highlighted that the paperwork included reference to "flexible" mode, which was no longer a term used by the Committee. The Associate Dean Teaching, Associate Professor P Gronn, advised that the paperwork should be amended to read "on-campus", and that reference to "flexible" mode should be removed.
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to establish the Master of Education (School Leadership), to be offered on-campus at the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2000.
Action/Information: Secretary; Associate Professor P Gronn;
Mr P Lawford; Professor J Harris
12.2 New Subject Proposals
Handbook entries were circulated (p 217 - 224).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to establish the four new subjects listed below:
Undergraduate subject
EDF3202 Curriculum Studies: Primary Health and Physical Education
Master of Education subjects
EDF6615 Theories of Assessment
EDF6616 Theories of Intervention
EDF6322 Teaching Music; Policy and Practice
12.3 Tagged Coursework Degrees
This item was considered in the agenda at item 7.
13. FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
A document was circulated (p 225 - 232).
Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 5/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology, held Wednesday, 8 September 1999, noted the Proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.
Action/ Information: Mr K Hobbs; Ms S Gleeson; Ms J Oldfield
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13.1 New Course Proposal - Bachelor of Network Computing (Honours)Documentation was circulated (p 233 - 236).
Discussion occurred regarding honours components and the grading of honours. The acting Chair, Professor Evans, foreshadowed these issues as requiring further discussion and consideration at a future meeting in 2000.
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish the Bachelor of Network Computing (Honours), to be offered on-campus at the Peninsula campus, commencing semester two, 2000.
13.2 Major Amendments to Existing Courses
13.2.1 Master of Information Technology
Documentation was circulated (p 237 - 242).
Documentation for this proposal had also been forwarded to the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee for consideration.
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the Master of Information Technology as detailed in the documentation presented, to extend the offer of the course via locally-supported distance education in Singapore and Hong Kong, and recast the course documentation in more general terms to allow for changes to subject offerings.
13.2.2 Master of Business Systems
Documentation was circulated (p 243 - 248).
Documentation for this proposal had also been forwarded to the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee for consideration.
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the Master of Business Systems as detailed in the documentation presented, to extend the offer of the course via distance education in Hong Kong.
13.3 Minor Amendment to Course - Master of Digital Communications
Documentation was circulated (p 249 - 250).
Education Committee noted the minor amendment made by the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to the Master of Digital Communications as detailed under item 3 of the Faculty Board Report and in the document presented.
Handbook entries were circulated (p 251 - 262).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish the seven new subjects listed below (including one subject at an additional year level of offering):
CSE1370 / 2370 Advanced Project Level 1/2
IMS3007 Managing Business Records
IMS3403 Creating Narrative in Multimedia
IMS3810 Information Enterprise Management and Marketing
IMS4036 Introduction to Information Management and Systems Research
13.5 Major Amendment to Existing Subject
Documentation was circulated (p 263 - 266).
The Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend SFT2203 Technical Documentation for Software Engineers, as detailed under item 5 of the Faculty Board Report and in the document presented.
13.6 Minor Amendments to Existing Subjects
Documentation was circulated (p 267 - 268).
Education Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to make minor amendments to subjects as detailed under item 6 of the Faculty Board Report and in the documentation presented.
13.7 Disestablishment of Subjects
Education Committee endorsed for transmission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to disestablish the two Reading Subjects COT4010 and COT5010.
14. FACULTY OF LAW
A document was circulated (p 269 - 270).
Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 2/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Law held Thursday, 22 July 1999, and Meeting 6/99 of the Faculty of Law Executive Committee held on Thursday, 19 August, 1999, noted the Proceedings and considered the item requiring action for submission to the Academic Board.
Action/ Information: Ms E Wilson; Ms J Beaton
14.1 New Subject Proposals
Handbook entries were circulated (p 271 - 280).
The subject below coded LAW4162, had been endorsed by the Faculty Executive Committee, and was expected to be ratified by the Board of the Faculty of Law at its next meeting.
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to establish the four new subjects listed below.
LAW5152 Taxation Law
LAW5153 Advanced Taxation Law
LAW7226 Tort Liability of Public Authorities
LAW4162 Family Property and Financial Disputes
15. FACULTY OF MEDICINE
A document was circulated (p 281 - 284).
Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 5/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine held Wednesday, 8 September 1999, and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.
Action/ Information: Mr M Lewenberg; Ms J Tong
15.1 Amendment to Course - Master of Nursing
A document was circulated ( p 285 - 286).
Documentation for the amendment under this item had also been forwarded to the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee for consideration.
Education Committee noted the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to offer the Master of Nursing via a new twinning arrangement through the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK).
15.2 Disestablishment of Course - Graduate Diploma in Venereology
A document was circulated
(p 287 - 288).The subjects associated with this course to be discontinued were listed under item 15.5 of the agenda.
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to disestablish the Graduate Diploma in Venereology.
15.3 New Subject Proposals
Handbook entries were circulated (p 289 - 304).
The subject proposals under this item formed the third year of the Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging.
The Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the eight new subjects listed below:
RAD3011 Medical Imaging & Methods 2 (CT) & Digital Image Processing 2
RAD3021 Sonographic Imaging & Methods 1
RAD3031 Radiologic Biology 5
RAD3041 Clinical Studies 5
RAD3052 Sonographic methods 2 & Sonographic Professional Skills
RAD3062 Mammography and Medical Imaging Dosimetry
RAD3072 Radiologic Biology 6
RAD3082 Clinical Studies 6
15.4 Disestablishment of Existing Subjects
The subjects disestablished under this item resulted from the disestablishment of the Graduate Diploma in Venereology at item 15.2.
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to disestablish the six subjects listed below:
DVN1100 Diploma in Venereology FT Y1 S1
DVN1102 Diploma in Venereology PT Y1 S1
DVN1201 Diploma in Venereology FT Y1 S2
DVN1203 Diploma in Venereology PT Y1 S2
DVN2104 Diploma in Venereology PT Y2 S1
DVN2205 Diploma in Venereology PT Y2 S2
15.5 Minor Amendments to Existing Subjects
Recommendation:
The Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to make minor amendments to existing subjects as detailed under item 5 of the Faculty Board Report.
15.6 Subject Quotas
A document was circulated
(p 305 - 306).The subject quotas under this item were expected to be endorsed by the Board of the Faculty of Science at its next meeting (6 October 1999).
Subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Science, Education Committee approved the subject quotas proposed by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine for science subjects in 2000 as detailed in the document presented.
(Secretarial Note: The Board of the Faculty of Science subsequently endorsed the subject quotas above.)
16. FACULTY OF SCIENCE
A document was circulated (p 307 - 308).
The Committee received the Report of Meeting 4/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Science held Wednesday, 11 August 1999, and considered the item requiring action for submission to the Academic Board.
Action/ Information: Mr P Rodan; Ms B Katz
16.1 New Subject Proposal
A handbook entry was circulated ( p 309 - 310).
Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to establish the one new subject: BNS2011 Fundamental Concepts in Behavioural Neuroscience.
16.2 Minor Amendments to Existing Subjects
Education Committee noted the minor amendments made by the Board of the Faculty of Science to subjects as detailed under item 2 of the Faculty Board Report.
General Comment in relation to Agenda Part B - Faculty Reports
CROSS-FACULTY CONSULTATION
Associate Deans Teaching noted the importance of cross-faculty consultation in relation to course and subject proposals. The Committee was referred to the "Discipline Areas Policy", concerning subjects and courses offered across disciplinary boundaries, which was located on the web at the following address (approved Academic Board Meeting 5/97):
http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/pol/polind.htm
All final submissions for that meeting are due by Wednesday, 13 October 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:
http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/com/comind.htm
Membership:
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
Associate Professor 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)
Mr Chris Coles (MPA – Graduate Diploma)
Mr Noel Turner (MPA - Master by coursework)
In Attendance:
Mr Robert Burnet
Mr Clive Vernon
Dr Paul Rodan
Ms Kerri Wilson-Reid (Executive Officer)
Ms Fiona Walker (Minute Secretary)
Further Distribution:
Faculty Registrars/Managers (*9)
Mr B Eddy
Ms M Fairbanks
Dr A Mitchell
Mr P Siggins
Ms J Buckingham
Ms C Holland
Ms P Herman
Additional Distribution Meeting 6/99:
Mr P Yates
Mr D Finlay
Ms A Shelton