Meeting No. 7/99 of the Education Committee was held on Wednesday, 27 October 1999 in the Sir George Lush Room, Administration Building 3A, Clayton Campus, between 10:00am and 1:30pm.

In attendance were: Mr R Burnet, Dr P Rodan and Ms K Wilson-Reid

The Chair, Professor A Lindsay, left the meeting at 12:35 pm. Professor M Evans chaired the remainder of the meeting.

Apologies were received from Associate Professor L Roller, Dr B McSherry, Dr P James, Mr C Vernon, Ms A Purdham, Mr D Hickman and Ms C Robinson.

The Committee noted that certain items had been starred as requiring discussion. In addition, items 13.2.1 and 13.2.2 were starred and items 7A and 7B were added at the meeting.

Tabled papers were received for items 11.2.4 (replacement page for p 210) and 14.1.2. Copies of a table for item 5, which had been circulated electronically prior to the meeting, were also available at the meeting.

The Committee approved the Minutes of Meeting 6/99 held Wednesday, 22 September 1999, which had been circulated separately.

The Committee noted that each recommendation in the Report of Education Committee Meeting 6/99 had been approved by the Academic Board.

Members noted that Professor A Lindsay had made one (un-starred) minor amendment to the wording of the recommendation for major amendment to the Master of Information Technology. Academic Board approved the amendment as follows:

The Committee was informed that the Academic Board had noted Professor Lindsay’s advice that OQAC was currently clarifying relevant descriptors for support to distance education.

(Members noted that the full version of the Working Party’s final Report was located on the web at: http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/apsu/abwp/mf/report.htm)

At its Meeting 4/99, Education Committee received and considered the summary final Report of the Academic Board LTOP Working Party on Cross-Faculty Programs, which had been approved by the Board at its Meeting 3/99. In particular, the Academic Board Working Party on Cross-Faculty Programs had made two recommendations which required action from the Education Committee.

In relation to the first recommendation below, Associate Deans Teaching had agreed to provide reports to Education Committee Meeting 7/99, including:

details of the Faculty's subject offerings and current cross-listings (at departmental and faculty levels); and

details regarding which of their subjects could be cross-listed.

The reports were also to highlight:

a) the progress made and resolutions reached by the Faculty;

b) what research or action was still required; and

c) any discussion/assistance which may be required from the Education Committee about issues identified as part of this process.

Reports arising from the first recommendation were received from most faculties and were circulated (p 1-12).

In relation to the second recommendation, the Committee had agreed to invite Associate Deans Teaching, Faculty Registrars, Student Services, Student Rights Officers and MUFSO to identify policies and procedures regarding cross-faculty offerings, with particular focus on those which were inconsistent across faculties, so that inconsistencies could be considered by the Committee in a systematic fashion. Members noted that Professor Evans had forwarded a letter to those groups including details of what was required through the audit. Responses were received in relation to this recommendation from the Faculties of Art and Design, Engineering and Science, which were integrated with the previous reports from faculties as mentioned above.

For initial information in relation to recommendation 2 below, a draft table identifying relevant academic policies (as detailed in the headings in faculty handbooks) was circulated to members via email prior to the meeting. Copies of the table were also made available at the meeting. Various amendments to the table were received at the meeting, including: the addition of rows for NP Grades, Boards of Examiners, Roles of Subject Leaders and Roles of Examiners; the addition of a legend; and the addition of a column for university-wide policies. The Chair requested that Associate Deans Teaching advise the Executive Officer of any further additions or amendments to this table following the meeting.

Various members expressed interest in a column included in the above-mentioned table titled "Student rights and reasonable expectations". This policy had been included in the faculty handbook of the Faculty of Information Technology. For information as requested by those members, Associate Professor J Hurst has provided the URL for that policy as detailed below:

http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~ajh/ADT/studentrights.html

Education Committee established a working party, including Associate Professor L Nethercott, Mr C Avram and Dr P Rodan (or another Faculty Registrar to be advised), which would look further at the issues of cross-listing and collaboration. The working party would also identify academic policies and procedures which were inconsistent across faculties. This would support the development of a consistent overarching policy in the interest of consistent and equitable treatment of students. (Secretarial Note: The Chair advised that consideration would be given as to whether the working party would be serviced by an administrator from either the University Secretariat or the area of Planning and Academic Affairs.)

As stated in the Learning and Teaching Plan, the University’s new direction was committed to student-centred flexible learning.

The Monash Qualifications Framework or MQF, which was circulated under this item (p 13-34), specified appropriate standards for all award qualifications offered by Monash University. It focussed particularly on award levels and their inter-relationships, so that issues such as flexible pathways, articulation, and lifelong learning may be placed in a common contextual reference.

The MQF reflected the University’s commitment to the provision of flexible educational opportunities, choices and pathways. The principles that underpinned the MQF acknowledged that there was a need for a broad, consistent range of awards, which provided for academic progression and had both authority and understanding within the University, the tertiary sector and the broader community. The MQF recognised that there may be several routes to achieve the University’s required academic standards.

The MQF was prepared by the Education Committee LTOP Working Party on the Development of Quality Assurance Processes and Academic Standards, Chaired by Associate Professor J Hurst, and was then further developed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), and the Director, Planning and Academic Affairs.

Professor A Lindsay introduced this item, informing members that the MQF was intended to provide an orderly qualifications framework for the University, whilst clarifying the nature of the University’s awards and avenues for student mobility and outcomes in an increasingly globalised world. On the invitation of the Chair, Associate Professor J Hurst spoke to this item, highlighting that during development of the MQF, the working party had been mindful of both the Monash Plan - Leading the Way, and the flexible learning directions outlined in the Learning and Teaching Operational Plan. Associate Professor Hurst advised that the key indicators of academic programs which had been spelt out would highlight flexible pathways for students. Associate Professor Hurst noted that the document provided a sound starting point for further consideration.

The Committee gave significant consideration to the Monash Qualifications Framework (MQF) presented, and provided the following suggestions for amendment to the document, or about areas which may require further consideration:

some of the information contained in the introductory pages (pp 2-6), in particular references to dates and transitory information, may be more appropriately incorporated in a separate covering section in order to maintain the introductory pages mentioned above as a lasting preamble;

further work was required in relation to the University’s graduate attributes and learning outcomes. Members noted that graduate attributes were currently being considered by a small group, and that an initial report had been received on the matter under item 7 of this meeting’s agenda;

greater reference to non-award study may be appropriate in the MQF, as it could serve as an articulation pathway for entry to some award courses, and also due to the likelihood that non-award study would be subject to the GST. A suggestion was made that non-award courses of study could be categorised as preparatory awards, which would not attract GST, and which would be consistent with the notion of study that was often used for articulation purposes. Professor Evans advised that further consideration would be given to this possibility. Discussion of this topic also raised a suggestion that the definition of "student" be considered taking into account non-award study;

under the Glossary (p18), the further refinement was required for definitions of "award", program and "course", to reflect their interchangable nature, and a definition for "subject" needed to be added;

Figure 1 (p8), which was the overview of Monash’s subject and course development approval and review processes, needed to include reference to the external assessment process undertaken during the development of doctorates;

in relation to the generic descriptor sections on Higher Doctorate and Doctorate (pp 9-10), it was agreed that the PhD and Scholarships Committee would be requested to give further consideration to the wording about the three types of award and provide a response which included: more appropriate wording of the sections; and an indication of where further work was required;

Higher Master and Professional Master awards (p 11):

Major issues considered by the Committee regarding masters included the labelling and differentiation of the categories of masters, the length of the awards (including entry level and exit standard) and the need for a clear indication to students of which categories of masters could articulate into a further research degree. Views were put that Monash’s use of the nomenclature "professional" master was not consistent with expectations for professional accreditation eg. that externally, "professional" may indicate a masters which was primarily coursework (as opposed to primarily research), which would, under that expectation, blur the line between the existing Monash categories of coursework and professional masters. The following suggestions and amendments were received that:

the bar above the heading "1. Master (research)" should be removed;

in the Higher Master section, the wording under the subheading "Length", would be shortened to read: "One year full-time equivalent (48 point credit points)". (The one year full-time equivalent "higher master" would follow from four years of study, as outlined under Entrance Level at p 11, in a cognate discipline.);

the term "professional master" should no longer be used. The term "master" could represent a master of up to 96 points, which followed from up to three years of study (not necessarily in the cognate discipline);

On the request of the Chair, it was agreed that Associate Deans Teaching would check to ensure that existing masters programs would correspond with these models;

Postgraduate Diploma awards (p 12): Members noted that further effort was required in some faculties to bring the nomenclature for various diplomas (and certificates) at the graduate level into line with the existing categories of "Postgraduate" and "Graduate" Diplomas;

Graduate Diploma awards (p 13):

Amendment to the section "Learning Outcomes/Exit Standard" so that it read:

"Broadening of skills in a new discipline area, or development of knowledge and skills in a new area, involving either sequential or non-sequential study."

Bachelor awards (p 14):

A query was raised about whether the standard three year Monash bachelor degree followed from twelve or thirteen years of previous study. In relation to this query, comparisons were also drawn with other international models. The Chair indicated that further investigation would be required regarding the age of students at completion of preparatory study prior to University. A comment was received that it was misleading to offer a standard three year degree plus a one year honours degree separately, as students could complete a degree in a similar discipline eg. Bachelor of Commerce followed by Arts with honours in Economics, and appear to have been awarded two degrees. Discussion followed regarding the possibility of altering the standard three year bachelor degree to become a four year degree with a three year exit for a pass degree although this on balance was not thought to be feasible. The Committee agreed that further work was required in relation to the section on bachelor degrees.

Brief discussion occurred following a query from Professor G Webb, regarding the relationship between the Australian Qualifications Framework (which was not a mandatory structure for Australian universities to adhere to), and the Monash Qualifications Framework. Professor A Lindsay noted that discussion about this matter could take place in greater detail following the meeting.

The Committee agreed that the MQF would need to be forwarded to the PhD and Scholarships Committee for consideration, as well as being given further consideration in faculties, prior to the document being forwarded to the Academic Board.

At Education Committee Meeting 4/99, Professor G Webb advised that ACER had been contracted to produce a test for university students which would, amongst other objectives, demonstrate the generic skills and graduate attributes achieved by students during the undertaking of their awards. At that time, Professor Webb invited members to forward relevant information to him regarding the points below, so that Monash could provide a response to ACER about this matter:

the attributes and generic skills expected of Monash graduates; and

faculties’ strategies for the teaching and assessment of generic skills and graduate attributes.

Professor Lindsay highlighted at that time that it would also be useful for the above information to be given further consideration by the Education Committee.

A paper regarding Monash’s graduate attributes, prepared by Professor G Webb, in conjunction with Dr K Macrae and Associate Professor M Eley, was circulated (p 35-40). A background paper, which included extracts of Monash’s graduate attributes as defined in Leading the Way – Monash 2020 and the Learning and Teaching Operational Plan, was also circulated for information.

Professor G Webb spoke to this item, highlighting the need for a university-wide set of graduate attributes which effectively incorporated those from Leading the Way – Monash 2020 and LTOP. Dr K Macrae added that further graduate attributes and teaching approaches to encourage the development of graduate attributes had been considered by the Procedures Review Working Party.

It was agreed that the Working Party would also focus on the international perspective, self management and ethics.

Education Committee endorsed the preliminary recommendations contained in the report on Graduate Attributes, and requested that the working group progress to the next stage, which would involve the re-casting of the University’s graduate attributes, taking into consideration the three areas detailed above.

This item was added at the meeting.

Professor M Evans informed the Committee that correspondence would soon be sent to Deans requesting input toward an update of the Learning and Teaching Operational Plan, which was expected to be forwarded to the Academic Board in February 2000.

This item was added at the meeting.

The Committee noted advice from the Chair, Professor A Lindsay, regarding possibilities for change to the role of the Education Committee. Professor Lindsay foreshadowed amendments to the current model for course and subject approval, highlighting possibilities for devolution to faculties of this process as closer integration of academic and resource planning occurred. Members were advised that the model being considered for the approval process would likely involve a two stage process whereby proposals for new and amended courses and subjects would be put to the Dean for consideration, also in light of the viability of the program concerned. Once considered, the Dean would sign off on those proposals which were both academically and financially viable. Professor Lindsay also highlighted the importance of continuing cross-faculty consultation in relation to relevant course and subject proposals. The Chair advised that another aspect of the changes would be the creation of an effective quality assurance process for checking that proposals have been appropriately implemented once approved. The Committee noted Professor Lindsay’s advice that further consideration was required to before an effective and viable model for these processes could be presented.

A document was circulated (p 41 - 42).

Education Committee received and noted the Report of Meeting 5/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design held on 22 September 1999, and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

Handbook entries were circulated (43 - 72).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the thirty new subjects listed below.

APA4506 Casting of small-scale objects and jewellery 1G

APA4507 Casting of small -scale objects and jewellery 2G

APA4508 Anodising 1G

APA4511 Metals/Jewellery 1C

APA4512 Metals/Jewellery 2C

APA4513 Metals/Jewellery 3C

APA4514 Metals/Jewellery 4C

DGN2103 Design Studio 3

DIS2301 Interior Architecture Computing 1

DIS2302 Interior Architecture Computing 2

DIS3107 3D Modelling for Design 1

DIS3108 3D Modelling for Design 2

DWG4502 Collage, Montage and Assemblage 1G

DWG4503 Perceptual Drawing (Composition) 1G

DWG4504 Creative Drawing 1G

DWG4505 Drawing (Distortion, Design and Decoration) 1G

DWG4507 Drawing (Concept and Research) 1G

DWG4508 Drawing (Concept and Research) 2G

DWG4509 Perceptual drawing (the figure) 1G

DWG4510 Perceptual drawing 1G

DWG4511 Drawing for Contemporary Practice 1G

IAR2103 Interior Architecture Studio 3

IAR2104 Interior Architecture Studio 4

IAR2305 Structures B

IDE3402 Materials and Manufacturing 2

IDE3403 Materials and Manufacturing 3

IDE3808 Transportation Design 3

TAD2130 Concept & Creativity: development of Italian art and design

TAD2127 Art, Culture and Design in Central Europe (resubmitted)

TAD2129 Art and Visual Culture of Paris (resubmitted)

Education Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design to make major amendments to subjects as detailed at item 3 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

A document was circulated (p 73 - 80).

Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 5/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts held on Wednesday, 11 September 1999, and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 81 - 82).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Applied Social Research) by changing the entry requirements as detailed in the document presented.

The new subjects associated with this proposal were listed at agenda item 9.4.

The Education Committee endorsed the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) by adding the stream of Applied Social Research, to be offered from semester one, 2000, with subjects as detailed below:

SCY4660 Professional honours in social research I: key issues

SCY4670 Professional Honours in social research II: Research project

Education Committee endorsed the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to make the following amendments to offering of core subjects within the Graduate Diploma of Corporate Environmental Management to:

offer the existing core subject ENV422E Environmental Assessment in alternate years, where previously it was offered every year; and

offer the existing core subject ENV404C Environmental Policy and Action in those years when ENV422E is not offered.

Documentation was circulated (p 83 - 88).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to cease the offering of the italicised specialisations within the following courses:

Master of Arts in Geography by coursework

Master of Arts in Italian by coursework/research

Masters Qualifying in Geography by coursework

A document was circulated (p 89 - 90).

The Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the general requirements for the undergraduate courses of the Faculty of Arts, including the definition of major and minor studies, from 2000, due to the Faculty’s transition to six point subjects.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 91 - 102).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to establish the eleven new subjects listed below.

INT2090/3090 Research methods for comparative studies

PHL2115/3115 Making Knowledge: Modern Scientific Controversies

SCY4660 Professional honours in social research I: key issues

SCY4670 Professional honours in social research II: research project

ARY3240 Archaeology and archive studies: exploring Victoria’s heritage

HSY4240 Archaeology and archive studies: exploring Victoria’s heritage

A document was circulated (p 103 - 104).

Education Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to make major and minor amendments to subjects, as detailed under items 4.2 and 6 of the Faculty Board Report and the document presented.

Education Committee endorsed the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to disestablish the two hundred and twenty-two subjects (including fifty-two at an additional year level):

GES2120 World cities and regions

GES2250 Making environment relationships: perspectives in cultural geography

GES2650 Development theory and practice

GES2710 Southeast Asia

GES2992 Development And the environment - worlds apart

GES3210 Environmental hydrology

GES3290 Society, nature and settlement in the new world

GES3710 Southeast Asian geography

GES3740 Urban restructuring

GES3230 Sustainable cities (8 points)

FRN3150 Critical theory and practice

FRN4150 Critical theory and practice

GRN4335 Theory and practice of literary criticism I: the theory

GRN4345 Theory and practice of literary criticism II: the practice

CHI4450 Chinese Business Communication, part 1

CLS4000 Critical & Literary Theory

CLS4190 Legal fictions: Intersections between law and literature

CLS4310 Theories of discourse: Poststructuralism, feminism & sociolinguistics

ENH4190 Legal fictions: Intersections between law and literature

ENH4310 Theories of discourse: Poststructuralism, feminism & sociolinguistics

ENH2125 Empire games: Reading sex and race (Berwick)

ENH2155 Fictions of the Australian city (Berwick)

ENH2810/3810 Novel into film

ENH2930/3930 National fictions

ENH3005 Writing the child

ENH3320 Body, space, text

ENH3390 Middle English Literature

ENH3500 Special reading course

ENH3691 Authority and identity in Australian literature

ENH3995 Writing in theory and practice

ENH4230 Melodrama in three modes

ENH4320 Theories of rehearsal and performance: writing, performativity, text

ENH4800 Middle English literature

ENH4940 Literature and film

ENH9000 Unspecified first year literature subject

ENHLATH Final Hons English and Latin

ENH2270/3270 Modern drama (cross-listings previously disestablished)

HSY2250/3250 Cultural landscapes in Paris from the Enlightenment to the Second Empire

HSY2420/3420 Australian popular culture

HSY4070 Special subject 2: first semester

HSY4080 Special subject 2: second semester

RLT2131/3131 Sociology of religion

ARY3790/4790 Minoan problems

ARY4040 The archaeology of the Dakhieh Oasis

HSY4720 Dissertation

JWC1090 Jewish Foundation texts I, part A

JWC1090 Jewish Foundation texts I, part B

WMN2130 Race and sexual politics

WMN3460/4280 Intergenerational tyrannies: gender age and culture

WMN3630 Feminism cross-culturally

MUS2930/3930 The American West: from wilderness to urban sprawl

(cross-listing previously disestablished)

COS3030 Advanced comparative sociology Part 1

COS3040 Advanced comparative sociology Part 2

COS3110 Cultural studies: The consumer society

SCY3651 Unconscious in social life

PLT1032 Introduction to international relations (Peninsula)

PLT1042 Introduction to international relations (Caulfield)

PLT1042R Introduction to international relations (Caulfield)

PLT1562 Australian politics & society (Peninsula)

PLT2292 Australia & Asia (Peninsula)

PLT2491 Politics of the Middle East (Caulfield)

PLT2621 Politics of labour

PLT2622 Politics of labour

PLT2632 China: Revolution vs pragmatism (Peninsula)

PLT2702 Australian State Politics (Peninsula)

PLT3211 Political Sociology (Caulfield)

PLT3212 Political Sociology

PLT3292 Australia & Asia (Peninsula)

PLT3491 Politics of the Middle East (Caulfield)

PLT3600 Politics research project (Caulfield)

PLT3621 Politics of labour

PLT3702 Australian state politics

SCY2651/BHS2651 Unconscious in social life (cross-listing previously disestablished)

SCY4100 Violences (cross-listings previously disestablished)

SCY2101R Sociological theory and methodology (old code)

PLT4170 Approaches to politics (old code)

PLT4220 Abstract communities (old code)

AIH210 Freedom bound: Themes in African American history

ASM4005/5005 Qualitative research strategies

ASM4015/5015 Secondary analysis of official statistics

ASM4025/5025 Survey Research

ASM4035/5035 Theoretical and methodological issues in applied social research

ASM4045/5045 Applied statistics

ASM4055/5055 Application of computer techniques

ASM4065/5065 Issues in public policy

ATD4130/5130 Tourism and Development in the Asia Pacific Region

AUS4080/5080 Intellectual Life in Nineteenth Century Melbourne

AUS4300/5300 Australian Folk Culture: A Multicultural Perspective

AUS4320/5320 Popular and Vernacular Culture in Australia

CAM4110/5110 Introductory Cambodian (Khmer) Part 1

CAM4120/5120 Introductory Cambodian (Khmer) Part 2

CAM4210/5210 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer) Part 1

CAM4220/5220 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer) Part 2

CAM4510/5510 Post-Advanced Cambodian (Khmer) Part 1

CAM4520/5520 Post-Advanced Cambodian (Khmer) Part 2

CAM4610/5610 Post-Advanced Cambodian (Khmer) Part 3

CAM4620/5620 Post-Advanced Cambodian (Khmer) Part 4

COM4003/5003 The Future of Communications

CRT4000 Critical and literary theory

CRT4085 Theory of Art History and Criticism

CRT4160 Contemporary issues in feminist theory

CRT4190 Legal fictions: intersections between law and literature

CRT4270 Cultural Theory and Visuality

CRT4300 Theorising Culture

CRT4310 Theories of discourse: poststructuralism, feminism

CRT4920 Literature and negativity

CVL4050 Professional Theory for Civil Celebrants

CVL4060 Professional Practice for Civil Celebrants

CVL4070 Research Project

DSM4001/5001 Theories and approaches to policy

ENM4050/5050 American Autobiography

ENM4190/5190 Legal Fictions: Intersections between Law & Literature

ENM4230/5230 Melodrama in Three Modes

ENM4310/5310 Theories of Discourse

ENM4320/5320 Theories of Rehearsal and Performance

ENM4600/5600 Research project

ENM4610/5610 Minor thesis

ENM4940/5940 Literature and Film

ENV410F Introduction to physical science

ENV411F Law and environment

ENV412F Introduction to economics

ENV420E Environmental Economics and Policy

FLF4300 Australian Folk Culture: A Multicultural Perspective

FLF4310 Cultural Mapping and Oral History: Methodologies for Community Study

FRM5100 Special French reading course

GYM4115 Environmental Law

GYM4410 Ecological systems and management

GYM4480 Dilemmas of policy and planning

GYM4710 Southeast Asian geography

GYM5040 Environment and development

GYM5050 Advanced studies in Southeast Asia

GYM5100 Development studies and development planning in an era of global crisis

GYM5380 Gendered Cities

GYM5410 Ecological systems and management

HYM4000 Reading subject in oral history

HYM4220 Contemporary Japan: Reading course

HYM4360 Contemporary America: Reading course

HYM4970 General seminar

HYM5015 Making histories

HYM5870 Social theory and social history

MCM4001 Material Culture: Theory and Practice

MCM4019 Theory and Culture of Art Museums and Galleries

MCM5003 Research Project

PLM4050/5050 Middle East Politics

PLM4110 The Citizen in a Global Society

PLM4120/5120 Australia and Europe

PLM4200/5200 Electoral Behaviour

PLM4270/5270 Global Cities

PLM4280/5280 Japan, Korea and China

PLM4410 Politics and Australian Culture

PLM4500/5500 International Relations and Development

PLM4640/5640 International Finance: Dollars, Debt, and Development

PLM4740/5740 Politics of Policy

PLM4920/5920 Knowledge and Power

PLM4940/5940 Language and Politics

PLM5190 Australia-Asian Relations

RLM4050 Perspec on Organi

THA4110/5110 Beginning Thai, Part 1

THA4120/5120 Beginning Thai, Part 2

THA4210/5210 Intermediate Thai, Part 1

THA4220/5220 Intermediate Thai, Part 2

VAM4090 Visual arts research essay

VAM5060 Reading in Australian art (Advanced)

WSM4004 Gender, state and religion in South Asia

WSM4360 Sociology of the family

WSM4440 Asia and the West

WSM4450 Questions of identity

WSM4630 Feminism cross-culturally

WSM5280 Gender and its representation in Indonesian society

A document was circulated (p 105 - 114).

Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 7/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics held 22 September 1999, noted proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 115 - 116).

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 and mode of offering of the Graduate Certificate in Human Resources as detailed in the document presented.

Refer also to item 10.1.3 below.

A document was circulated (p 117 - 120).

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 and mode of offering of the Graduate Certificate in Management, which is currently offered at the Caulfield campus, as detailed in the document presented.

Refer also to item 10.1.2 above.

A document was circulated (p 117 - 120).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to make an amendment to the course structure and mode of offering of the Graduate Certificate of Business (Management), which was currently offered at the Gippsland campus, to harmonise it with the Graduate Certificate in Management as currently offered on the Caulfield campus, and to change the title of the award so that it becomes the Graduate Certificate in Management.

Refer also to item 10.1.5 below.

A document was circulated (p 121 -124).

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 and mode of offering of the Graduate Diploma in Business Management, which is currently offered at the Caulfield campus, and to change the name of the award so that it becomes the Graduate Diploma in Management.

Refer also to item 10.1.4 above.

A document was circulated (p 121 - 124).

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 and mode of offering of the Graduate Diploma in Business (Management), which is currently offered by distance education at the Gippsland campus, and to change the name of the award so that it becomes the Graduate Diploma in Management.

A document was circulated (p 125 - 126).

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 and mode of offering of the Graduate Diploma in Human Resources.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the core subjects in the Master of Management (International Business).

A document was circulated (p 129 - 132).

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 Master of Management (Organisational Systems).

A document was circulated (p 133 - 136).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the Master of Management (Human Resource Management), to reduce the number of core subjects and to change the title of the course so that it becomes the Master of Management (Human Resources).

Documentation was circulated (p 137 - 148).

Education 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 (Honours) as detailed in the documentation presented, to:

establish a stream in Taxation at the Caulfield campus, commencing semester one, 2000; and

amend the Management stream in the Department of Management for the Caulfield/Peninsula campuses.

A document was circulated (p 149 - 150).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to change the name of the Bachelor of Business (Business Administration), so that it becomes the Bachelor of Business (Human Resources), from semester one, 2000.

Education Committee endorsed the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to cease intake into, and then disestablish, the Bachelor of Business / Diploma in Hospitality (Management) at the Gippsland campus.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 151 - 164).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish the twelve new subjects listed below.

BTF4900 Research Report

ETX2121 Data Analysis in Business

MGF3111 Organisational Behaviour

MGF4XXX Data Analysis for Organisational and Management Research

MGF4XXX Perspectives and Paradigms in Management Theory

MGF4XXX Management Field Project

MGF3XXX Applied Business Research

MGF3421 Introductory Management Research Methods

MGC4XXX Contemporary Issues in Management

MGX3XXX Business consulting

MGG3421 Introductory Management Research Methods

MGX1100 Managerial Communication

Education Committee endorsed the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to disestablish the three subjects listed below:

MGF9630 International Management

MKX5280 Issues in Competitive Advantage I

MKX5281 Issues in Competitive Advantage II

Proceedings p 165 - 192

A document was circulated (p 193 - 194).

The Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Education was expected to ratify the items in this Report at its Meeting 5/99 on 3 November 1999.

Education Committee received the Report of a meeting of the Executive of the Board of the Faculty of Education, held on 13 October 1999, noted the Proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 195 - 202).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculties of Education and Information Technology to establish the Bachelor of Information Management and Systems / Bachelor of Education, to be offered on-campus at the Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula campuses, commencing semester one, 2000

The proposal to establish this course was presented for consideration at agenda item 13.1.1.

Education Committee noted that a proposal to establish the Bachelor of Education / Bachelor of Laws was endorsed by the Executive (on behalf of) the Board of the Faculty of Education.

A document was circulated (p 203 - 204).

Refer also to item 11.2.2.

Both the Graduate Certificate in International Education and the Graduate Diploma in International Education (mentioned in the item below) fully articulated with the Master of Education (International Education), with subjects in the International Education suite of programs being common to all three courses. The change of title from graduate to postgraduate more accurately reflected the level at which these programs are delivered.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Education to change the title of the Graduate Certificate in International Education, so that it becomes the Postgraduate Certificate of Education (International Education), from semester one, 2000:

A document was circulated (p 205 - 206).

Refer also to item 11.2.1.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Education to change the title of the Graduate Diploma in International Education, so that it becomes the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (International Education), from semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 207 - 208).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Education to change the structure of the Graduate Diploma of Education (Professional Development Studies), from six by eight point subjects, to eight by six point subjects, from semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 209-212). Replacement pages for pp 209 and 210, including amendments to p 210, were also tabled at the meeting by the Associate Dean Teaching of the Faculty of Education, Associate Professor P Gronn which are attached to these minutes for information (Attachment A). Associate Professor Gronn provided a brief explanation of the amendments to that page at the beginning of the meeting. (Secretarial Note: The amended version of the proposal was forwarded to Academic Board.)

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Education to amend the structure of the Bachelor of Educational Studies from a one-year (48 point) degree, to a four year (192 point) degree as detailed in the document presented, from semester one, 2000.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 213 - 220).

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

Subjects for the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education program:

EDF4502 The Early Childhood Professional

EDF4504 Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

EDF4506 Administration and Management in Early Childhood Services

Subjects for the BS&OR/BEd program and the GradDipEd(Secondary):

EDF5253 Methods and practices of teaching outdoor education

EDF5254 Methods and practices of teaching physical education

EDF6323 Learning Music: Current Research Issues

A document was circulated (p 221 - 222).

Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 3/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, held on 29 September 1999, and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 223 - 228).

Refer also to items 12.1.2 and 12.1.3 below.

This proposal sought to establish a new Masters in Telecommunications Engineering with the possibility of articulation to that degree from a new Graduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma of Telecommunications Engineering. The Faculty noted that the University of Melbourne offers a similar program and that in order to maintain the department’s profile in the telecommunications area, it was important to provide a program which was able to compete with the University of Melbourne program and that provided a similar entry path to the Master of Digital Communications offered by the Faculty of Information Technology.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to establish the Master of Telecommunication Engineering, to be offered on-campus at the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 229 - 234).

Refer also to items 12.1.1 and 12.1.3.

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

A document was circulated (p 235 - 240).

Refer also to items 12.1.1 and 12.1.2.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to establish the Graduate Certificate of Telecommunication Engineering, to be offered on-campus at the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 241 - 246).

New subjects associated with this proposal were included under item 12.2 of the agenda.

Refer also to items 12.1.5 and 12.1.6.

The Faculty was proposing the introduction of the new Master of Pavement Engineering, with the possibility of articulation to that degree from new Graduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma in the same discipline. The Pavement Engineering stream would be run in conjunction with the Australasian Pavement Studies and Research Centre (APSARC), who currently offer the program by distance education through Deakin University. APSARC had agreed to move the program to Monash.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to establish the Master of Pavement Engineering, to be offered via distance education from the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 247 - 252).

New subjects associated with this proposal were included under item 12.2.

Refer also to items 12.1.4 and 12.1.6.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to establish the Postgraduate Diploma in Pavement Engineering, to be offered via distance education from the Clayton Campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 253 - 258).

New subjects associated with this proposal were included under item 12.2.

Refer also to items 12.1.4 and 12.1.5.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to establish the Graduate Certificate in Pavement Engineering, to be offered via distance education from the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 259 - 264).

New subjects associated with this proposal were included under item 12.2.

Refer also to items 12.1.8 and 12.1.9.

The Faculty proposed the introduction of the new Master of Transport and Traffic, with the possibility of articulation to that degree from new Graduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma in the same discipline.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to establish the Master of Transport and Traffic, to be offered via distance education from the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2000

A document was circulated (p 265 - 270).

New subjects associated with this proposal were included under item 12.2.

Refer also to items 12.1.7 and 12.1.9.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to establish the Postgraduate Diploma of Transport and Traffic, to be offered via distance education from the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2000

A document was circulated (p 271 - 276).

New subjects associated with this proposal were included under item 12.2.

Refer also to items 12.1.7 and 12.1.8.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to establish the Graduate Certificate of Transport and Traffic, to be offered via distance education from the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2001.

Handbook entries were circulated previously (p 277 - 296).

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

CIV5XXX Case Studies in Transport

CIV5XXX Intelligent Transport Systems

CIV5XXX Quantitative Methods

CIV5XXX Road Safety Engineering

CIV5XXX Road Traffic: Engineering and Management

CIV5XXX Traffic Engineering Fundamentals

CIV5XXX Transport Network Models

CIV5XXX Parking Policy and Design

CIV5XXX Asphalt Mix Design

CIV5XXX Case Studies in Pavement Engineering

CIV5XXX Heavy Duty Pavements

CIV5XXX In situ Stabilisation

CIV5XXX Introduction to Pavements

CIV5XXX Pavement Construction

CIV5XXX Pavement Design

CIV5XXX Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation

CIV5XXX Pavement Management

CIV5XXX Pavement Wearing Surfaces

GEG4006 Engineering project I

GEG4007 Engineering project II

Education Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to make minor amendments to subjects as detailed in item 4 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

A document was circulated (p 297 - 300).

Education Committee received the Reports of Meetings 2/99 and 3/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Law, held on 21 July 1999 and 18 October 1999, noted the proceedings and considered the item requiring action for submission to the Academic Board.

Refer also to item 11.1.2.

A document was circulated (p 301 - 304).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Education to establish the Bachelor of Education / Bachelor of Laws, to be offered as on campus at the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 305 - 320).

The new subjects associated with this proposal were presented under item 13.3 of the agenda.

This proposal seeks to establish a course which will satisfy the post-degree practical training requirements for admission to legal practice in Victoria.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to establish the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics, to be offered on-campus at the Clayton campus, commencing July, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 321 - 348).

The major amendment to the Master of Laws under this item entailed a change from its current seventy-two point structure to become a forty-eight point structure, which would require that the degree be listed under the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy. During its consideration of this proposal, the Education Committee noted the rationale provided by the representative of the Faculty of Law for the major amendments, namely that:

a reduction in the credit points would conform with masters award programs previously approved; and

the amended length of the Master of Laws (equivalent to one year full-time) would be on par with the equivalent degree offered by the faculty’s immediate competitor, the University of Melbourne.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law amend the Master of Laws as detailed in the documentation previously circulated, to:

amend the course structure;

change the subject credit points as detailed at item 13.3; and

include the following specialisations on transcripts and testamurs:

Banking and Finance Law

International and Comparative Law

Documentation was circulated (p 346 - 356).

During its consideration of this item, the Committee noted that the amendment to this award would entail a reduction from 48 credit points to 24 points, and that to date, no precedent existed for an exception of a 24 point graduate diploma. A suggestion was made that the award instead be titled a graduate certificate which would be consistent with the existing 24 point certificates. A suggestion for an alternative option was made that the Faculty could amend the Graduate Diploma to include a component of RPL.

Education Committee referred the proposal to amend the Graduate Diploma in Law back to the Board of the Faculty of Law for further consideration, with suggestions that the Faculty could either amend the Graduate Diploma to incorporate an appropriate component of RPL, change the award to become a 24 point faculty certificate, or provide further justification for the original amendment recommended.

A document was circulated (p 357 - 360).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to amend the Graduate Diploma in Trade Mark Law and Practice as detailed in the documentation previously circulated.

Handbook entries were circulated for the new subjects to be established below (p 361 - 390).

(Handbook entries were not included in the agenda for the ninety-three new subjects by virtue of change to credit points under this item, associated primarily with the major amendment to the Master of Laws. These subjects had been evaluated and approved by Faculty Board.)

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to establish the one hundred and six new subjects listed below.

LAW1155 Australian Legal System (non-law)

LAW2154 Intellectual Property (non-law)

LAW7230 Criminal Law and Practice

LAW7231 Civil Litigation and Practice

LAW7232 Family Law and Practice

LAW7233 Accounting - Trust Accounts and Costs

LAW7234 Professional Regulation and Conduct

LAW7235 Wills and Administration of Estates

LAW7236 Property Transactions

LAW7237 Business Law and Practice

LAW7238 Consumer and Credit Law and Practice

LAW7239 Employment Law and Practice

LAW7240 Planning and Environmental Law and Practice

LAW7241 Legal Clinic

Law7001 Advanced private international law

Law7002 Advanced taxation trusts

Law7003 Business finance: law and practice

Law7004 Commercial equity

Law7005 Comparative tax reform

Law7006 Comparative Australian and us tax

Law7007 Comparative family law

Law7008 Comparative labour relations law

Law7009 Commercial leases

Law7010 Contemporary legal thought

Law7011 Copyright

Law7012 Current issues in air transport law

Law7013 Current issues in civil procedure

Law7014 Secured finance and related transactions

Law7015 Current problems in taxation

Law7016 Creditors and family law

Law7017 Drugs and the law

Law7018 Economic torts

Law7019 European union law

Law7020 Economic analysis of current issues in commercial law

Law7021 Family property

Law7022 Forensic family law

Law7023 Government regulation of international trade

Law7024 International air law

Law7025 International financial transactions law

Law7026 International human rights

Law7027 International taxation

Law7028 International trade law

Law7030 International commercial arbitration

Law7031 Corporate insolvency

Law7033 Law of the sea

Law7035 Law, the environment and the policy process

Law7037 Occupational health and safety

Law7038 Principles of drafting in family law

Law7040 Current issues in evidence

Law7041 Public sector employment law

Law7043 Sentencing

Law7044 Stamp duties

Law7045 Takeovers

Law7046 Tax avoidance

Law7048 Taxation commissioner’s discretionary powers

Law7049 Taxation in the European community

Law7051 Taxation of capital gains

Law7052 Taxation of corporations and shareholders

Law7053 Taxation of trusts

Law7055 Theories of justice

Law7056 Competition law

Law7057 Tribunal and inquiries

Law7058 Australian and the international legal order

Law7059 Planning law

Law7060 Current problems in family law

Law7061 Legislative and judicial refinement of the income tax base

Law7062 Rights arising out of defacto cohabitation

Law7066 Migration law

Law7070 Administration of criminal justice

Law7071 Commercial alternative dispute resolution

Law7074 Legal issues in bioethics

Law7075 Trade marks and commercial designations

Law7076 Government and information

Law7077 International aspects of intellectual property

Law7078 Graduate research paper

Law7079 Research methods

Law7082 Confiscation of the proceeds of crime

Law7083 Law of employee relations

Law7087 Local government law

Law7088 Modern criminal justice

Law7092 Electronic banking law

Law7093 Judicial law making and legal theory

Law7100 Administrative appeals

Law7116 Maritime law

Law7118 Pacific and comparative law

Law7119 Patents, trade secrets and allied rights

Law7122 Superannuation law and practice

Law7140 Defamation and freedom of speech

Law7206 Native title and land rights

Law7207 Psychiatry, psychology and law

Law7208 Contemporary problems in the administration of criminal justice

Law7209 International sale of goods

Law7210 Principles of corporate insolvency

Law7211 Commercial law of the united states

Law7212 Australian legal studies

Law7213 Law of the internet

Law7214 Utility regulation: law and policy

Law7215 Labour law for corporate lawyers

Law7216 Civil liability of lawyers

Law7218 International humanitarian law

Law7219 Security over intangible property

Law7220 Lender liability and the banker customer relationship

Law7221 Technology contracts and licensing law

Law7222 Collateral obligations

Law7223 Overview of intellectual property

Law7224 Trade mark practice

Law7225 Family mediation

Law7226 Tort liabilities of public authorities

Education Committee endorsed the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Law to disestablish the following subjects:

LAW5213 Taxation

LAW4131 Law and Society in Malaysia

A document was circulated (p 391 - 392).

Education Committee approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to impose the subject quotas for 2000 as detailed in the document presented.

A document was circulated (p 393 - 400).

Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 6/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine held Wednesday, 27 October 1999 and the Supplementary Report of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

Documentation which provided an overview of the new Ambulance Paramedic course proposals at items 14.1, 14.2 and 14.3 below, was circulated for information (p 401 - 408).

A document was circulated (p 409 - 414).

The new subjects associated with this course were presented for endorsement at item 14.4 below.

The Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish a Diploma of Ambulance Paramedic Studies, to be offered on-campus at the Peninsula campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

The new subjects associated with this course were presented for endorsement at item 14.4 below.

A document was circulated (p 415 - 420). A further document was tabled by Professor G Taylor, which provided a background statement and rationale for the introduction of this award. This additional document was included with the submission to the Academic Board.

Professor Taylor spoke to this item, highlighting the rationale for the proposal as detailed in the document tabled, and noting that it would require approval from Council, as the award category of advanced diploma was not currently offered by the University.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Advanced Diploma of MICA Paramedic Studies, to be offered on-campus at the Peninsula campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

Documentation was circulated (p 421 - 440). (The handbook entries for subjects to be developed for second semester were also attached for information.)

The new subjects associated with this course were presented for endorsement at item 14.4 below.

The Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Bachelor of Paramedic Studies, to be offered at the Peninsula campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 441 - 450).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health, to be offered on-campus at the Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 451 - 460).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Trials, to be offered on-campus at the Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 461 - 474).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate in Health Services Management, to be offered via distance education based at the Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 475 - 480).

The new subjects associated with this proposal were presented for at item 14.4.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate in Exercise Medicine, to be offered via distance education from the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2000.

Documentation was circulated (p 481 - 488).

The new subjects associated with this proposal were presented at item 14.4.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Gerontics), to be offered via a combination of distance education and on-campus modes at the Gippsland and Peninsula campuses, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 489 - 496).

The new subjects associated with this proposal were presented at item 14.4.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate of Nursing (High Dependency), to be offered via a combination of distance education and on-campus modes at the Gippsland and Peninsula campuses, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 497 - 514).

The new subjects associated with this proposal were presented at item 14.4.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Master of Health Services Management, to be offered via a combination of distance education and on-campus modes, at the Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, commencing semester one, 2000.

A document was circulated (p 515 - 518).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to amend the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Health Management as detailed in the document presented, to:

change the title of the award so that it becomes the Graduate Diploma in Health Services Management;

amend the structure of the course; and

extend the mode of enrolment to include distance education in addition to the on-campus mode.

A document was circulated (p 519 - 524).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to amend the Master of Occupational and Environmental Health as detailed in the document presented, to restructure the course from 96 to 72 credit points, noting that it would then need to be included in the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy.

A document was circulated (p 525 - 532)

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to amend the Master of Nursing as detailed in the document presented, to restructure the course from 96 to 72 credit points, noting that it would then need to be included in the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy

Documentation was circulated (p 533 - 538).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to change the title of the Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Psychiatric Nursing), so that it becomes the Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Mental Health).

Documentation was circulated (p533 - 538).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to change the title of the Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Psychiatric Nursing), so that it becomes the Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Mental Health).

Documentation was circulated (p 539 - 542).

Education Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to make minor amendments to the Graduate Diploma of Nursing and Graduate Diploma of Midwifery as detailed at item 3 of the Faculty Board Report and in the document presented.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 543 - 602).

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

APS1010 Foundations of Ambulance Paramedic Practice

APS1020 Foundations of Ambulance Paramedic Care

APS1030 Clinical Practice I

APS1040 The Professional Ambulance Paramedic

APS1050 Ambulance Paramedic Care

APS1060 Clinical Practice II

MPS2011 MICA Paramedic Cardiac Emergencies

MPS2021 MICA Paramedic Trauma and Emergency Care

MPS2032 Clinical Practice - MICA - I

MPS2042 Clinical Practice - MICA - II

PAR3010 Professional Issues in Paramedic Practice

PAR3020 Trends in Pre-Hospital Care Services

PAR3050 Clinical Practice Project

EXM0001 Exercise and Health I

EXM0002 Exercise and Health II

EXM0003 Exercise and Gender

EXM0004 Exercise and Age

NUR6801 The Physiology of Ageing

NUR6802 Critical Social Gerontology

NUR6803 Clinical Issues in Gerontological Nursing

NUR6804 Lifespan Development

NUR6805 Aged Care Policy Management and Practice

NUR6806 Caring for the Confused Older Person

NUR4703 Advanced Health Assessment

NUR4701 High Acuity Care 1: Alterations in Perfusion

NUR4702 High Acuity Care 2: Alterations in Oxygenation, Regulation & Elimination

MPH2072 Reform and Development of Health Services

MPH2073 Case Study in Health Services Management

NUR5703 Advanced Health Assessment

BMS2052 Microbes in Health and Disease

BMS2042 Human Genetics

BMS2021 Biochemistry in Human Function

BMS2011 Structure of the Human Body

BMS2031 Body Systems

BMS2062 Bioinformatics and Communication

BME1141 Social Nutrition

Education Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to make major and minor amendments to subjects as detailed at items 5 and 6 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

A document was circulated (p 603 - 604).

The Committee received the Report of Meeting 5/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Science held Wednesday, 6 October 1999, and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 605 - 606).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to amend the Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Engineering as detailed in the document presented.

A document was circulated (p 607 - 608).

Education Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Science to amend the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology as detailed in the document presented.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 609 -616).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to establish the seven new subjects listed below.

ENV3639 Global Resources and Energy Management

ESC2032 Vertebrate Life on Earth: 500 Million Years of Australian Vertebrate History

IDS2031 Nature and Human Nature

PSY3151 Contemporary Social Psychology

PSY3162 The Psychology of Language

PSY3172 Decision Making in Professional Settings

BNS2022 Behavioural Neuroscience of Movement and Sensation

A document was circulated (p 617 - 618).

Education Committee noted the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Science to make major amendments to the subject PSY3111 Organisational Psychology as detailed at item 3.1 of the Faculty Board Report and in the document presented.

A document was circulated (p 619 - 620).

(Secretarial Note: At Meeting 6/99 Education Committee approved a proposal of the Faculty of Medicine to place subject quotas on subjects offered to Science students by the Faculty of Medicine, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Science. The Science Faculty Board has since endorsed those subject quotas.)

Education Committee approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to impose the subject quotas for 2000 for the five science subjects detailed in the document presented.

Education Committee noted the minor amendments made by the Board of the Faculty of Science to subjects as detailed under item 3.2 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

Full proposals were circulated for information (p 621 - 644).

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

MBS6181 Business Accounting

MBA6182 Accounting Systems

MBA6183 Strategic Accounting

MBA6184 Financial Statement Analysis

The next scheduled meeting of the Education Committee will be held at 10.00 am on Wednesday, 8 December 1999.

All final submissions for that meeting are due by Wednesday, 24 November 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

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)

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

Ms P Herman