Meeting No. 8/99 of the Education Committee will be held on Wednesday, 8 December 1999 in the Sir George Lush Room, Administration Building 3A, Clayton Campus, commencing at 10:00am.

Apologies: Please telephone: 9905 9005; or e-mail to : Fiona.Walker@adm.monash.edu.au.

Ms F Walker

Assistant to Executive Officer

No apologies have been received at this point.

The Committee should note that certain items have been starred as requiring discussion. Additional items may be starred at the discretion of the Committee.

All items related to new courses have been starred for the attention of the Committee.

That the Committee nominate any additional items to be starred, and endorse the recommendations for all items other than those starred.

That the Committee approve the Minutes of Meeting 7/99 held Wednesday, 27 October 1999, which were circulated separately.

The Committee is invited to note that each recommendation in the Report of Education Committee Meeting 7/99 was approved by the Academic Board.

p 1-2

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At its Meeting 7/99 the Education Committee considered the Monash Qualifications Framework (MQF). It was decided that the draft MQF required further consideration, including the section in relation to non-award study. A revised version of the MQF incorporating comments raised at Meeting7/99 will be brought back to a meeting of the Committee early in the next year.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee give consideration to the draft additional section from Professor M Evans relating to non-award study for inclusion in the MQF, noting that a revised version of the MQF incorporating comments raised at Meeting 7/99 will be brought back to the Committee at an early meeting in 2000.

At its Meeting 3/99 the Education Committee established a Working Party on Exclusion for Unsatisfactory Academic Progress to consider issues in relation to the University's exclusion and exclusion appeals policies and procedures. The draft report of the working party has been available for viewing at the following web address:

Associate Professor J Hurst, Convenor of the Working Party will provide a verbal

interim report of the Working Party.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee note the verbal interim report on the Education Committee Working Party on Exclusion for Unsatisfactory Progress, provided by the convenor, Associate Professor John Hurst.

p 3-28

At Meeting 6/99 the Committee 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 addreses:

http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/com/ec/ecx/cx&sjpr0.rtf

http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/com/ec/ecx/scflapp2.rtf

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, so that this item could be brought back for informed consideration at a later meeting.

A background summary of the Committee's consideration of the documents prepared by the Procedures Review Working Party is attached for information.

p 29-32

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That Education Committee receive and note the Report of Meeting 6/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design held on 27 October 1999, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

The following two courses have been endorsed by the Faculty of Art and design Faculty Executive Committee at a meeting held on 19 November 1999.

p 33-38

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That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Graduate Diploma of Design (Graphic Design) to be offered semester one, 2000 as an on-campus course on the Caulfield campus.

p 39-42

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That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the Graduate Certificate in Design (Graphic Design) to be offered semester one, 2000 as an on-campus course on the Caulfield campus.

p 43-78

Handbook entries are attached.

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

APA3106 Ceramic practice and theory 6

APA4521 Metals/Jewellery D1

APA4522 Metals/Jewellery D2

TAD3792 Multimedia and Society

DIS1301 Animation 1

DIS4101 Digital Imaging 1G

DIS4102 Digital Imaging 2G

DIS4301 Animation 1G

DIS4602 Digital Audio/Video 1G

DIS4902 Design and Visualisation G

DWG3511 Drawing for Contemporary Practice

DWG3512 Collage, montage and assemblage 2

DWG3514 Creative Drawing 2

DWG3519 Perceptual Drawing (the figure) 2

DWG3520 Perceptual Drawing 2

DWG3529 Perceptual Drawing (the figure) 3

DWG3530 Perceptual Drawing 3

FNA2810 Textile Construction 2B

FNA2820 Textile Construction 2C

MMD1101 Multimedia Design Studio 1

MMD1102 Multimedia Design Studio 2

MMD4701 Multimedia Design Studio 1G

MMD4702 Multimedia Design Studio 2G

PHO1111 Photomedia 1A

PHO1112 Photomedia 2A

PHO1121 Photomedia 1B

PHO1122 Photomedia 2B

PHO2223 Photography as Matter

PHO2224 Photography as Evidence

PPR3107 Project Planning and Research for Industrial Design

PPR3702 Creating a Multimedia Enterprise

TAD2791 Understanding Multimedia

TAD2792 Language of Interactivity

TAD4791 Understanding Multimedia G

TAD4792 Language of Interactivity G

TAD3211 Critical Issues in Design 3B

Recommendation:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design to make major amendments to subjects as detailed at item 4 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 79-84

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 6/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts held on Wednesday, 3 November 1999, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

p 85-98

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That the Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Arts to establish the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Information Management Systems to be offered on the Caulfield campus, commencing Semester 1, 2000

p 99-104

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Refer also to items 9.2.2 and 9.2.3

Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to change the Bachelor of Music as detailed in the documentation presented to bring the course into alignment with the Faculty's requirement for a standard 6 point allocation for every undergraduate subject.

p 99-104

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Refer also to items 9.2.1 and 9.2.3

Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the Bachelor of Arts as detailed in the documentation presented to change:

the music major sequend3 in the Bachelor of Arts from 52 to 48 points, as a consequence of the proposed change to the Bachelor of Music.

p 99-104

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Refer also to items 9.2.1 and 9.2.2.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the Bachelor of Performing Arts as detailed in the documentation presented to change the structure of the course to bring it into alignment with the Faculty's requirement for a standard 6 point allocation for every undergraduate subject.

p 105-118

Handbook entries are attached.

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to establish the six new subjects listed below.

ELC3950 Literary theory and critical practice in the European languages

IDS2031 Nature and human nature

PLB1005 Moral studies: contemporary ethical issues

SCY2460 Sociology of men and masculinity (in addition to 3^rd year level)

CLS2085/3085 Science fiction: From monsters to cyborgs

CLS2075/3075 Popular fiction and popular culture

p 119-130

Documentation is attached.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to make major and minor amendments to subjects, as detailed under items 4.3, 4.4, 5 and 7 of the Faculty Board Report and the documentation presented.

That Education Committee endorse the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to disestablish the sixty-three subjects listed below.

CAM1110 Introductory Cambodian (Kymer), part 1

CAM1120 Introductory Cambodian (Kymer), part 2

CAM1510 Post-advanced Cambodian (Kymer), part 1

CAM1520 Post-advanced Cambodian (Kymer), part 2

CAM2210 Intermediate Cambodian (Kymer), part 1

CAM2220 Intermediate Cambodian (Kymer), part 2

CAM2610 Post-advanced Cambodian (Kymer), part 3

CAM2620 Post-advanced Cambodian (Kymer), part 4

THA1110 Beginning Thai, part 1

THA1120 Beginning Thai, part 2

THA1210 Intermediate Thai, part 1

THA1220 Intermediate Thai, part 2

THA2210 Intermediate Thai, part 1

THA2220 Intermediate Thai, part 2

THA2310 Advanced intermediate Thai, part 1

THA2320 Advanced intermediate Thai, part 2

THA3350 Thai for business communication A

THA3360 Thai for business communication B

THA3410 Advanced Thai, part 1

THA3420 Advanced Thai, part 2

POL3600 Politics research project

INM3550 Classical Malay, Part 1

All remaining American Studies subjects (major and minor sequences no longer offered)

JPL3071 Theory and research in Japanese Studies A

JPL3072 Theory and research in Japanese Studies B

JPS3071 Theory and research in Japanese Studies A

JPS3072 Theory and research in Japanese Studies B

HSY2700/VSA2700/VSA3700 Study abroad: Washington DC - American metropolis

(HSY3700 already disestablished CUGS 7/98)

HSY2930 The American West (HSY3930 already disestablished CUGS 8/98)

HSY2940 The American Experience (HSY3940 already disestablished CUGS 7/98)

SCY2042/3042 Sociology of ethnicity and minority relations (not offered at Caulfield under this code)

Retains SCY2041/3041 at Clayton and Caulfield in alternate years)

RLT2131/3131 Sociology of Religion

FRN1010/1020 Introductory French A/ Introductory French B

FRN1070/1080 French 1A/French 1B

FRN2950/3950 French for business and trade

GES2882 Prehistoric people and environments

GES4350 Resource evaluation and management

GES4480 Dilemmas of policy and planning

GES4482 Dilemmas of policy and planning

GES3510 Selected studies in meteorology and climatology

WMN2130 Race and sexual politics (staff member relocated to School of Political and Social Inquiry)

ALM4000 Exemption from General Linguistics

ALM4160 Advanced German

ALM4170 Advanced Chinese A

ALM4180 Advanced Chinese B

ALD4110 General Linguistics

ALD4120 Applied Linguistics

ALD4130 Language in Society

ALD4140 Special Topic

ALD4150 Research Design In Applied Linguistics

ALX4110 General Linguistics

ALX4120 Applied Linguistics

ALX4130 Language in Society

ALX4150 Research Design In Applied Linguistics

ALX5130 Language in Society

ALX5150 Research Design In Applied Linguistics

ALX5230 Bilingualism

ALX5250 Second Language Acquisition

ALX5350 English In Southeast Asia and The Pacific

ALX5370 Discourse Analysis

ALX5390 Language and Gender

Recommendation:

That Education Committee approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to impose the subject quotas for 2000 for the eight subjects as detailed in the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 131-134

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee receive the Reports of Meeting 5/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Education, held on 3 November 1999 and of a meeting of the Faculty Board Executive held 24 November 1999, note the Proceedings and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 135-136

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Education to amend the structure as of the Bachelor of Adult Learning and Development course detailed in the document presented from 6 x 8 credit point subjects per year to 8 x 6 credit point subjects per year, commencing Semester 1, 2000.

p 137-138

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Education to amend the Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary) course structure as detailed in the document presented, commencing Semester 1, 2000.

p 139-140

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Education to amend name of the Graduate Diploma of Education, offered on the Clayton campus to become the Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary), commencing Semester 1, 2000 as detailed in the document presented.

Items 10.1.4-10.1.8 below have all been endorsed by the Faculty Board Executive Committee and are presented to Education Committee for endorsement, subject to ratification by the Board of the Faculty of Education.

p 141-144

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty Executive of the Faculty of Education to amend the course structure of the Bachelor of Early childhood Education Course, commencing Semester 1, 2000 as detailed in the document presented.

p 145-150

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty Executive of the Faculty of Education to amend the course structure of the Bachelor of Primary Education course, commencing Semester 1, 2000 as detailed in the document presented.

p 151-154

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty Executive of the Faculty of Education to amend the course structure of the Bachelor of Sport and outdoor Recreation/Bachelor of Education course, commencing Semester 1, 2000 as detailed in the document presented.

p 155-156

A document is attached.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty Executive of the Faculty of Education to amend the course structure of the Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) course, commencing Semester 1, 2000 as detailed in the document presented.

p 157-158

A document is attached.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty Executive of the Faculty of Education to create the "tagged" course Bachelor of Educational Studies (Special Education) as detailed in the document presented.

p 159-186

Documentation is attached.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board Faculty of Education and the Faculty Executive Committee to establish the twenty-eight new subjects listed below

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EDF2801 Educational Practices: experiences of teaching and learning 1

EDF2802 Contexts of Adult Learning and Development: Workplace and Community

EDF2803 Learning & Researching in Work-Related Contexts

EDF2805 Training & Learning with New Technologies

EDF2806 Work, Organisation and Learning

EDF2807 Educational Practices: Experiences of Teaching and Learning 2-Project

The following subjects were endorsed by the Faculty Executive Committee on behalf of the Board of the Faculty of Education.

EDF2804 Multimedia in adult education : policy and practice

EDF2808 Policy and change in adult education and training

EDF3806 Future directions in adult learning and development

EDF3661 Disabilities Studies 1 (Language and Communication)

EDF3662 Disabilities Studies 2 (Physical and Sensory)

EDF3663 Disabilities Studies 3 (Behavioural and Emotional)

EDF3664 Disabilities Studies 4 (Intellectual and Learning)

EDF3665 Special Education Practicum Placement 1

EDF3666 Special Education Practicum Placement 2

EDF4665 Advanced Studies in identification and assessment practice

EDF4666 Advanced Studies in Theories of identification and assessment

GEC4511(EDF4230) Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Education

GEC4512 (EDF4234) Reading the Research on Education: Social & Policy Analysis

GEC4513 (EDF4513) Developments in Primary Music

GEC4515 (EDF4236) Computers in Education

GEC4516 (EDF4237) Curriculum Developments in PE

GEC4517(EDF4231) Advanced Curriculum Studies: Art

GEC4520 (EDF4238) Special Topic in Educational Studies

GEC4525 (EDF4233) Outdoor Education

GEC4527 (EDF4239) Gender and Schooling

GEC4529 (EDF4240) Language & Literacy: Curriculum & Pedagogy

GEC4530 (EDF4241) Gifted Education in the Classroom

p 187-192

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Education to make a major amendment to the subject EDF6447 Explorations in Learning, Instructional Design and Technology as detailed in item 2.2 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Education to make minor amendments to subjects as detailed in the Proceedings of the Faculty Board Report presented.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Education to disestablish the three subjects listed below.

GED3817 Reading: literacy studies and classroom practice

GED3837 Literacy in adult contexts

GED3845 School literacy practices P-12

p 193-196

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 4/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, held on Wednesday, 10 November 1999, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 197-202

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The new course is a major revision of the existing BE/BTech(IndDes) course currently being taught, and is required due to the discontinuance of the BTech(IndDes) course by the Faculty of Art and Design. From 2001, selection into the double degree will be based on VCE studies and also an interview in which applicants will be required to provide evidence of a suitable background in an aspect of applied art. These interviews will be organised and conducted by the Faculty of Art and Design which will supply a list of eligible applicants to the Engineering selection officer for final selection. Mr K Bensley has supported this proposal as Associate Dean Teaching of the Associated Faculty, the Faculty of Art and Design. This proposal will be subsequently submitted to the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design for endorsement.

Recommendation:

That, subject to approval by the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculty of Engineering, and Art & Design, to establish (with Engineering as the managing Faculty) the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) course to be offered on the Clayton and Caulfield campus, to commence Semester 1, 2001.

p 203-206

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Minor changes to the Bachelor of Environmental Engineering are consequent upon amendments, already approved, to Chemical and Civil Engineering subjects taken by Environmental Engineering students. The changes essentially involve substitution of the equivalent new subjects, ensuring maintenance of the overall course objectives and total credit points for all four levels.

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to amend the Bachelor of Environmental Engineering as detailed in the document presented.

That Education Committee endorse the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to disestablish the fourteen subjects listed below.

ENC1001 Engineering communications

ENC1002 Engineering communications 2

ENC1101 Computer applications 1

ENC1102 Computer applications 2

ENC1201 Electrical technology 1

ENC1202 Electrical technology 2

ENC1301 Applied mechanics 1

ENC1302 Applied mechanics 2

ENC1401 Computer science 1

ENC1402 Computer science 2

MAC1901Mathematics 1

MAC1912Mathematics 2

PHS1151 Physics 1

PHS1162 Physics 2

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of engineering to make minor amendments to subjects as detailed at item 3 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 207-212

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 6/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, held on Wednesday, 27 October 1999, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 213-220

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The new subjects associated with this proposal are included under item 12.3 of the agenda.

Recommendation:

That the Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish the Master of Network Computing to be offered on campus at Peninsula campus and by distance education through web-based delivery to commence Semester 2, 2000.

p 221-222

A document is attached.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the Bachelor of Information Management (BIM) as detailed in the document presented

p 223-238

Handbook entries are attached.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish the ten new subjects listed below.

CPE4000 Network Computing (Honours)

CPE4001 Distributed Programming in Java

CPE4002 Data Communications and Internetworking

CPE4003 Web Topics

CPE4004 Analysis and Design of Distributed Information Systems

CPE5006 Virtual Private Networks

CPE5007 Object Oriented Middleware

FIT5001 Information Technology Project A

FIT5002 Information Technology Project B

IMS5801 Logistics Control & Information Systems

Recommendation:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to make major and minor amendments to subjects as detailed in items 4 and 5 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 239-240

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee receive the Report of meeting of the Law Faculty Executive Committee held on 18 November, 1999, note the proceedings and consider the item requiring action for submission to the Academic Board.

p 241-242

Handbook entries are attached.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty Executive Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Law to establish the two new subjects listed below.

LAW7242 Biotechnology and the law

LAW5159 Evidence

p 243-244

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That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Law to make a major amendment to the subject, LAW5204 detailed under Proceedings in the Faculty Board Report and in the document presented.

p 245-246

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That Education Committee approve the proposal of the Executive Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Law to place a subject quota for 2000 on the subject as detailed in the document presented.

p 247-248

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Recommendation:

That the Committee receive the Reports of Meeting 6/99 of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science held on 17 November and of a meeting of the Faculty Executive held 18 November 1999, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

p 249-250

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Refer also to item 14.1.2.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Science to amend the course Bachelor of Science (Environmental Science) offered at Monash Malaysia as detailed in item 1 of the Faculty Board Report and in the document presented, including changes to

replace the subject BIO1637 with BIO1011 in first year

replace the subject ASC1736 with BIO2011 in second year

p 249-250

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Refer also to item 14.1.1.

Recommendation:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Science to amend the course Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology) offered at Monash Malaysia as detailed in item 1 of the Faculty Board Report and in the document presented, including changes to

replace the subject BIO1637 with BIO1011 in first year

replace the subject ASC1736 and ENV2747 with GEN2041 and MOL2011 in second year

p 251-252

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Recommendation:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Science to make major and minor amendments to existing subjects as detailed in item 2 of the Faculty Board Report and documentation presented.

p 253- 292

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The Board of Monash Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd. (MMBS) endorsed for transmission to the Education Committee, and subsequently to the Academic Board, the proposal to extend the offering of the current, Council approved Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Graduate Diploma of Business Administration (GDBA) awards to the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA).

Professor B McKern, Chief Executive Officer of Monash Mount Eliza Business School and Professor O K Tam, Director of the Regional MBA Program, Monash Mount Eliza Business School, will be in attendance for this item.

That Education Committee confirm that the following proposal forwarded by the Board of the Monash Mount Eliza Business School, aligns with existing University policy and requirements;

a proposal to extend the course offering of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Graduate Diploma of Business Administration (GDBA) awards to the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA.

The next scheduled meeting of the Education Committee will be held at 10.00 am on Wednesday, 2 February 2000.

All final submissions for that meeting are due by Wednesday, 19 January 2000.

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

Professor B McKern

Professor O K Tam

Ms N Mitchell