Meeting No. 1/2000 of the Education Committee was held on Wednesday, 2 February 2000 in the Sir George Lush Room, Administration Building 3A, Clayton Campus, commencing at 10:30am and finishing at approximately 11:00 am.

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Ms K Wilson-Reid

Executive Officer

There were present: Professor A Lindsay (Chair), Associate Professor D Garrioch, Dr D Cuthbert, Mr K Bensley, Associate Professors A Farley, L Nethercott, P Gronn, K Ng and J Hurst, Mr C Avram, Associate Professor S Campbell, Professor G Taylor, Dr K Macrae, Professors M King, M Evans, J Harris and G Webb, and Ms K Thomas.

In attendance were: Mr C Vernon, Mr P Lawford and Ms K Wilson-Reid.

The Chair, Professor A Lindsay, welcomed to the Committee Dr D Cuthbert, Associate Professor S Campbell, Associate Professor M Sim (in absence), Ms K Thomas, Ms J Nicholas (in absence), Mr D Feldman (in absence), Mr N Turner (in absence), Ms C Hortis (in absence) and Mr P Lawford.

Professor Lindsay extended an invitation to the new student members of the Committee to consult with the Executive Officer, Ms K Wilson-Reid, in the University Secretariat, regarding an introduction to the Committee’s procedures and academic policy and procedural information.

On behalf of the Committee, the Chair also recorded thanks to Associate Professor L Piterman and Dr P Rodan, in recognition of the importance of their active contributions to the work of the Education Committee. (Associate Professor Piterman had recently stepped down from his position as Associate Dean Postgraduate Coursework Degrees in the Faculty of Medicine, and Dr Rodan, Registrar of the Faculty of Science, had retired from the University at the beginning of 2000.)

Apologies were received from Associate Professors L Roller and M Morgan, Professor L Johnson, Ms C Hortis, Mr D Feldman, Associate Professor M Sim and Mr R Burnet.

As there were no new courses requiring approval at this meeting, no items had been automatically starred in the agenda.

Members starred items 5.1.4, 5.2 and 6.2.1 at the meeting. The Committee endorsed the recommendations for all items other than those starred.

The Committee approved the Minutes of Meeting 8/99 held Wednesday, 8 December 2000, which had been circulated separately, subject to amendment to the introductory paragraph under Part A to read:

"Professor Evans thanked the departing members for their contribution to the Committee, including Dr Paul James, Dr Bernadette McSherry, Mr Noel Turner, Mr Daniel Hickman, Ms Claire Robinson, Ms Anne Purdham, Mr Chris Coles and Mr Ken Hull."

Education Committee noted that at its Meeting 9/99 held on Wednesday, 8 December 1999, the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Arts recommended the subject below for approval, noting that the subject would be ratified by the Board of the Faculty of Arts at its Meeting 1/2000, to be held 1 March 2000.

A handbook entry was circulated (p 1-2).

Subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Arts to establish the subject MAL1000 Malaysian Studies.

A document was circulated (p 3-10).

Education Committee received and noted the Report of Meeting 8/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics held 10 December 1999, noted the Proceedings and considered each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

A document was circulated (p 11-12).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the admission requirements for the Postgraduate Diploma in Economics, and the Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce, to require an average mark of 65% in the entry qualification.

Documentation was circulated (p 13-22).

The proposal under this item would require that the Master of Business (Agribusiness) be included under the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy.

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 Business (Agribusiness), by reducing the number of subjects required to complete the course from sixteen subjects to twelve subjects, consistent with other masters courses offered by the Faculty.

Documentation was circulated (p 23-32).

The proposal under this item would require that the Master of Business (Logistics Management) be included under the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy.

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 Business (Logistics Management), by reducing the number of subjects required to complete the course from sixteen subjects to twelve subjects, consistent with other Masters courses offered by the Faculty.

A document was circulated (p 33-34).

This item was starred by the Associate Dean Graduate Studies of the Faculty of Business and Economics, Associate Professor L Nethercott. Associate Professor Nethercott advised that one amendment to the documentation for the proposal was required, so that the first point on agenda p 34 would read: "The Professional Year program offered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia…Applicants admitted on this basis will be required to complete 6 subjects…". (Secretarial Note: Subsequent to the meeting, amended documentation for this proposal was forwarded to the Academic Board.)

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the admission requirements of the Master of Taxation (including the amendment detailed above), to permit candidates with specified qualifications in accounting or taxation to be conditionally admitted.

Documentation was circulated (p 35-48).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the structures for the intra-faculty double degree programs, as detailed in the documentation presented, for implementation in 2000.

Documentation was circulated (p 49-52).

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 and the double degrees and double award courses involving the Bachelor of Business as detailed in the document presented, to replace the core subject ECG1101 Introduction to Economics with ECW1XXX Introductory Microeconomics.

Documentation was circulated (p 53-72).

The proposal under this item sought to amend the Bachelor of Business and Commerce to:

change the major sequences, major sequence subjects, the specialisations and specialisation sequence subjects for the Bachelor of Business and Commerce at the Gippsland and Peninsula campuses from semester one, 2000;

offer up to two of ETW1000 Business and Economic Statistics, ETX1640 Business Mathematics and Statistics and ETW1642 Business Mathematics and Statistics Sequence 2, on all campuses that offer the Bachelor of Business and Commerce;

from 2000, provide choice for students in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce at the Malaysian campus to take either ETW1000 Business and Economic Statistics, or ETW1642 Business Mathematics and Statistics Sequence 2, as a core subject; and

establish transition arrangements for 2000 for the Bachelor of Business and Commerce at the Malaysian campus as follows:

offer the subject MGW1010 Managing People and Organisations using the code MGW1030; and

offer AFW1001 Introductory Accounting A.

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 and Commerce as highlighted above and detailed in the documentation presented.

A document was circulated (p 73-74).

The proposal under this item sought to establish a new compulsory structure for the Bachelor of Commerce as follows:

ECC1000 and ECC1100/ECC2100 (Economics)

ETC1000 and ETC1010/ETC2010 (Business and economic statistics)

AFC1021/2 (Accounting principles)

AFC1100/AFC2100 (Introduction to finance) or AFC2140 (Business finance)

MGC1010 and MGC1020/MGC2020 (Introduction to management)

MKC1200/2200 (Principles of Marketing)

BTC1110/BTC21110 (Business Law)

While students would have a choice of compulsory finance subjects, they would be advised that those attempting AFC2140 without having completed AFC1100/AFC2100, or its equivalent, may be seriously disadvantaged. Students who wished to take first-year subjects other than those on the above list would be able to undertake the second-year versions of the appropriate number of compulsory subjects. This would allow students to complete substantial work in elective fields such as languages, computing, psychology, or mathematics.

As a consequence of this alteration, the prerequisites for AFC2140 would be amended and advice similar to that given above about the desirability of completing AFC1100/AFC2100 would be inserted in the prerequisite section of the subject information.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to revise the compulsory subjects within the Bachelor of Commerce as highlighted above and detailed in the document presented.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 75-124).

This subject was starred at the meeting by the Chair, who advised that an amendment to the recommendation would be required as detailed below.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish the twenty-five subjects listed below, subject to finalisation of the evaluation process for the seven subjects AFF4880 to MKX5XXX:

PMM1011 Introductory Business Law and Accounting for Non-Business Students

AFF2XXX Equity Markets

AFF3XXX Applied Research in Finance

AFF3880 Successors in Family Owned Businesses

BTC2250 Comparative Asian Taxation

BTC3190 Asian Business Law

BTC3640 Information Law

BTF2223 Corporate Crime

BTF2250 Comparative Asian Taxation

BTF3641 Information Law

BTW1200 Business Law

ECW1101 Introductory Microeconomics

ECW1102 Introductory Macroeconomics

ECW2120 Applied Micro/Macroeconomics

ECW2122 Contemporary Economic Issues in Global Commerce

ECW2XXX Economics of Information Technology and Electronic Commerce

ECX2731 Managerial Economics

MKC1200 Principles of Marketing

AFF4880 Family Business: Issues and Challenges

MGX5130 Equity and Discrimination in the Workplace

MGX5461 Contemporary Issues in Globalisation

MKP5XXX Advanced Supply Chain Management Seminar

MKX5XXX Contemporary Issues in Marketing

MKX5XXX E Marketing

MKX5XXX Marketing Project

(Secretarial Note: Following the meeting, the evaluation process for the seven subjects AFF4880 to MKX5XXX was completed, therefore all of the subjects listed above were forwarded to the Academic Board for approval.)

Subsequent to the meeting, one additional subject titled MKX9XXX Marketing for Service Businesses, to commence from semester one, 2000, was brought forward by the Faculty of Business and Economics requiring endorsement so that it could also be forwarded to the Academic Board. Due to the pressing timeline for approval, the Chair, on behalf of the Committee, endorsed this subject and it was submitted to the Academic Board for approval together with the subjects listed under this item.

Education Committee noted the major and minor amendments to subjects approved by the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics as detailed under Proceedings 5 and 6 of the Faculty Board Report.

A document was circulated (p 125-132).

Education Committee received the Report of Meeting 7/99 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology, held by email on 13 December 1999, noted the Proceedings and considered the items requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

Education Committee noted that the proposal to establish the Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Information Management and Systems, which was forwarded by the Board of the Faculty of Arts and endorsed by the Education Committee at its Meeting 8/99, had been ratified by the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology.

Documentation was circulated (p 133-138).

This item was starred by the Chair at the meeting. Professor Lindsay advised that the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee (OQAC) was currently looking into the use of the terminology "locally-supported" and "remotely-supported". Members noted the Chair’s advice that the present definition of "locally-supported" involved the provision of tutorial support, whereas "remotely-supported" implied the provision of support on-line. Professor Lindsay advised that two previous proposals for remotely-supported programs had been approved, on the basis of a joint faculty/CHED/CeLTS evaluation being undertaken and reported to OQAC. The Committee noted the continued importance of evaluation of remotely-supported programs. Professor G Webb, Director of the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED), informed members that the OQAC and GATE review processes would take these matters into account.

Further to this discussion, the recommendation was amended to replace "locally-supported" with "remotely-supported". Members noted an additional change to include reference to the exit award for the Master of Business Systems, the Graduate Diploma in Business Systems.

Subject to endorsement by the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee, Education Committee endorsed the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to extend the campus of offer of the Master of Business Systems by distance education, as well as its exit award the Graduate Diploma in Business Systems, to include remotely-supported distance education in Thailand.

The course amendment reported under this item involved a faculty certificate.

Education Committee noted that the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology proposed to amend the Executive Certificate in Information Technology to:

extend the campus of offer to include locally-supported distance education in Thailand; and

change the admission requirements to recognise successfully completed relevant tertiary-level study when assessing the applicant's eligibility for entry.

A document was circulated (p 139-140).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Network Computing as detailed in the document presented.

A document was circulated (p 139-140).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Network Computing as detailed in the document presented.

The proposal under this item sought to establish transition arrangements as detailed below for the Bachelor of Information Management and the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Information Management while these degrees were being taught out:

1. offer the professional stream electives of the Bachelor of Information Management in semesters one and two of a year. These electives were:

LAR3630 Recordkeeping Contexts and Clients

LAR3631 Appraisal and Description

LAR3632 Recordkeeping Concepts

LAR3634 Professional Practice (Recordkeeping)

LAR3650 Information Resources: Acquisition and Access

LAR3651 Information Resources: Organisation

LAR3652 Reference Principles and Practice

LAR3653 Library Contexts and Clients

LAR3654 Professional Practice (Librarianship)

LAR3671 Libraries, Curriculum and Literature

LAR3672 Professional Practice (Teacher Librarianship)

2. vary the structure of the Bachelor of Information Management to permit a Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) elective to be replaced by an elective from any other faculty, subject to the approval of the Course Director, when an elective of appropriate point value and relevant topic was not available within FIT.

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to establish transition arrangements for the Bachelor of Information Management and the Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Information Management as detailed above.

A document was circulated (p 141-142).

Education Committee endorsed for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to extend the interim arrangements which were previously approved for the 1999 student intake for the Bachelor of Business (Accounting) / Bachelor of Computing, offered at the Peninsula campus, to the 2000 intake.

Education Committee noted the minor amendment to the Bachelor of Computing approved by the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology as detailed under item 3.1 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

Handbook entries were circulated (p 143-148).

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

CPE3008 Electronic Commerce

CPE3009 Distributed Database Management

CSE3200X Industrial Experience Project

A document was circulated (p 149-150).

Education Committee noted the major and minor amendments to existing subjects approved by the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology, as detailed under items 5 and 6 of the Faculty Board Report and the document presented.

The next scheduled meeting of the Education Committee will be held at 10.00 am on Wednesday, 22 March 2000.

All final submissions for that meeting are due by Wednesday, 8 March 2000. For other important dates, please refer to the 2000 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 Denise Cuthbert

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

Associate Professor Susan Campbell

Professor Grahame Taylor

Associate Professor Malcolm Sim

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 Kerri Thomas (MUBS)

Ms Jessamy Nicholas (MONSU)

Mr Dan Feldman (MSA)

Ms Chris Hortis (MUGSU)

Mr Noel Turner (MPA) – Masters by Coursework

Mr Robert Burnet

Mr Clive Vernon

Mr Peter Lawford

Ms Kerri Wilson-Reid (Executive Officer)

Faculty Registrars/Managers (*9)

Mr B Eddy

Ms M Fairbanks

Dr A Mitchell

Mr P Siggins

Ms C Holland

Ms P Herman