Meeting No. 5/2000 of the Education Committee will be held on Wednesday, 9 August 2000 in the Sir George Lush Room, Administration Building 3A, Clayton Campus, commencing at 10:00am.

Apologies: Please telephone: 9905 9003; or e-mail to: Kerri.Wilson-Reid@adm.monash.edu.au.

Ms K Wilson-Reid

Executive Officer

An apology has been received for this meeting from Professor G Webb.

The Committee should note that certain items have been starred as requiring discussion. Any items related to new courses are automatically starred for the attention of the Committee.

Additional items may be starred at the discretion of the Committee.

RECOMMENDATION:

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Committee approve the Minutes of Meeting 4/2000, held Wednesday, 21 June 2000, which will be circulated separately.

p 1-4

The Committee is invited to note that all items in the Report of Education Committee Meeting 4/2000 were approved by the Academic Board as forwarded.

For reference, the URL has been provided below for the location of the final, approved versions of the papers "Report of the LTOP Education Committee Working Party on Flexible Programs and Pathways" and "Coursework Masters Offerings at Monash" (at the website below refer to the section Plans, Reports and Policies). Some changes were made to these documents prior to their submission to the Academic Board, taking into account comments and suggestions that were received at the Education Committee; and, in the case of the coursework masters paper, suggestions from the Committee of Deans.

http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/ntb/ntbind.htm

For information, the final recommendations that were approved by the Board in relation to "Coursework Masters Offerings at Monash" have been extracted below:

An additional paper that was noted by the Academic Board, titled "Statistics about Course and Subject Approvals by Academic Board 1998-2000", is attached for the information of the Committee.

p 5-6

A document, titled "Summary Status of Education Committee and CADeT LTOP Working Parties", is attached for information.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the summary document presented regarding the Status of Education Committee and CADeT LTOP Working Parties.

p 7-22

A document titled Academic Policy Bank Project is attached. The Academic Policy Project was established by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Planning, Professor A Lindsay, to address recommendations made by the previous Working Party on Academic Policies (detailed in section 1 of the attached document).

Professor M Evans, Director of Planning and Academic Affairs and head of the policy project, will speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee:

note the advice of Professor M Evans and the document presented regarding the Academic Policy Bank Project;

note the activities and directions of the Academic Policy Project team that was established by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning); and

consider and provide comment on:

the recommended academic policy framework as detailed under section 2 of the document presented; and

the pro-forma to assist with the development of policies and procedures included under section 4 of this document.

p 23-40

A draft document titled "Engagement with the Community and Teaching and Learning" is attached.

Professor M Evans will speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee consider and provide comment about the draft document presented titled "Engagement with the Community and Teaching and Learning".

p 41-42

The Monash University Library Impact Statement from 1 January to 30 June 2000, prepared by the Monash University Library, is attached for information.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Committee note the Monash University Library Impact Statement from 1 January to 30 June 2000 presented.

p 43-44

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive and note the Report of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Art and Design, held 19 July 2000, and consider each item requiring action for submission to the Academic Board.

p 45-46

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to amend the location of offering for the courses listed below as detailed in the document presented:

Bachelor of Design (Multimedia Design)

Graduate Diploma of Design (Multimedia Design)

Graduate Certificate in Design (Multimedia Design)

p 47-48

Handbook entries are attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Art and Design to establish the subjects listed below:

DWG3508 Drawing (Concept & Research) C

FNA1001 Introduction to Drawing 1

p 49-56

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive and note the Report of Meeting 5/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts, held 19 July 2000, and consider each item requiring action for submission to the Academic Board.

The Bachelor of Arts (International Communication)/Bachelor of Business and Commerce is to be offered by the Faculties of Business and Economics and Arts. Please refer to item 11.1.2 under the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics for the proposal for this item.

Please note that documentation submitted for a proposal to establish the Master of Arts in Archaeology and Ancient History by research has been forwarded to the PhD and Scholarships Committee for consideration.

p 57-60

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to establish the Masters Qualifying in Archaeology and Ancient History, including coursework and a research component, to be offered on campus at the Clayton campus commencing semester one, 2001.

p 61-62

A document is attached.

Consultation regarding this proposal has occurred between the Faculties of Arts and Business and Economics. It is proposed that Arts will be the managing faculty for this course and that it will no longer be a multi-faculty award. (This change will require amendment to the University legislation relating to multi-faculty awards.) The proposal is expected to be ratified by the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics at its next meeting.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the Bachelor of Communication, by allowing it to be offered as a stand-alone award as well as its current offering within a double degree/award structure, as detailed in the document presented.

The managing faculty for this award is the Faculty of Education. Please refer to item 12.2.4 under the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Education for the proposal for this item.

p 63-66

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Law, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Law, to change the Music subject sequences and weightings, as detailed in the documentation presented.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend courses of that Faculty as listed below and detailed under item 4 of the Faculty Board Report presented:

Change to course requirements for the Bachelor of Arts

Amendment to requirements for admission to Honours

Honours program in Religion and Theology

Major in Asian Studies

Bachelor of Music (Honours)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee:

endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to disestablish the following courses:

Master of Arts in Cultural Heritage by coursework

Graduate Diploma of Arts (Cultural Heritage); and

note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to disestablish the Faculty Certificate in Cultural Heritage.

p 67-76

Handbook entries are attached for the new subjects proposed for establishment under this item. (Documentation for the changes to credit points and additional year levels of offering is available upon request to the Executive Officer.)

The Committee is invited to note that of the thirty-seven new subjects proposed under this item, thirteen are new subjects for establishment, sixteen are changes to credit points for existing subjects and eight are additional year levels of offering.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to establish the thirty-seven subjects listed below (noting that thirteen of those subjects are new subjects for establishment and twenty-four are changes to/extensions of existing subjects):

HSY2320/3320 Becoming Australians

ASN2170/3170 Women in Asia

AUS2040/3040 Travel Writing and New Technologies

HSY1200 The Tourist Experience

ARM4060/5060 Predynastic and early dynastic Egypt

ARM4740/5740 Reading and ancient past

HYM4380/5380 Heritage, history and Archeology

VSA2130/3130 Postwar to Postmodern: American and European Art Part I

CLS2950/3950 Freud and feminism

SCY2251/3251 Children and Society

ENH2980/3980 Introduction to fiction writing

ENH2981/3981 Advanced fiction writing

MUS4010 Applied Music

MUS4270 World Music, Popular Culture and Song Writing in Australia and Asia

MUS4420 Research Methods

MUS4600 Special Research Project in Music

MUS4640 Fieldwork Techniques and Technology

MUS4980 Music Pedagogy

HYM4870/5870 Theories and histories of society (addition of 5^th year)

ENV441E/541E Environmental performance measurement, accounting and reporting (addition of 5^th year)

ENV442E/542E Sustainable production and consumption (addition of 5^th year)

GES2220/3220 Tourism and the Environment (addition of 2^nd year)

PCE2050/3050 Police, politics and community (addition of 3^rd year)

LIN2160/3160 Communicating with Tourists (addition of 2^nd year)

PCE2020/3020 Development of policing in Australia (addition of 2^nd year)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to make amendments to subjects as detailed under items 8 and 9 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 77-84

A document listing further disestablished subjects is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to disestablish the subjects listed below and those in the attached document:

ASM4310 Population and migration

ASM4330 Sociology of the family

ASM4370 Women, gender and society

CRT4220* Hermeneutics

CRT4560* Seeing / reading texts

CRT4960 Contemporary issues in feminist theory

CRT5300 Theorising culture

CRT5560* Seeing / reading texts

GNM5070 German literature 1900-1945

GNM5080 German literature 1945 to the present day

GNM5090 German phonology

MUM4310 Twentieth Century compositional techniques

RLM500 * Research paper in religion and theology

VAM4190 Forms of narrative cinema

VAM4630 German Cinema

VAM4750 Indonesian and South East Asian film and television

WSM4280* Intergenerational tyrannies

Please refer to the attached list of subjects for disestablishment.

HSY1050 Asian civilisations 1: the cycle of empires

HSY1060 Asian civilisations 2: crisis and transformation

EUR1010 Contemporary Europe: Origins

EUR1020 Contemporary Europe: East and West

RLT1030 Jewish Civilisation 1, Part A

ENH1111 Text and Context I

ENH1122 Text and Context II

PER1010 Introduction to Cultural Studies I

ENH1060 The language of performance

ENH1160 The places of performance

p 85-86

An email is attached, from Associate Professor D Garrioch, Associate Dean Teaching of the Faculty of Arts, regarding the subject quota proposals under this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to set the quotas for subjects as listed below:

ARY3420/HSY4240 Archaeology and archive studies 25

VSA3020 From Film Theory to Video Practice 54

VSA1050 Contemporary Popular Film 180

GES3530 Landscape Processes 28

ENH1240 Effective Writing 1 200

ENH1250 Effective Writing 2 200

ENH2150/3150 Australian Urban Fictions 60

ENH2980/3980Introduction to Fiction Writing 80

ENH2981/3981 Advanced Fiction Writing 80

COM1010 Media Studies 100

COM1020 Introduction to Communication Studies 100

p 87-96

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 4/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics, held 12 July 2000, note the Proceedings and consider each item requiring action for submission to the Academic Board.

Documentation is attached.

The forty-eight point course proposed under this item would need to be included in the University’s Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy. The proposal also includes five new subjects which are proposed for approval under the New Subjects item below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish the Master of Applied Economics, to be offered on campus at the Caulfield and Clayton campuses (with the possibility of extension to distance education), commencing semester one, 2001.

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to item 10.1.1.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Business and Economics and Arts to establish the Bachelor of Arts (International Communication)/Bachelor of Business and Commerce, to be offered on-campus at the Peninsula campus commencing semester one, 2001.

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish the Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Business and Information Technology, to be offered on campus at the Malaysian campus commencing semester one, 2001.

p 119-128

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish the Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Network Computing, to be offered on campus at the Peninsula campus commencing semester one, 2001.

p 129-134

Documentation is attached.

Consideration of the proposal under this item was deferred at the last meeting pending further consultation between the Deans of the Faculties of Business and Economics and Law. It is understood that this consultation has since concluded and the proposal is ready to proceed.

The forty-eight point course proposed under this item would need to be included in the University’s Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy. The proposal includes one new subject.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish the Master of Business Law, to be offered on campus at the Caulfield and Clayton campuses commencing semester one, 2001.

p 135-136

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the admission criteria for the Graduate Certificate in Business program to:

‘applicants require a pass degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution.’

p 137-140

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business and Commerce, to be offered at the Gippsland campus from semester one, 2001.

p 141-144

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce, to be offered at the Clayton campus from semester one, 2001.

p 145-148

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Economics, to be offered at the Clayton campus from semester one, 2001.

p 149-152

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to item 14.2.4.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Business and Economics and Information Technology to restructure the Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)/Bachelor of Computing, to be offered on the Caulfield campus from semester one, 2001.

p 153-154

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to item 14.2.3.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Business and Economics and Information Technology to restructure the Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Computing, to be offered on the Caulfield campus from semester one, 2001.

p 155-156

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Business and Economics and Law to restructure the Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)/Bachelor of Laws, to be offered from semester one, 2001.

p 157-158

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Accounting), to be offered at the Caulfield campus from semester one, 2001.

p 159-160

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance), to be offered on the Caulfield campus from semester one, 2001.

p 161-162

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Management), to be offered on the Caulfield campus from semester one, 2001.

p 163-164

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Marketing), to be offered on the Caulfield campus from semester one, 2001.

p 165-168

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Business and Economics and Information Technology to restructure the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business Systems, to be offered at the Clayton campus from semester one, 2001.

The Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Education is managed by the Faculty of Education. Please refer to item 12.2.3 under the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Education for the proposal to amend this course.

p 169-172

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to item 17.2.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Business and Economics and Science to restructure the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Science, to be offered at the Clayton campus from semester one, 2001.

p 173-176

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Business and Economics and Law to restructure the Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws, to be offered at the Clayton campus from semester one, 2001.

p 177-180

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Commerce, to be offered at the Clayton campus from semester one, 2001.

p 181-184

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Pharmacy/Bachelor of Commerce, to be offered at the Clayton campus from semester one, 2001.

p 185-186

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Electronic Commerce, to be offered at the Berwick campus from semester two, 2000.

p 187-188

Documentation is attached.

Consultation has occurred between the Faculties of Business and Economics and Arts regarding this proposal. Business and Economics will be the managing faculty for this award, which will no longer be categorised as a multi-faculty award. (This proposal will require amendment to the University’s legislation relating to multi-faculty awards.) It is expected that this proposal will be endorsed by the Board of the Faculty of Arts at its next meeting.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to restructure the Bachelor of Tourism, allowing it to be offered as a single award, to be offered at the Berwick campus from semester one, 2001.

p 189-192

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to approve:

a major in tourism to be offered at the Berwick campus, and majors in management be offered at the Berwick, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses and via distance education; and

the deletion of the following four major sequences from the Bachelor of Business and Commerce to be offered at the Gippsland campus:

Services management

Human resources management

Tourism management

International management.

p 193-208

Handbook entries are attached.

The new subjects ECX4XXX Applied Microeconomics, ECX4XXX Applied Macroeconomics, ECC5XXX Applied Economics Issues Research Paper, ECC5XXX The Economics of e-commerce, ECC5XXX The Emergence of the Knowledge Based Economy, ECX5XXX Economic Policy in Asia, ECX5XXX Strategies and Policies for Economic Development and ECX5XXX Islamic Economics will be taught in the Master of Applied Economics.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Education Committee the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to:

establish the new subjects listed below:

BTF4XXX Environmental Law for Business

ECX4XXX Applied Microeconomics

ECX4XXX Applied Macroeconomics

ECC5XXX Applied Economics Issues Research Paper

ECC5XXX The Economics of e-commerce

ECC5XXX The Emergence of the Knowledge Based Economy

ECC5XXX Sustainable Economic Development and the Environment

ECX5XXX Economic Policy in Asia

ECX5XXX Strategies and Policies for Economic Development

ECX5XXX Islamic Economics

MGX9230 Leadership Theory and Practice

ETF3XXX Quantitative Methods for Financial Markets

ETF3XXX Quantitative Business Analysis

*PMM3022 Psychology, Management and Marketing

*PMM2022 Economic and Statistical Decision Making

*PMM3022 and PMM2022 are subjects created especially for students enrolled in the interdisciplinary Bachelor of Psychology and Management/Marketing ; and

as a result of the harmonisation of subjects within the Bachelor of Business and Commerce, create the following new Department of Management subjects based on existing subjects but with differing synopsis and assessment:

MGW2100 Managerial Communication

MGW3351 International Business

MGW3511 Quality Management

MGW2501 Tourism Principles and Practice

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to make minor amendments to subjects as detailed under Proceeding No. 6 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 209-218

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report (as well as a supplementary report) of Meeting 3/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Education, held 12 July 2000, note the Proceedings and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to establish the Postgraduate Diploma of Education, to be offered on campus at the Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses and via distance education, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 225-230

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to establish the Postgraduate Certificate of Education, to be offered on campus at the Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses and via distance education, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 231-234

Documentation is attached.

This proposal has also been endorsed by the Faculty of Arts. The program offered on the Clayton campus as it currently exists only allows for a secondary teaching stream.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculties of Education and Arts to amend the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education, to allow for a Primary teaching stream to be undertaken by students on both the Clayton and Peninsula campuses, from semester one, 2001.

p 235-238

Documentation is attached.

This proposal has also been endorsed by the Faculty of Science. The program as it currently exists only allows for a secondary teaching stream.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculties of Education and Science to amend the Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Education, to allow for a Primary teaching stream to be undertaken by students on both the Clayton and Peninsula campuses, from semester one, 2001.

p 239-242

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to item 11.2.13.

The proposal under this item has been endorsed by the Boards of the Faculties of Education and Business and Economics. (The award is managed by the Faculty of Education.)

The program as it currently exists only allows for a secondary teaching stream.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Education and Business and Economics to amend the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Education, to:

amend the course structure within the Bachelor of Commerce component from semester one, 2001; and

allow a Primary teaching stream to be undertaken by students on both the Clayton and Peninsula campuses, from semester one, 2001

p 243-246

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to item 10.2.2.

(The changes to the Bachelor of Music component result from a decision by the Faculty of Arts for undergraduate subjects offered within their programs to be 6 credit points. Those changes have been endorsed by the Board of the Faculty of Education. The proposal to create a Primary Education stream in the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education was proposed by the Faculty of Education and was endorsed by the Faculty of Arts. The program as it currently exists only allows for a secondary teaching stream.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Education and Arts to amend the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education, to:

amend the course structure within the Bachelor of Music component and increase the credit points from 104 points to 108 points, from semester one, 2001; and

allow a Primary teaching stream to be undertaken by students on both the Clayton and Peninsula campuses, from semester one, 2001

p 247-248

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to reduce the number of core subjects in the tagged Master of Education (International Education), from four to three core subjects, effective semester two, 2000, the core subjects being:

EDF6701 Issues in International Education

EDF6702 Cross-Cultural Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Global Context

EDF6703 Managing International Education

p 249-250

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to reduce the number of core subjects in the Postgraduate Diploma of Education (International Education), from four to three core subjects, effective semester two, 2000, the core subjects being:

EDF6701 Issues in international education

EDF6702 Cross-cultural curriculum and pedagogy in the global context

EDF6703 Managing international education

p 251-254

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to amend the Postgraduate Certificate of Gifted Education, to:

change the course structure to allow students to select any two of the following three designated subjects, effective 1 January, 2001:

EDF6607 Gifted education: identification and programming

EDF6610 The psychology of the gifted child

EDF6613 Advanced studies in gifted education; and

change the title of the Postgraduate Certificate of Gifted Education, to become the Postgraduate Certificate of Education (Gifted Education), effective 1 January 2001.

p 255-260

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to create the tags for the Master of Education as detailed below:

To be offered on the Clayton campus effective 1 January 2001;

To be offered on the Clayton and Peninsula campuses effective 1 January 2001; and

To be offered on the Clayton and Peninsula campuses effective 1 January 2001.

p 261-264

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to create the following tags for the Postgraduate Diploma of Education, effective 1 January 2001:

Clayton campus

Clayton campus

Clayton campus

Clayton and Peninsula campuses

Clayton and Peninsula campuses

Clayton campus

p 265-270

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to create the following tags for the Postgraduate Certificate of Education, effective 1 January 2001:

Clayton campus

Clayton campus

Clayton campus

Clayton campus

Clayton and Peninsula campuses

Clayton and Peninsula campuses

Clayton campus

Clayton campus

Clayton campus

Clayton campus

p 271-272

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

p 273-274

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to change the title of the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology (Education), to become the Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology (Education), effective 1 January 2001

p 275-278

Documentation is attached.

The distance education version of the Master of Psychology (counselling stream) under this item will be jointly delivered by staff from the Faculty of Education and the Department of Psychology located on the Caulfield campus. The proposal has the support of the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of Science.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for transmission to Academic Board the proposal to amend the Master of Education (counselling stream), to offer the course by distance education in addition to the current on campus mode, commencing 1 January, 2001.

p 279-280

A document is attached.

The Diploma, Bachelor and Graduate Diploma programs under this item have not had enrolments for several years and are no longer required. The Masters programs have been replaced by new courses with all students enrolled in the programs to be disestablished expected to complete their course this year.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to disestablish the courses listed below:

Bachelor of Education (1522)

Bachelor of Education (0337)

Bachelor of Education (Primary) (1726)

Bachelor of Education (Secondary) (1723)

Bachelor of Special Education (0073)

Degree conversion - Teaching (Early Childhood) (0351)

Degree conversion - Teaching (Primary) (0352)

Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood) (0338)

Diploma in Teaching (Primary -Mathematics and Science) (0340)

Diploma in Teaching (Primary) (0339)

Enabling course Education (0127)

Graduate Diploma in Educational Policy & Administration (0152)

Graduate Diploma in Children's Literature (0344)

Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration (0342)

Graduate Diploma in Multicultural Education (0345)

Graduate Diploma in Music for Therapy (0349)

Graduate Diploma of Education (Art Education) (0343)

Graduate Diploma in Junior Primary Education (1266)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (1559)

Master of Educational Policy & Administration (0112)

Master of Educational Studies (0078)

Master of Special Education (0773)

Master of Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (0155)

Master of Teaching (1558)

p 281-286

Handbook entries are attached for the new subjects proposed for establishment under this item. (Documentation for the new subjects by virtue of changes to credit points is available for perusal upon request to the Executive Officer.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Education Committee the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to establish the eleven subjects listed below (noting that of those, five proposals are for subject establishment and six proposals are for a change to the credit point value of an existing subject):

EDF3125 Children's Literature: Issues and Analysis

EDF4102 Curriculum Studies: Primary English 2

EDF6518 Cognitive Behavioural Counselling in Rural and Remote Settings

EDF6125 Advanced Practicum 1

EDF6126 Advanced Practicum 2

EDF3801 Program Design and Delivery

EDF3802 Work Development and Identity

EDF3803 Working with Difference

EDF3804 Independent work-based project

EDF3805 Project Management

EDF3806 Future Directions in Adult Learning and Development

All of the subjects listed under this item require specialist facilities. Existing facilities are unable to accommodate classes larger than those being recommended. All subjects are elective subjects in undergraduate programs offered by the Faculty of Education on the Peninsula campus.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to establish subject quotas for 2001 for the following subjects:

EDF4200 Play in a Paediatric Setting 20 students

EDF3235 Science, technology and society 25 students

EDF3234 Marine science 25 students

EDF3122 Studio arts - computer art (education) 20 students

EDF3123 Studio arts - mixed media (education) 20 students

EDF4207 Studio arts A 20 students

EDF4218 Designing and producing illustrated children's books
20 students

(A document for the major subject amendment under this item is available for perusal upon request to the Executive Officer.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Education to make amendments to subjects as detailed under Item 5 and Proceeding No. 1 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 287-290

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 3/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, held 12 July 2000, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

p 291-292

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to amend the Bachelor of Engineering in the branch of Civil Engineering, to remove level two teaching at Caulfield campus as detailed in the document presented.

The Faculty of Business and Economics has requested the amendment under this item. It is expected that the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics will formally endorse the proposal at its next meeting.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculties of Engineering and Business and Economics to increase the requirement for the Bachelor of Commerce component of the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Engineering from 16 subjects (96 credit points) to 17 subjects (102 credit points).

p 293-304

Handbook entries are attached for the new subjects proposed for establishment under this item. (Documentation for the new subjects by virtue of changes to credit points is available for perusal upon request to the Executive Officer.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to approve the sixteen new subjects listed below (noting that of those, eleven proposals are for subject establishments and five proposals are for changes to the credit points of existing subjects):

GSE3001 Social responsibility and professional development

GSE3002 Sustainable development

GSE3205 Design of concrete structures

GSE3206 Design of timber structures

GSE3401 Thermodynamics II

GSE3404 Fluid machines

GSE3405 Computer integrated manufacturing

GSE3406 Maintenance and asset management

GSE4801 Intelligent mechanisms design

GSE4804 Interactive modelling

CHE4155 Concepts of bioprocess engineering

New subjects by virtue of changes to credit points (plus changes to title):

p 305-306

A document is attached in relation to item 4 of the Faculty Board Report – Table of Equivalencies for the Bachelor of Technology (Computer Studies). (Documentation for the subject amendments under Faculty Board Report item 3 is available for perusal upon request to the Executive Officer.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to make amendments to subjects as detailed under item 3 and 4 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 307-334

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meetings 2/2000 and 3/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology, held 31 May and 12 July 2000, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 335-344

Documentation is 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 Master of Applied Information Technology, to be offered on campus at the Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula campuses, and via distance education at Gippsland and Peninsula, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 345-350

Documentation is attached.

The proposal under this item has been developed on advice by the Vice-Chancellor. The structure is essentially the same as the version of the course offered at other campuses, with changes to the admission requirements and some amendments to the objectives.

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 Business Systems, to extend the course to be offered on campus at the South Africa campus, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 351-354

Documentation 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 Computing, to extend the course to be offered on the South Africa campus, commencing semester one, 2001.

Please refer to item 11.2.6 under the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics for the proposal for this course amendment.

Please refer to item 11.2.5 under the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics for the proposal for this course amendment.

p 355-356

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to item 17.2.

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 Computing/Bachelor of Science, as offered on-campus and by distance education through the Gippsland campus, following changes to the Bachelor of Computing.

p 357-370

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to add a Multimedia Technology major to the Bachelor of Computing and to adjust the structure of the existing System Development and Business Systems majors.

The Faculty of Business and Economics has advised that it has changed the name of the Bachelor of Business to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce. A change to the title of the double degree under this item is therefore required.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to change the title of the Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Computing at the Gippsland campus, to become the Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Computing.

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to make transition arrangements for the Bachelor of Multimedia Computing, to extend the campus of offer to include the on campus offering of level two and three subjects at the Gippsland Campus during the establishment period of 2001 and 2002.

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 Computing, by replacing the core subject COT2001 Data communications and networks with CSE2318 Data communications and computer networks.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the courses listed below, as detailed under item 3 of the Faculty Board Report presented:

Bachelor of Digital Systems

Bachelor of Computer Science

Master of Business Systems by Distance Education

Master of Multimedia Computing

Bachelor of Computing (Applications Development)

p 371-372

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 disestablish the courses listed below:

Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems

Graduate Certificate in Decision Support Systems

p 373-388

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 fourteen subjects listed below:

BUS3750 Introductory Intelligent Techniques for Business Modelling

CPE3010 Object-oriented Network Computing

CPE5008 Electronic Commerce Technologies

CSE3211 Handheld Applications and Operating Systems

CSE5301 Neuro-Fuzzy Computing

CSE5302 Digital Video Coding and Compression

CSE5303 Advanced Digital Signal Processing

CSE5312 Advanced Digital Design

GCO2803 Internet Commerce

GCO2822 Multimedia Signals and Systems

GCO3826 Advanced Multimedia Technology

IMS3000H Alternative Third Year Studio

CSE3212 Data Mining

CSE3821 Internet Architecture and Protocols

(Documentation for some of the subject amendments under Faculty Board Report items 6 and 7 is available for perusal upon request to the Executive Officer.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to make amendments to subjects as detailed under items 6 and 7 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

(Documentation in relation to the disestablishment of subjects under this item is available for perusal upon request to the Executive Officer.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to disestablish the following subjects:

COT7050 Introduction to business computing

COT7180 Principles of database systems

COT7700 Computer technology

COT7710 File organisation and database systems

COT7760 Database implementation and fourth-generation systems

SFT7600 Software development I

SFT7640 Software development II

COT7170 Data Communications & Convergent Technology

COT7210 Computer Selection & Procurement

DGS3820 Sft Eng 1

DGS3830 Sft Eng 2

DGS3840 Proj Part 1

DGS3850 Proj Part 2

COT4010 Reading Subject in Computer Technology

COT5010 Reading Subject in Computer Technology

COT3100 Computer Architecture

CSC4030 Computer Science

CSC1011 Computer Programming

CSC1030 Computer Science

CSC1040 Professional Communications

CSC1050 Professional Communications

CSC1062 Data Structures

CSC1072 Computer Systems

CSC1082 Digital Logic

DGS4000 Bach Dig Sys (Hons)

DGS4001 Bach Dig Sys (Hons) P/T

DGS5120 Dig Comm Thesis

DGS6010 Comm Project

DGS6810 Computer Networks

DGS6820 Digital Communications Technologies

DGS6830 Communications Software

DGS6840 Network Design and Management

DGS6850 Communications Practical

DGS6860 Communications Project

DGS6900 Proprietary Network Architecture

DGS6910 Public Telecommunication Networks

DGS6920 Information Security

DGS5020 Distributed Systems

DGS5030 Advanced Communications Applications

DGS5040 Protocol Engineering

DGS5050 Advanced Network Design

DGS5060 Telecommunications Policy and Management

DGS5110 Communications Project

SFT4010 Reading Subject

SFT5010 Reading Subject

DGS1111 Dig Tech I

DGS1120 Dig Circ & Dev I

DGS1210 Dig Tech 2

DGS1220 Dig Circ & Dev II

DGS1230 Intro to Ele

DGS1301 Sft Dev 1

DGS1400 Sft Dev II

DGS2110 Dig Desgn 1

DGS2120 Dig Sys 1

DGS2131 Sft Dev

DGS2141 Optng Sys

DGS2210 Dig Desgn 2

DGS2220 Dig Sys 2

DGS2231 Sft Eng

DGS2241 Comp Arch

DGS3110 Dig Tech Proj

DGS3120 Emb Sys Des

DGS3130 R-Time Sys Des

DGS3210 Dig Tech Proj

DGS3310 Dig Sys Project

DGS3600 Dig Sign Proc

DGS3622 Comp Grap

DGS3630 Fund Robotics

DGS3640 Robotics

DGS3650 Des ASICs

DGS3662 Fund Data Comm

DGS3670 Comp Netwk

DGS3680 Dis Time Ctrl

DGS3691 Intell Sys

DGS3700 Micro App

DGS3710 C++ Prog Emb Sys

COT4230 Database systems

COT4000 Computer technology (honours)

COT4001 Computer technology (honours) P/T

DGS6510 Introduction to Computing

CFR1120 Applications Development I

CFR1121 Computer Programming I

CFR1129 Business Pocess Analysis

CFR1150 AN Introduction to the World Wide Web

CFR2204 Data Communications and Networks

CFR2313 Network Technology

CFR2404 Software Engineering Practice

CFR2405 Data Structures in C

CFR3102 System Development using Case

CFR3112 Object Orientated System Development

CFR3213 Network Technology

CFR3304 Developing client server applications

CFR3305 Decision Support Systems

CFR3306 Knowledge Based Systems

CFR3313 Data Communications

CFR3332 Fourth generation Languages

CFR3500 Industrial Experience Project

CFR7103 Operating Systems and Databases

CFR7104 Systems Analysis

CFR7109 Information Systems

CFR7322 Commercial Programming Techniques

CFR7332 Interactive Programming

p 389-392

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 2/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Law, held 19 July 2000, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 393-402

Documentation is attached.

The forty-eight point masters degree proposed under this item would need to be included in the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to establish the Master of Commercial Law, to be offered as an on campus course conducted at the Monash city offices, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 403-410

Documentation is attached.

The forty-eight point masters degree proposed under this item would need to be included in the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy.

The proposed title of this award was changed subsequent to the Faculty Board’s endorsement of the proposal. (The original title proposed was the Master of Industrial Property Law.) The revised title, Master of Intellectual Property Law, has been supported by the Dean and will be transmitted to the Board of the Faculty of Law for endorsement at its next meeting.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement of the revised title of the award by the Board of the Faculty of Law, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Law to establish the Master of Intellectual Property Law, to be offered as an on campus course conducted at the Monash city offices, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 411-420

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to establish the Master of Laws (Legal Practice), to be offered on campus at the Clayton campus (except for the clinical component which will be offered at the Monash Oakleigh Legal Service under supervision), commencing January, 2002.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to amend the Master of Laws (Intellectual Property), by adding the subject LAW7224 Overview of Intellectual Property, to the current Group A (core) subjects.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to amend the Graduate Diploma in Law (Intellectual Property), by adding the subject LAW7224 Overview of Intellectual Property, to the current Group A (core) subjects.

p 421-422

A document is attached in relation to the amendment to the Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws under this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Law to amend the courses listed below, as detailed under item 2 of the Faculty Board Report and the document presented:

Master of Laws (Commercial Law)

Graduate Diploma in Law (Commercial Law)

Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws

p 423-438

Handbook entries are attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to establish the eight subjects listed below:

LAW4164 International Refugee Law and Practice

LAW4165 Comparative Constitutions and Rights

LAW4166 Citizenship and Migration Law

LAW7247 Contemporary Issues in Public International Law

LAW7248 Decision Making for Tribunal Members

LAW7252 Human Rights Litigation

LAW7253 Human Rights in the Global Economy

LAW7254 Designs Law and Practice

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Law to make minor amendments to subjects as detailed under item 5 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 439-442

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 4/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, held 28 June 2000, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 443-444

A document is attached for information.

RECOMMENDATION

That the Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Medicine established the Faculty (Undergraduate) Certificate - Introduction to Medical Studies.

p 445-452

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATON:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to amend the Master of Rural Health as detailed in the document presented, including:

restructuring the course from 96 to 72 credit points; and

changing the course abbreviation from MRH to MRuralHlth.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to amend the Master of Clinical Medicine, to:

remove the requirement for students to complete all four first semester subjects (ECX9720, MCM5117, MCM5101 and MCM5266) before undertaking any second and third semester subjects; and

allow the addition of the specialist area Emergency Medicine to the program.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to extend the mode of offering for the Graduate Diploma in Mental Health for Teaching Professions, to offer the course via distance education in addition to the current on campus mode.

p 453-454

A document is attached.

The new subjects associated with this course amendment are presented for endorsement under the item New Subjects below.

RECOMMENDATION

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to amend the structure of the third year of the Bachelor of Biomedical Science, including:

the introduction of four new core subjects; and

an increase in the number of elective subjects from two to four.

The current structure of this course requires the completion of four core subjects (MPH1041, MPH1040, MPH2036 and MPH2037). As an alternative to the core subject MPH2037 it is proposed that students be given the option to undertake one of the following subjects:

MPH2007 Methods for Chronic Disease Epidemiology

MPH2018 Infectious Disease Epidemiology

MPH2000 Advanced Biostatistics

MPH2056 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to amend the structure of the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Trials as detailed above.

p 455-456

A document is attached in relation to the minor amendment to the Bachelor of Biomedical Science under this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to amend the courses listed below, as detailed under item 3 of the Faculty Board Report and the document presented:

Bachelor of Biomedical Science

Graduate Diploma in the Biotechnologies of Life

p 457-474

Handbook entries are attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the nine subjects listed below:

BMS3011 Human Disease and Treatment 1

BMS3021 Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology

BMS3032 Health Policy and Management

BMS3042 Human Disease and Treatment 2

BME3011 Infection and Immunity

MCM5281 Emergency Medicine 1: Integrated Systems of Emergency Care

MCM5282 Emergency Medicine 2: Emergency Medicine Research Methods

MCM5283 Emergency Medicine 3: Life-threatening Emergencies

MCM5284 Emergency Medicine 4: Introduction to Toxicology

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to make amendments to subjects as detailed under item 5 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 475-482

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the supplementary reports of Meetings 6/99 and 2/2000, and the Report of Meeting 3/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Science, held 17 November 1999, 3 May and 5 July 2000, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 483-494

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to establish the Diploma in Biotechnology (Research and Management), to be offered on campus and via distance education at the Clayton and Gippsland campuses, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 495-522

Documentation is attached for each of the amendments below.

(Refer also to course amendments under items 11.2.14 and 14.2.5.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to amend the courses listed below as detailed in the documentation presented:

Bachelor of Science (Environmental Management) and Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)

Bachelor of Science/Diploma of Environmental Management

Bachelor of Science (Environmental Management)/Diploma in Natural Resource Management

Bachelor of Science (Resource Management)

Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Science, Berwick campus

Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Business, Gippsland campus

Bachelor of Science (and associated double degrees) - two amendments

Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)

Bachelor of Science (Environmental Management)

Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Bachelor of Computing/Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science

p 523-552

Handbook entries are attached for the new subjects proposed for establishment under this item. (Documentation for the new subject by virtue of change to credit points under this item is available for perusal upon request to the Executive Officer.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to approve the thirty-four new subjects listed below (noting that of those, thirty-three proposals are for subject establishment and one proposal is for a change to credit points for an existing subject):

SCI3740/3741/3742 Science in action research project

PHS3520 Medical physics 2

MSC1012 Materials in our environment

MTH2257 Applied statistics 2B

MTH3066 Differential equations

MTH3077 Mathematical modelling

MTH3167 Combinatronics

MTH3267 Applied statistics 3

MTH3276 Probability models and simulation

MTH2042/3042 Techniques for scientific computing

MTH2121/3121 Algebra and number theory

MTH3000 Mathematics research project level 3

MTH3011 Partial differential equations

MTH3022 Dynamical systems and complex analysis

MTH3132 Analysis and geometry

MTH3362/ASP3062/ATM3062 Fluid dynamics

MTH3401/2 Special topics in mathematics I /II

ASP3011 Stars and galaxies

ATM3011 Weather and climate phenomena

STA2032/3032 Advanced data analysis

STA3011 Linear models in statistics

STA3042 Time series and statistical inference

IMM3031 Molecular and cellular immunology

IMM3042 Clinical immunopathology

IMM3051 Principles of applied immunology

IMM3062 Clinical and research laboratory immunology

GEN3031 Genetics of development

GEN3041 Genomics and molecular genetics

GEN3052 Medical genetics and forensic biology

GEN3062 Conservation and ecological genetics

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Science to make amendments to subjects as detailed under item 3 of the Report of Meeting 3/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Science.

p 553-560

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Science to disestablish the subjects listed below and in the documentation presented:

Chemistry subjects as listed in the attached documentation

MAT2000 Mathematics research project level 2

MAT2020 Linear mathematics

MAT2030 Calculus of several variables

MAT2040 Differential equations

MAT2051 Introductory analysis

MAT2061 Statistics and data analysis

MAT2072 Numerical methods

MAT2082 Discrete mathematics

MAT2091 Mathematics for industry

MAT2102 Introduction to fluid dynamics

MAT2121 Introduction to atmospheric sciences

MAT2211 Simulation and probability modelling

MAT2222 Statistical inference

ATM2121 Introduction to atmospheric sciences

ATM2132 Numerical methods

BOT2031 Structure and Function of Plants

GEN2011 Genetics I

GEN2022 Genetics II

ZOO3031 Zoology

BCH2031 Biomedical Molecular Biology

BCH2042 Medical Biochemistry of Cells and Tissues

The next scheduled meeting of the Education Committee (Meeting 6/2000) will be held on Wednesday, 20 September 2000.

All final submissions for the agenda for that meeting are due by Wednesday, 6 September 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 Terri Short (MUBS)

Ms Jessamy Nicholas (MONSU)

Mr James Raynes (MSA)

Ms Chris Hortis (MUGSU)

Mr Noel Turner (MPA) - Masters by Coursework

Mr Clive Vernon

Mr Peter Lawford

Mr Peter Marshall

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