Meeting No. 7/2000 of the Education Committee will be held on Wednesday, 15 November 2000, in the Elizabeth Burchill Room, Ground Floor of the Performing Arts Complex, Building 68 at the 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

 Members having a direct commercial or financial interest in any item before this meeting must declare that interest to the Chair via the Committee Secretary prior to consideration of the item, and must not take part in a vote on any matter concerning it.

An apology has been received from Associate Professor L Roller.

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 confirm the Minutes of Meeting 6/2000, held Wednesday, 20 September 2000, which have been circulated separately.

The Committee is invited to note that, with the exception of the matter detailed below, all items that were forwarded to the Academic Board were approved.

In relation to the item that was forwarded by the Faculty of Arts regarding the creation of 4 and 8 point subjects as a transition arrangement during the Arts Faculty’s move to a six credit point system, the Board noted the Chair’s advice that this matter had been resolved and the item was withdrawn from the agenda.

p 1-2

Following the release of Leading the Way: Monash 2020, it is time to re-consider the Learning and Teaching Plan (LTP). The original LTP needs to be updated and further developed in order to respond to changes within the university and the external environment and to reflect the continued development of learning and teaching at Monash. A proposal is attached.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), Professor A Lindsay, will speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee reflect upon the implementation of the LTP and, in particular:

• consider to what extent the objectives of LTP have been achieved;

• reflect upon each faculty's experience with implementing the LTP;

• identify which aspects of LTP were useful and which were not;

• identify issues that need to be incorporated;

• identify revisions or amendments;

• consider the most appropriate process for developing the updated plan; and

• consider the most appropriate format for the updated plan.

6. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONp 3-6

At its Meeting 2/99, the Academic Board approved University-wide principles and procedures in relation to Special Consideration, that were to be effective immediately. It was noted at the time of approval that these would be evaluated at the end of 1999 for further refinement if necessary. A copy of the Special Consideration principles and procedures, together with the accompanying form for Application for Special Consideration, is attached for reference.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Education Committee request that each faculty provide a written report regarding the faculty’s implementation of the University’s principles and procedures for Special Consideration, together with feedback about the principles and procedures that can be considered during the evaluation of those principles and procedures.

p 7-10

Consideration of this item was foreshadowed at the last meeting by Ms J Nicholas, undergraduate student member for the Caulfield and Peninsula campuses and President of MONSU. Ms Nicholas requested that the Committee consider the need to introduce a formal period of swot-vac between the end of the semester and the commencement of the examination period. It was intended that if, following consideration of this matter, the Education Committee endorsed this proposal, the Committee could make a formal recommendation to the appropriate area about the introduction of a swot vac period.

As requested at the last meeting, a proposal for this item has been forwarded by Ms J Nicholas. A copy of the proposal, together with supporting memoranda from the Presidents of the undergraduate student associations MONSU (Caulfield and Peninsula) and MSA (Clayton), is attached. Mr T Hogan, Manager of Examinations and Certifications, has been invited to attend the meeting for this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee consider the appropriate mechanism for assessment of the proposal to introduce a formal swot vac period, between the end of semester and the commencement of the relevant examination period.

p 11-12

At Meeting 5/2000 of the Committee of Associate Deans Teaching (CADeT), an issue was raised by Mr P Yates, Director of Systems and Services, Student and Staff Services, that involved a proposed change to the rules for recording discontinuations on academic transcripts. At that meeting, CADeT gave initial consideration and provided comment to Mr Yates about the proposal. Noting that CADeT was not a formal approving body, the Committee requested that Mr Yates prepare a written proposal about this matter, taking into consideration the comments and concerns raised at the meeting, to be forwarded to the Education Committee for appropriate consideration. A proposal has been forwarded and is attached.

Mr P Yates will speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee consider the proposal presented by Mr Yates, Director of Systems and Services, Student and Staff Services, regarding a variation to the rules for production of the University’s academic transcripts such that discontinued subjects only appear on transcripts after the census date in semester one and after the first four weeks in semester two.

p 13-16

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive and note the Report of Meeting 4/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design ratified the proposals for the new subjects listed below that were forwarded by the Faculty Executive and approved at Academic Board Meeting 5/2000:

• DWG3508 Drawing (Concept and Research) C
• FNA1001 Introduction to Drawing 1

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design to make amendments to subjects as detailed under items 1.3 and 1.4 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the disestablishment of the following subjects by the Board of the Faculty of Art and Design:

p 17-20

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive and note the Report of Meeting 7/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts, held Wednesday, 11 October 2000, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Arts has ratified the proposal to amend the structure of the Bachelor of Music / Bachelor of Laws that was approved by Academic Board at its Meeting 5/2000. The Arts Faculty ratified the approved change to the total number of Music points (102 points), and added clarification that 54 points of this were to comprise the Music Performance major.

p 21-22

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to establish a Criminology and Criminal Justice Major as detailed in the document presented.

p 23-26

Handbook entries are attached for the new subjects proposed for establishment under this item.

The Committee is invited to note that of the eleven new subjects proposed under this item, five are new subjects for establishment, four are changes to credit points for existing subjects and two 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 eleven subjects listed below (noting that five of those subjects are new subjects for establishment and six are changes to/extensions of existing subjects):

RECOMMENDATION:

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

• JPL2540/3540/4540/JLG4540 Interpreting and Translating between Japanese and English

• JST5060 Projects in Australia – Japan cultural interaction

• JST4060 Projects in Australia – Japan cultural interaction

• PLT2631/3631 China: Revolution Versus Pragmatism

• ASN4499 Honours Seminar in Asian Studies

• CLS3250 Post-Marxist Critical Theory

• GES2760 Remapping Cultural Geographies extend to GES2760/3760 Remapping Cultural Geographies

• CLS3250 Post-Marxist Critical Theory extend to CLS2250/3250 Post-Marxist Critical Theory

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to make amendments to subjects as detailed under item 6 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 27-32

Documentation is attached containing lists of the subjects to be disestablished under this item

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the disestablishment of undergraduate, postgraduate and cross-listed subjects as listed in the documentation presented.

11. FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

p 33-40

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 5/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics, held on Wednesday 20^th September, note the Proceedings and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

Documentation is attached.

Members are invited to note that the course proposed for establishment under this item has cross-faculty involvement with the Faculty of Information Technology. The Graduate Certificate in Electronic Business is to be managed by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

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 Graduate Certificate in Electronic Business, to be offered on campus at the Caulfield campus from semester one, 2001.

p 47-52

Documentation is attached.

Members are invited to note that the course proposed for establishment under this item has cross-faculty involvement with the Faculty of Information Technology. The Graduate Diploma in Electronic Business is to be managed by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

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 Graduate Diploma in Electronic Business, to be offered on campus at the Caulfield campus from semester one, 2001.

p 53-58

Documentation is attached.

Members are invited to note that the course proposed for establishment under this item has cross-faculty involvement with the Faculty of Information Technology. The Master of Electronic Business is to be managed by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

The Committee is invited to consider the suitability of the abbreviated title proposed for this course, namely the "M.eBus". There is no current University policy in relation to nomenclature for award titles or their abbreviations. Standard procedure is for the University Solicitor’s Office to act on faculty advice in relation to nomenclature. For information, the normal patterns that have been followed by Australian universities for abbreviated titles are as set out in the Commonwealth Universities Yearbook, under its section "Commonwealth University Degree Abbreviations". The Yearbook is published by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). For reference, the URL to locate that manual is:

http://www.acu.ac.uk/home/index.html

Based on the tertiary qualifications expected in the admission requirements, this course will need to be included in the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy. The course proposed is a 72 point coursework masters degree with previous tertiary entry requirements of a pass degree or equivalent qualification. In accordance with the principles approved by Academic Board 4/2000 in relation to coursework masters, 72 points would be the normal duration for a masters with entry from a relevant three-year undergraduate pass degree or equivalent. (Additional coursework of 1 to 2 semesters would be required, depending on the requirements of the discipline area, where entry is from an undergraduate degree that does not provide an appropriate academic foundation.) However, members are asked to note in the Admission Requirements for this course that in addition to the required pass degree or equivalent, applicants are required to have two years of relevant employment experience.

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 Electronic Business, to be offered on campus at the Caulfield campus from semester one, 2001.

11.1.4 Graduate Certificate in Risk Management p 59-68

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to item 11.1.6.

The Committee is invited to note that, as highlighted under the proposal section "Location and Mode of Enrolment", the Faculty intends that it may in future propose further locations for the offering of this course.

The proposal under this item involves existing partnership arrangements between the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) in Singapore, as well as the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPACE) in Hong Kong.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish the Graduate Certificate in Risk Management, to be offered on campus at the Caulfield campus, via distance education in Australia and via locally supported distance education in Singapore and Hong Kong (with partnership arrangements highlighted above), from semester one, 2001.

11.1.5 Graduate Diploma in Risk Management p 69-78

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to items 11.1.6 and 11.1.7.

The courses proposed for establishment under this item and item 11.1.6 have cross-faculty involvement with the Faculties of Information Technology, Engineering, Science and Law. In addition to supporting correspondence that was received from the areas above, letters of support were received from the Monash Institute of Public Health, the Association of Risk and Insurance Managers of Australasia LTD (ARIMA) and the Victorian Chapter of ARIMA.

The proposal under this item involves existing partnership arrangements between the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) in Singapore, as well as the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPACE) in Hong Kong.

The Committee is invited to note that, as highlighted under the proposal section "Location and Mode of Enrolment", the Faculty intends that it may in future propose further locations for the offering of this course.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish the Graduate Diploma in Risk Management, to be offered on campus at the Caulfield campus, via distance education in Australia and via locally supported distance education in Singapore and Hong Kong (with partnership arrangements highlighted above), from Semester 1, 2001.

11.1.6 Master of Risk Management p 79-90

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to item 11.1.5 and 11.1.7 in relation to cross-faculty involvement.

Based on the tertiary qualifications expected in the admission requirements, this course will need to be included in the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy. The course proposed is a 72 point coursework masters degree and applicants may enter with a pass degree that is not necessarily in a related field.

The proposal under this item involves existing partnership arrangements between the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) in Singapore, as well as the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPACE) in Hong Kong.

The Committee is invited to note that, as highlighted under the proposal section "Location and Mode of Enrolment", the Faculty intends that it may in future propose further locations for the offering of this course.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee, 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 Risk Management, to be offered on campus at the Caulfield campus, via distance education in Australia and via locally supported distance education in Singapore and Hong Kong (with partnership arrangements highlighted above), from semester one, 2001.

11.1.7 Bachelor of Business (Risk Management) p 91-98

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to items 11.1.5 and 11.1.6.

The proposal under this item involves an existing partnership arrangement between the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) in Singapore.

The Committee is invited to note that, as highlighted under the proposal section "Location and Mode of Enrolment", the Faculty intends that it may in future propose further locations for the offering of this course.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee, 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 (Risk Management), to be offered on campus at the Caulfield campus, via distance education in Australia and via locally supported distance education in Singapore (with a partnership arrangement as highlighted above), from semester one, 2001.

p 99-102

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 course structure of the Master of Public Policy and Management from 16 subjects to 12 subjects, to be consistent with other courses within the Faculty and to gain a competitive advantage in the market place.

p 103-104

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 change the admission criteria of the Graduate Certificate of Business (Tourism Operations) to ‘applicants require a pass degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution’.

p 105-106

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 change the admission criteria of the Graduate Diploma of Business (Tourism Operations) to ‘applicants require a pass degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution’.

p 107-110

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 Business and Commerce / Advanced Diploma of Business (Accounting), to be offered at the Gippsland campus from Semester 1, 2001.

p 111-112

Documentation is attached.

Refer also to item 13.1.2

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 Business and Commerce / Bachelor of Computing to be offered on the Gippsland campus from Semester 1, 2001.

p 113-114

Documentation is attached.

At its Meeting 5/2000, the Academic Board approved this change subject to endorsement by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics has ratified the amendment to restructure the Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Engineering to be offered at the Clayton campus from Semester 1, 2001.

p 115-118

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 Science / Bachelor of Business and Commerce as detailed in the documentation presented.

p 119-120

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 Engineering / Bachelor of Business and Commerce to be offered at the Gippsland campus from Semester 1, 2001.

p 121-140

Documentation is attached.

Under current classification the course offering proposed under this item is locally supported distance education. The proposal involves a partnership in Australia, but with some features similar to partnerships in Singapore and Hong Kong. Under the foreshadowed change in classification for course delivery, this course would be offered off-campus on a specific partner site.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to University approval of the partnership arrangement, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to extend the Bachelor of Business and Commerce degree, to be offered in Perth by locally supported distance education at the location of the Australian Institute for University Studies (AIUS), via a partnership arrangement with that body as detailed in the documentation presented.

p 141-142

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics has amended the Bachelor of Business (Law), to replace the subject AFX1300 Money and Capital Markets with AFF2051 Financial Modelling in the outer core of the degree.

p 143-162

Handbook entries are attached.

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 eighteen new subjects listed below:

• AFF4XXX Principles of Risk Transfer

• AFF5XXX Case Studies in Risk Management

• AFF5XXX Issues in Risk Management

• AFF9XXX Introduction to Risk Principles

• BTF9XXX Insurance Law

• BTX5XXX Information Technology Law

• ELC5XXX Cases in e-Business

• ELC5XXX Minor Thesis in e-Business

• MGX5301 e-Government

• MGX5311 Managing in an e-World

• AFC2340 Debt Markets and Fixed Income Securities

• AFX1XXX Introduction to Risk

• AFX2XXX Risk Identification and Mitigation

• AFX3XXX Risk Financing

• AFX3XXX Risk Transfer

• ETX3XXX Quantitative Methods for Risk Analysis

• BTF3XXX Environmental Law for Business

• BTX2300 Health Law

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse a change to the course rules of the Bachelor of Accounting to require students to take AFC1140 Business Finance or AFC2140 Business Finance, in the short term. In the longer term, after AFC1140 Business Finance had been deleted, the requirement for the Bachelor of Accounting would be AFC2140 Business Finance.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to make amendments to subjects as detailed under Proceeding No. 7 in the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 163-166

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 4/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Education, held on Friday 8^th September 2000, note the Proceedings and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to Academic Board.

p 167-168

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 new Master of Education tagged pathway to be offered on the Clayton, Peninsula and Gippsland campuses, commencing 1 January 2001:

• Master of Education (Mathematics / Science Education)

p 169-172

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 new Postgraduate Diploma of Education tagged pathway to be offered on the Clayton, Peninsula and Gippsland campuses, commencing 1 January 2001:

• Postgraduate Diploma of Education (TESOL – International)

p 173-174

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 new Postgraduate Certificate of Education tagged pathway to be offered on the Clayton, Peninsula and Gippsland campuses, commencing 1 January 2001:

• Postgraduate Certificate of Education (TESOL)

p 175-176

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 nomenclature of the Postgraduate Diploma in TESOL, so that it becomes the Postgraduate Diploma of Education (TESOL), commencing 1 January 2001.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Education has amended the second year of the Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation / Bachelor of Education, as a result of the subject ASC2736 being offered in semester two, 2001.

p 177-178

Handbook entries are attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

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

• EDF3229 Communicating with New Technologies

• EDF6324 European Perspectives

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Education to make amendments to subjects as detailed under Item No. 3 and Proceeding No. 2 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 179-184

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 4/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology, held 27 September 2000, note the Proceedings and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 185-188

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Arts, Education Committee endorse for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to amend the Bachelor of Arts (Communication) / Bachelor of Computing as detailed in the documentation presented.

Documentation is attached.

Please refer to item 11.2.5 for the recommendation for this item.

p 189-190

A document is attached for information.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology has amended the Master of Digital Communications, to allow for the inclusion in the Group 2 subject list for that course all approved fifth level Master of Telecommunications subjects.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to make amendments to subjects as detailed under Item No. 3 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

Proceedings p 191-200

p 201-206

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 3/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Law, held Monday, 16 October 2000, note the Proceedings (Section B) and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 207-218

Documentation is attached.

The course proposed for establishment under this item also involves (and has been supported by) the Faculty of Science.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to establish the combined course Bachelor of Laws / Diploma of Psychology, with the Faculty of Law as the managing faculty, to be offered as an on-campus course on the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2001.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Law to amend the courses listed below:

Master of Laws:

Amendment of the tagged Master of Laws degree titled the Master of Laws (Commercial Law), to add the subjects LAW7024 International Air Law and LAW7124 International Space Law to the list of specialist elective subjects that comprise the specialisation in Commercial Law; and

Bachelor of Laws (four year course):

Amendment of the four year Bachelor of Laws degree so that the 24 credit points presently required to be satisfied by completion of non-law subjects are allocated to law subjects. (At the present time this requirement can be satisfied by any subjects, irrespective of their content, offered at Monash or at other tertiary institutions, if credit for work done elsewhere is allowed under s.19 of the Faculty of Law regulations). This change directs students to the broad range of elective subjects offered in the law curriculum, including research subjects.

p 219-226

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 subjects listed below:

• LAW4173 Research Unit A
• LAW4174 Research Unit B
• LAW4214 Research Unit 412
• LAW7249 Fact-finding in administrative proceedings*
• LAW7250 Administrative justice issues in tribunal adjudication*
• LAW7259 Current issues in international environmental law*
• LAW7260 Indigenous rights and international law*

*Approved by Executive Committee Meeting 9/00 held on 19 October 2000, and to be ratified by Faculty Board 1/01.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the disestablishment of the following subject by the Board of the Faculty of Law:

• LAW4146 Research subject

p 227-228

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to set subject quotas for the Faculty of Law for 2001 as detailed in the document presented.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Law has ratified matters that were previously (conditionally) approved as detailed under Item No. 2.1 and the Proceedings (Section B) of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 229-234

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 6/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, held Wednesday, 1 November 2000, note the Proceedings and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 235-242

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Cardiac Care), to be offered as an on-campus course at the Gippsland and Peninsula campuses, commencing semester one, 2001 for Peninsula and semester two, 2001 for Gippsland.

p 243-250

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Critical Care), to be offered as an on-campus course at the Gippsland and Peninsula campuses, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 251-258

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Emergency), to be offered as an on-campus course at the Gippsland and Peninsula campuses, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 259-264

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Children), to be offered as an on-campus course at the Gippsland and Peninsula campuses, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 265-274

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, to be offered as an on-campus course through the International Health and Development Unit, Clayton Campus, commencing semester two, 2001.

p 275-284

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate in Emergency Medicine, to be offered as an on-campus course through the International Health and Development Unit, Clayton Campus, commencing semester two, 2001.

p 285-290

Documentation is attached.

The Department of Forensic Medicine mentioned below is a department of the Faculty of Medicine. (Refer also to item 15.1.9.)

(As the Department mentioned below is a Monash site rather than a campus, the Faculty will record the course on MUSIS / Callista as an ‘external’ course via the Clayton campus.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate in Forensic Medicine, to be offered as a distance education course via the Monash site of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Southbank, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 291-296

Documentation is attached.

The Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine mentioned below is a department of the Faculty of Medicine.

(As the Department mentioned below is a Monash site rather that a campus, the Faculty will record the course on MUSIS and Callista as a Clayton campus course.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Research Methods, to be taught at the Monash site of the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Alfred Hospital, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 297-310

Documentation is attached.

(Refer also to item 15.1.7.)

(As the Department mentioned below is a Monash site rather than a campus, the Faculty will record the course on MUSIS / Callista as an ‘external’ course via the Clayton campus.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Master of Forensic Medicine, to be offered as a distance education course via the Monash site of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Southbank, commencing semester one, 2001.

p 311-318

Documentation is attached.

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 Master of Public Health, from 96 points to 72 points, as detailed in the documentation presented.

p 319-322

Documentation is attached.

The amendment proposed under this item involves a cross-institutional arrangement with the George Washington University, Washington DC.

Advice has been received from the Faculty that Monash University approval is being sought for all subjects to be taught within this course offering, including those subjects that are primarily to be taught by the George Washington University. (Students are to be enrolled as distance education students through the Clayton campus.) Two members of the teaching staff from the George Washington University are to have honorary appointments with Monash. It is planned that four Monash University teaching staff will be involved with teaching the program.

Once appropriate approval of the proposal and the cross-institutional agreement for the program occurs, the intention of the Faculty is that the testamur will include the crests of Monash University and the George Washington University.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement of the proposal by the Offshore Quality Assurance Committee and approval of the cross-institutional agreement, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to extend the Master of Health Services Management, to be offered via distance education from Clayton that is to be locally supported by Monash University Malaysia (MUM), from semester one, 2001, in a cross-institutional arrangement with the George Washington University, Washington DC.

This is an amendment to the core subjects within the second year of the course structure of the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics, to be effective from 2001. During the introduction of the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics it became evident that there is considerable overlap between one of the new subjects developed of the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (BND2011 Nutritional Physiology) and a core subject (BMS2031 Body Systems) utilised from the Bachelor of Biomedical Science. Therefore it is requested that the core subject BMS2031 Body Systems, be replaced with BMS2011 Structure of the Human Body.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to amend the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics as detailed above.

p 323-324

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Medicine has amended the Bachelor of Paramedic Studies, to include the subject PAR3132 Clinical Practice (degree conversion) – 2, as an elective subject in that degree.

p 325-326

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee:

endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to disestablish the courses listed below:

• Bachelor of Health Sciences (Nursing) - Gippsland campus, code: 1729; and

• note that the Board of the Faculty of Medicine has disestablished the Single Subject Enrolment, Centre for Graduate Studies in Clinical Nursing - Clayton Campus, code: 1285.

p 327-352

Handbook entries are attached.

Associate Professor K Ng, Associate Dean Teaching of the Faculty of Engineering and an evaluator for this cycle, has requested that the Education Committee note the subject PAR3132 as an exemplar of how a subject proposal should be presented. The full proposal for that subject has therefore been included in the documentation for this item for reference.

RECOMMENDATION:

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

• NUR4902 Emergency 1: Illness

• NUR4903 Emergency 2: Trauma

• NUR4904 Emergency 3: Special Populations

• NUR4911 Critical Care 1: Ventilation & Haemodynamic Monitoring

• NUR4912 Critical Care 2; General & Special Populations

• NUR4921 Cardiac 1: Advanced Cardiovascular Nursing

• NUR4922 Cardiac 2: Cardiac Surgery

• NUR4923 Cardiac 3: Transitional Cardiac Care

• NUR4901 Acute Cardio-Respiratory Management

• MPH2077 Data Management and Computing

• MPH2078 Advanced Health Services Management

• MPH2079 Introduction to Health Services Management and Policy

• MPH2080 Comparative Health Systems

• MPH2081 Using Health Information to Build Knowledge

• PAR3132 Clinical Practice (degree conversion)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to make amendments to subjects as detailed under item 6 of the Faculty Board Report presented.

p 353-356

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 5/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Science, held 4 October 2000, note the Proceedings, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 357-360

Documentation is attached.

The course proposed under this item has cross-faculty involvement with the Faculty of Medicine.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to establish the Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience (Honours), to be offered on campus at the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2002.

p 361-366

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

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

• Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology
• Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Psychology
• Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)

p 367-372

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to approve the subjects listed below:

• BNS4000 Advanced behavioural neuroscience
• ENV3011 Environmental analysis part 2 - decision making

• LSC1643 Biodiversity and bioresources (change from 6 to 4 points)

• LSC1644 Conservation biology (change from 6 to 4 points)

RECOMMENDATION:

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

p 373-374

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the disestablishment of the following subjects by the Board of the Faculty of Science:

• ANT3011 Anatomy
• ANT3022 Anatomy
• MIC2011B Microbiology
• MIC2032 Biomedical microbiology
• MIC3011B Molecular biology of microorganisms
• MIC3022 Biotechnology and medical microbiology
• MIC3022B Biotechnology and medical microbiology
• MIC4000 Microbiology honours, full time, full year
• BCH3011 Biomolecules and technology
• BCH3022 Molecular biology of the cell
• BCH3031 Biomedical biochemistry and molecular biology
• BCH3042 Biochemistry and molecular biology of disease

Psychology subjects as listed in the attached document

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to set subject quotas for 2001 for departments in the Faculty of Science as listed below. (The quotas in these subjects are all determined by places available on field trips which constitute a major element of each subject. The Faculty Board also noted subject quotas for departments in the Faculty of Medicine.):

• BIO2051 Plant and animal ecology - quota 60

• BIO2103/BIO3103 Field methods in botany - quota 50

• GES3530 Landscape processes - quota 28

The next scheduled meeting of the Education Committee (Meeting 8/2000) will be held at 10 am on Wednesday, 6 December 2000.

All final submissions for the agenda for that meeting are due by Wednesday, 22 November 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:

http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/com/comind.htm

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 Clive Vernon

Mr Peter Lawford

Mr Peter Marshall (or Mr P Yates)

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