Monash University

Education Committee Meeting 1/2001

Meeting No. 1/2001 of the Education Committee will be held on Wednesday, 31 January 2001 in the Sir George Lush Room, Administration Building 3A, Clayton Campus, commencing at 2.15pm

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

Ms K Wilson-Reid

Executive Officer

*1. APOLOGIES

An apology for this meeting has been received from Mr C Avram.

Any items on an Education Committee agenda that related to new courses would automatically starred for the attention of the Committee.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

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

The Minutes of Meeting 8/2000 were circulated previously.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Committee approve the Minutes of Meeting 8/2000, held 6 December 2000.

No meeting of the Academic Board has been held since the last meeting of the Education Committee on 6 December 2000. Matters from Meetings 8/2000 and 1/2001 of the Education Committee will be reported to Meeting 1/2001 of the Academic Board, which is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 21 February 2001.

p 1-2

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive and note the Report of Meeting 9/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts, held 6 December 2000, and consider each item requiring action for submission to the Academic Board.

At its last Meeting (8/2000), Education Committee endorsed the establishment of the Graduate Diploma in Languages (Language), subject to a requested amendment to the section of the course proposal titled "Credit Provision" (refer Meeting 8/2000 - Minute 8.1). The Committee is invited to note that the Faculty has made the above amendment as requested and the revised version will be forwarded to the Academic Board in the normal way. The amended proposal also contains a change to the title of the award from the Graduate Diploma in Languages (Language), to become the Graduate Diploma in Languages.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee:

• note that the Faculty of Arts has made the requested amendment to the proposal for the Graduate Diploma in Languages (Language) as detailed above, noting that the revised new course proposal will be forwarded in the usual manner to the Academic Board for approval; and

• endorse the additional amendment to the proposal that was made by the Faculty of Arts, to change the title of the proposed award from the Graduate Diploma in Languages (Language), to become the Graduate Diploma in Languages.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the disestablishment of the following ten (10) subjects by the Board of the Faculty of Arts:

• PHM4830 Logic and Language B

• PHM4900 Contemporary Problems in Philosophy A

• PHM4910 Contemporary Problems in Philosophy B

• PHM4920 Contemporary European Philosophy A

• PHM4940 Contemporary European Philosophy A

• PHM5060 Contemporary Problems in Philosophy A

• PHM5080 Contemporary European Philosophy B

• PHM5120 Logic and Language B

• PHM5160 Contemporary Problems in Philosophy B

• SWM5000 Social Work Knowledge

p 3-10

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 6/2000 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics, held 8 December 2000, note the Proceedings and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

p 11-12

A document is attached.

The amendment proposed under this item would be effective from semester one, 2001.

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 Management (Human Resources), to five core units and seven elective units, to provide students with greater flexibility and also to bring the course into line with the Master of Management program.

p 13-26

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 Bachelor of Business and Commerce as detailed below and in the documentation presented:

• addition of an International Business major to be offered by distance education (to be organised through the Gippsland campus but with the Peninsula campus retaining its leadership role) from semester one, 2001;

• addition of the subject MGW2230 Organisational Behaviour to the list of core subjects in the recommended major in management offered on the Berwick, Gippsland, Peninsula, Malaysian and South African campuses, as well as by distance education, from semester one, 2001;

• that students be permitted to take up to eight subjects in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce that are offered at campuses other than the home campus where those campuses offer the Bachelor of Business and Commerce degree; and

• that the list of majors, specialisation sequences and prerequisite subjects be approved.

p 27-28

Documentation is attached.

The course proposed for amendment under this item has cross-faculty involvement with the Faculty of Law. Advice has been received from the Faculty of Law that the Board of that Faculty endorsed the re-structure of this double degree program at its Meeting 3/2000 held on 16 October 2000.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to re-structure the Bachelor of Business (Management) / Bachelor of Laws, from semester one, 2001, as detailed in the document presented.

p 29-30

A document is attached.

The course proposed for amendment under this item has cross-faculty involvement with the Faculty of Law. Advice has been received from the Faculty of Law that the Board of that Faculty endorsed the re-structure of this double degree course at its Meeting 3/2000 held on 16 October 2000.

The amendment involves changes to reflect the re-structure of the Bachelor of Commerce and a change to some of the subject offerings.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to re-structure the Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Laws, from semester one, 2001, as detailed in the document presented.

The amendment to the Bachelor of Communication referred to under this item was approved by the Academic Board at its Meeting 5/2000 subject to endorsement of the proposal by the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics (refer Minute 7.3.2).

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics endorsed the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the Bachelor of Communication so that it is managed by the Faculty of Arts, restructured, and offered as a stand-alone award as well as within a double degree course with the Bachelor of Business and Commerce and the Bachelor of Tourism.

p.31-34

Documentation is attached.

The course being amended under this item has cross-faculty involvement with the Faculty of Education. Advice has been received that it is expected that the proposal will be submitted to Meeting 1/2001 of the Board of the Faculty of Education (to be held 14 March 2001).

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Education, Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to re-structure the Bachelor of Business and Commerce / Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation, from semester one, 2001 as detailed in the document presented.

p 35-36

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 re-structure the Diploma of Business from semester one, 2001, to reflect the course structure of the Bachelor of Business and Commerce degree (enabling articulation into that degree), as detailed in the documentation presented.

p 37-38

A document is attached.

The Bachelor of Business and Commerce is currently offered in on campus mode, as well as off campus mode via distance education world-wide. The proposal under this item involves an extension of the course’s off campus mode of offering via distance education, specifically in the Malaysia region. In relation to Malaysia, the course is currently offered on campus at the Monash University Malaysia campus (MUM), and via distance education that is remotely supported from Australia. The intention of this proposal is that students undertaking the course via distance education in the Malaysia region will also have the option of locally supported distance education that is supported by MUM.

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 extend the off campus distance education offering of the Bachelor of Business and Commerce in the Malaysia region, so that it may also be locally supported by the Monash University Malaysia campus (MUM), from February 2001, as detailed in the document presented.

p 39-44

Documentation is attached.

The Bachelor of Business Studies is offered via Open Learning.

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 structure of the Bachelor of Business Studies that is offered via Open Learning, as detailed in the document presented, to align it as closely as possible with the structure of the other, recently reviewed, undergraduate degrees offered by that Faculty.

p 45-64

Documentation is attached.

When considering the proposal under this item, please note the University’s requirements in relation to Teaching in Languages Other than English, approved at Council Meeting 5/97, that are attached for information.

The proposal to offer the Executive and Graduate Certificate of Business (Management) in Mandarin Chinese by supported distance education involves a partnership arrangement with the Centre of Professional Management Studies, to be established by the East China University of Science and Technology and the Shanghai Executive Search Committee, Shanghai Municipal Government.

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 offer the Graduate Certificate in Business (Management), and the units BTG9270 Business Law, MGG9324 Human Resource Management, MGG9370 Management Theory and Practice and MKG9160 Marketing Theory and Practice, in Mandarin Chinese, by locally supported distance education in the People’s Republic of China, with partnership arrangements as detailed above and in the documentation presented; and

• note that the Faculty intends to also amend the Executive Certificate of Business (Management), a faculty award, in the same way as the extension of offering of the Graduate Certificate detailed above.

p 65-66

A document is attached for information.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics has amended the Master of Marketing, to broaden the range of 4000 or 9000 level elective units available to students in Stream A of the course, so as to provide students with an opportunity to develop a group of units in a specialised area to meet the prerequisite requirements for a greater range of 5000 level elective units.

The Committee is invited to note that the courses listed for disestablishment under this item ceased to have intake in the year specified in the recommendation below. (Once these disestablishment of these courses is approved by the Academic Board, the Faculty will advise the University Solicitor’s Office about removal of the awards from Statute 6.1.2 Courses and Degrees.)

RECOMMENDATION:

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

• Bachelor of Business (Agribusiness) – last intake 1993 (course code 0477)

• Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) – last intake 1991 (course code 0478)

• Bachelor of Business (Manufacturing Management) – last intake 1993 (course code 0379)

• Bachelor of Business (Office Administration) – last intake 1990 (course code 0500)

p 67-78

Handbook entries are attached for the new subjects proposed for establishment under this item and documentation is attached for the additional year level of offering.

Of the subjects proposed under this item, six are new subjects for establishment, and one is a new subject by virtue of an additional year level of offering.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Education Committee the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to approve the seven subjects listed below:

• AFC4240 Mathematical Finance

• BTF4430 e-Business Taxation

• BFT5430 e-Business Taxation

• ECX97XX Applied Health Economics and Health Policy (off campus)

• MGX5220 Managing Work, Family and Life (on campus, distance education, flexible and block)

• AFF3XXX Finance and Technology

• BTF3931 Taxation Law – subject now also to be offered at 2^nd year as BTF2931 Taxation Law

The Committee is invited to note that under items 8.1 and 9.7 of the Faculty Board Report Proceedings presented, the subjects AFF3132 Investments and Portfolio Management, AFF2341 International Financial Management, and MGW3132 Strategic Management for International Business, are to be extended to also be offered offshore at the Malaysia campus (as well as MGW3132 via distance education).

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to make major and minor amendments to subjects as detailed under items 8 and 9 of the Faculty Board Report Proceedings.

p 79-124

Documentation is attached for reference.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note:

• that, of the 2096 subjects recorded as being offered by the Faculty, the Callista Implementation Team identified 1,118 subjects as being eligible for disestablishment after the 2000 academic year and consequently disestablished those subjects on Callista (refer to Appendix 18A). The reasons for disestablishment of the subjects generally fell into two categories:

  • the subject had had no enrolments for three years or more; and/or

  • the subject is now taught under a different subject code;

• the disestablishment of 28 course codes (refer to Appendix 18B). The reasons for disestablishment of the course codes generally fell into two categories:

  • the courses are no longer being offered; and/or

  • a new course has been established to meet Callista protocols making the old courses obsolete;

• the changes to subject codes to fit the new coding structure of undergraduate subjects (refer to Appendix 18C);

• the establishment of new course codes (refer to Appendix 18H); and

• the information in Appendices 18D, 18E, 18F and 18G that relate to a series of generic subjects, the creation of which is an administrative requirement for Callista.

p 125-126

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of the Education Executive of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, on behalf of the Faculty Board, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board. (It is expected that items from this report will be ratified at Meeting 1/2001 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine.)

The proposal under this item affects the core of the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics. The change is requested so that all areas of Nutritional Physiology required for accreditation (including neurobiological components) with the Dieticians’ Associate of Australia, are covered.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to make a major amendment to the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics, to replace the first year elective subject with BMS1052 Human Neurobiology, as a first year core subject.

The change under this item is categorised as a major amendment as it has legislative implications. Abbreviations for course titles are included under Statute 6.1.2 – Courses and Degrees.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to amend the formal abbreviation of the title Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics from "B.Nutr.Dietet." to "B.Nut.Diet".

p 127-128

A document is attached for information in relation to this item.

Refer also to item 7.3 "New Subjects" below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That, subject to approval of the subject PAR3142, Education Committee note the decision of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to amend the Bachelor of Paramedic Studies, to include the new subject PAR3142 Clinical Practice (Advanced Life Support) to be offered as an elective subject in that degree.

p 129-130

Refer also to item 7.2 above.

A handbook entry is attached. (The subject proposed under this item is an off campus, industry-based subject, offered through the Peninsula campus, where the lecturer travels to the location of the students at the relevant ambulance station.)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to establish the subject PAR3142 Clinical Practice (Advance Life Support).

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to make amendments to subjects as detailed under item 6 of the Faculty Education Executive Report presented.

p 131-132

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of a meeting of the Executive of the Board of the Faculty of Science, held 4 January 2001.

p 133-134

Documentation is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the decision of the Faculty of Science to amend the semester of offering for the following subjects as detailed in the documentation presented:

• BIO2727 Physiological communication

• BIO2716 Physiological function

The next scheduled meeting of the Education Committee (Meeting 2/2001) will be held at 2:15 pm on Wednesday, 21 March 2001.

All final submissions for the agenda for that meeting are due by 5pm, Wednesday, 7 March 2001. For other important dates, please refer to the 2001 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)

Dr Mark Peel (Acting)

Associate Professor David Garrioch (OSP 1/2001)

Dr Denise Cuthbert

Mr Karen Bensley

Associate Professor Alan Farley

Associate Professor Les Nethercott

Dr Ian Walker

Associate Professor Ian Prince

Associate Professor John Hurst

Mr Chris Avram

Professor Susan Campbell

Associate Professor Tony Luff

Associate Professor Malcolm Sim

Associate Professor Michael Page

Dr Tony Patti

Associate Professor Louis Roller

Professor Peter Stewart

Professor Max King

Professor Merran Evans

Professor John Harris

Professor Graham Webb

Mr Eyal Miller (MUBS)

Ms Deb Brown (MSA)

Mr Sharn Juster (MUGSU)

Mr Clive Vernon

Mr Peter Lawford

Mr Peter Marshall (alternate 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

Ms S Stafford