Professor G Webb, Director, Centre for Higher Education Quality (CHEQ), is an apology for this meeting.

The acting Director of CHEQ, Dr H Edwards, has been invited to attend the meeting and will provide a verbal update on the university’s quality agenda.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the update report provided by Dr H Edwards, acting Director, Centre for Higher Education Quality, regarding the university’s quality agenda.

p 3-58

At its Meeting 7/2000, the Education Committee requested that each faculty provide a written report regarding implementation of the university's principles and procedures for special consideration, together with any feedback for consideration during the evaluation of those principles and procedures.

The principles and procedures, including the 'Application for Special Consideration', are attached for reference. These are also located on the University Secretariat website at:

http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/pol/acad16.html

Faculty reports on the implementation of the university’s special consideration principles and procedures, as approved at Academic Board 2/99, are attached. Reports have been provided by the Faculties of Art and Design, Arts, Business and Economics, Education, Information Technology, Law, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Pharmacy and Science. A further report will be forwarded prior to the meeting.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the reports provided by faculties regarding implementation of the university’s special consideration principles and procedures since their approval at Academic Board Meeting 2/99, and consider whether further refinements are required in relation to these principles and procedures.

p 59-62

A paper is attached that is presented by the IAS Project – Callista, in relation to course titling and abbreviation conventions in Callista. Mr P Yates, Director, Systems and Services, will be in attendance and Ms J Williams, IAS Project – Change Team, has been invited to attend the meeting for this item.

The matter of standards for course titling and abbreviation was initially raised in late 2000, further to the Education Committee and Academic Board’s consideration of ‘popular’ course title abbreviations that included irregular punctuation and letter casing. The Education Committee noted, at its Meeting 7/2000, that the university did not at that time have a policy on standards for course titling. (The normal titling patterns followed by Australian universities are set out in the Commonwealth Universities Yearbook, that is located at: http://www.acu.ac.uk/home/index.html )

This paper seeks endorsement of a set of university standards for course titling and abbreviation to ensure consistency of data entry into Callista. This consistent approach would also be reflected in the award titles that are printed on the university’s academic transcripts and testamurs. The suggestions put forward in the paper are based on examples of existing course titles and abbreviations that are currently used across the university. (For further reference, the university’s awards can currently be located on the web under Statute 6.1.2 – Courses and Degrees:

http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/calendar/statutes/statutes06.html#Heading137 )

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee consider and endorse the proposed set of university standards for course titling and title abbreviation, for use in relation to Callista data entry and reflection in university transcripts and testamurs, as set out in the paper presented by the IAS Project – Callista.

p 63-64

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive and note the Report of Meeting 2/2001 of the Board of the Faculty of Education, held 30 May 2001.

An amendment to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce / Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation was proposed in late 2000 by the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics. This proposal was endorsed by the Education Committee and approved by the Academic Board at their respective meetings 1/2001, subject to endorsement by the Board of the Faculty of Education.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note that the major amendment to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce / Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation, that was approved by the Academic Board at its Meeting 1/2001 subject to ratification by the Board of the Faculty of Education, has been ratified by that Board at its Meeting 2/2001.

p 65-66

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive the Report of Meeting 4/2001 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, held 4 July 2001.

p 67-74

Documentation is attached. The proposal under this item was underway in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, prior to the introduction of the devolved course and unit approval process from 21 March 2001.

The course proposal indicates potential cross-faculty involvement with the Faculties of Science, Information Technology, Pharmacy and Engineering. Consultation with and formal sign off by those faculties is currently underway.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee endorse for submission to Academic Board the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to establish the Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Honours), to be offered on campus at the Clayton campus, commencing semester one, 2002.

p 75-112

Under the new integrated academic and resource planning approach, including the devolved course and unit approval process (operational since 21 March 2001), faculties report approved course and unit developments biannually to the Education Committee for noting. At Education Committee Meeting 2/2001, a schedule was set with the first round of biannual reports to be submitted across Education Committee meetings 4/2001 and 5/2001.

Biannual reports have been received for noting from the Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics and Law. The Faculty of Pharmacy has advised that no course or unit developments have been approved by the Faculty Board since the introduction of the devolved approach this year. The Faculty of Education will provide a report to the next meeting.

For reference, the proforma for faculties to report biannually to the Education Committee about their approved course and unit developments for noting is located at:

http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/res/cds/index.html

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee receive and note the biannual reports of course and unit developments presented by the Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics and Law, and note that the Faculty of Pharmacy had no course or unit developments to report for this mid-year cycle of biannual reporting.

p 113-114

The Library Impact Statement for the period January to June 2001 is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Education Committee note the Library Impact Statement, provided by the University Library, for the period January to June 2001.

The next scheduled meeting of the Education Committee (Meeting 5/2001) will be held at 2:15 pm on Wednesday, 26 September 2001.

All submissions for the agenda for that meeting are due by 5pm, Wednesday, 12 September 2001. For further information about the Education Committee including meeting dates and the submission schedule, please refer to the University Secretariat website at the following address:

http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/com/ec/index.html

Professor Alan Lindsay (Chair)

Associate Professor David Garrioch

Dr Denise Cuthbert

Mr Karen Bensley

Professor Alan Farley

Professor Sally Joy

Dr Debbie Corrigan & Dr Paul Richardson

Associate Professor Ian Prince

Professor William Young

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 Simon Szewach (MONSU – Caulfield)

Mr Colin Wolfe (MONSU – Peninsula)

Mr Eyal Miller (MUBS)

Ms Deb Brown (MSA)

Mr Sharn Juster (MUGSU)

Ms Marian Mahat (MPA – Masters)

Mr Clive Vernon

Mr Peter Lawford

Mr Peter Marshall (alternate Mr Peter Yates)

Ms Kerri Wilson-Reid (Executive Officer)

Faculty Registrars/Managers (*9)

Mr P Siggins

Mr D Mernagh

Ms C Holland

Ms P Herman

Ms S Stafford

Mr B Eddy

Ms M Fairbanks

Ms L Davies