CAPC Agenda 2/2015
Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee 2/2015
(A standing committee of Academic Board)
CAPC Meeting 2/2015 will be held on Wednesday 1 April 2015, commencing at 3.15pm, in the Sir George
Lush Room, Ground Floor Building 3a, Clayton Campus.
Melanie Koo
Secretary
Agenda
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.
Part A
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Procedural Matters
Welcome
Apologies: Professors Darrell Evans, Alwyn Louw (Ms Debbie Lees to attend), Ms
Samantha Lipscombe (Assoc Prof Kris Ryan to attend), Ms Sunny Yang, Ms Kelly
Anderson
In attendance:
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Arrangement of Agenda and Starring of Items
Certain items appearing in the agenda have been marked with an asterisk. These
are items that appear to need discussion by the Committee. Items that do not
appear to need discussion are unstarred. Items may be starred prior to the meeting
by contacting the Secretary, or at this point in the meeting.
Recommendation:
That the unstarred items on the agenda be adopted without discussion and that the
actions recommended are taken or the information therein noted.
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting
3.1
CAPC Meeting 1/2015
pp 1-4
Recommendation:
That the Minutes of Meeting 1/2015, held on 04 February 2015, be confirmed.
3.2
CAPC Meeting 8/2014 – correction to item 7.6
FMNHS has advised that an error was made in the recommendation put
before CAPC (and subsequently Academic Board) regarding the major
amendment to the Bachelor of Nutrition Science. The Committee is asked to
approve the following amendment to the Minutes of Meeting 8/2014:
In the second paragraph of the resolution relating to item 7.6 - delete
“Bachelor of Nutrition Science (Honours)” and insert in its place “Bachelor
of Nutrition and Dietetics (Honours).”
Recommendation:
That the Committee approve amendment to the Minutes of Meeting 8/2014.
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Matters arising from the minutes of previous meeting
4.1
pp 5-6
CAPC Schedule of Action Items
Recommendation:
That the Committee receive and note the updated schedule of action items.
4.2
pp 7-8
Master of Financial Mathematics
Recommendation:
That the Committee receive and note the Report of Resolution of 17 February
2015.
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Chair’s Business
Professor Sue Willis will report on matters of current interest.
5.1
pp 9-12
Committee Review
Members may recall that CAPC Meeting 1/2015 considered draft revised
Terms of Reference, and agreed that some further work be undertaken by a
small group.
The Chair will introduce discussion on the attached updated revisions.
Recommendation:
That the Committee endorse the revised Terms of Reference and
membership of the Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee for
transmission to Academic Board.
5.2
Coursework Course Architecture (CA)
Recommendation:
That the Committee recommend to Academic Board that it:
1. Approve the transition of existing courses to CA (and note the Academic
course descriptions as the basis of a common starting date):
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Graduate Certificate of Educational Research (4221)
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Master of Educational and Development Psychology (3232)
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Master of Professional Psychology (4321)
2. Note the Academic course descriptions as the basis of a common starting
date for:
Master of Advanced Healthcare Practice (M6001)
Master of Advanced Engineering (4688)
OVPLT
Accreditation
Site
OVPLT
Accreditation
Site
Faculty of Arts:
− Master of Applied Linguistics (A6001)
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Master of Bioethics (A6002)
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Master of Communication and Media Studies (A6003)
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Master of Cultural Economy (A6004)
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Master of Environmental Management and Sustainability (082655D)
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Master of International Development Practice (A6006)
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Master of International Sustainable Tourism Management (A6012)
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Master of Interpreting and Translation Studies (A6007)
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Master of Interpreting and Translation Studies (Double Masters
International) (4091/4112; 4119/4120; 4111/4102)
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Master of Journalism (A6008)
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Master of Tourism (A6009)
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Faculty of Education:
5.3
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Graduate Diploma of Professional Psychology
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Master of Counselling
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Master of Education
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Master of Leadership
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Master of Teaching
− Master of TESOL
3. Endorse the transition to CA of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
and Bachelor of Architectural Design (members will recall that this was also
attached to the CA material received by the previous meeting).
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CPEG ToRs
To follow
Items for Discussion
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Part C
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Items for discussion have been subsumed into substantive agenda items.
items for Approval
Course and Unit Proposals
7.1
pp 13-14
Summary of Course Proposals
Attached for information is a summary from the University Policy Unit
providing a brief overview of course proposals to be considered under items
5.2 (part), 7.2 and 7.3.
Recommendation:
That Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee receive and note the
Summary of Course Proposals.
7.2
Major amendment of coursework courses
CPEG has concluded its evaluation of the following proposals on the OVPLT
Accreditation Site.
Recommendation:
That Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee endorse for
transmission to Academic Board the proposals for major amendment of the
following courses to ensure compliance with the Course Architecture
Framework:
7.3
New Course Title
Managing
Faculty
Course
Code
Master of Advanced Engineering
Engineering
4688
Master of Advanced Healthcare
Practice
MNHS
M6001
Diploma of Higher Education
Education
Disestablishment of coursework courses
CPEG has concluded its evaluation of the following proposals on the OVPLT
Accreditation Site.
Recommendation:
That Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee endorse for
transmission to Academic Board the disestablishment of the following
courses:
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7.4
New Course Title
Managing
Faculty
Course
Code
Bachelor of Arts (Global)
Arts
3910
Bachelor of Arts (Scholars Program)
Arts
1638
Bachelor of Arts Scholars Program
and Bachelor of Commerce Scholars
Program
Arts
4097
Bachelor of Journalism
Arts
4042
Bachelor of Journalism (Honours)
Arts
4078
Implementation of the new MIB structure
pp 15-20
Recommendation:
That Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee endorse for
transmission to Academic Board the request to defer implementation of the
new MIB structure at Monash University Malaysia from Semester 2, 2015 to
Semester 1, 2016.
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Policies and Procedures
8.1
Coursework Course and Unit Accreditation Procedures
pp 21-30
Ms Natalie Mitchell will introduce the attached revised Coursework Course
and Unit Accreditation Procedures.
Recommendation:
That the Committee approve the revised Coursework Course and Unit
Accreditation Procedures.
8.2
Course Review Procedures (interim)
To follow
Ms Natalie Mitchell will introduce the attached interim Course Review
Procedures.
Recommendation:
That the Committee approve the interim Course Review Procedures.
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Access Schemes 2016 entry
9.1
SEAS Bonus Scheme
pp 31-34
Recommendation:
That CAPC endorse for submission to Academic Board that the SEAS bonus
points on the aggregate study score be varied to:
1. Introduce bonus points based on students’ home location by applying
SEIFA IEO ranking to ABS Statistical Area 1 data as follows:
1-25th percentile rank – 10 points
26-50th percentile rank – 8 points
2. Remove Monash listed under-represented schools from the SEAS
bonus.
9.2
Eligibility for Monash Guarantee
pp 35-36
To note the proposed ATARs for entry to undergraduate courses in 2016
under the Monash Guarantee
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Admission Pathways Experts Advisory Group
There is no APEAG report to this meeting. Members are, however, invited to note
that at the next meeting of CAPC, the Chair will lead discussion on management of
standards for different entry groups.
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10.1 Annual VTAC Selection Reports
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Recommendation:
That the Committee receive and note the annual VTAC Selection Reports.
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Scholarships and Prizes
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Recommendation:
That the committee note the introduction of the following scholarships and approve
the scholarships for administration by the Coursework Scholarships Unit:
Peter Beaumont Scholarship
QTEM Scholarship
MBA Social Business Scholarship
Information Technology Indigenous Scholarship for Equity
School of Nursing and Midwifery Honours Scholarship
Monash Law Faculty International Study Scholarship
Nicholas Auden International Study Scholarship
Clive Weeks Leadership Scholarship
Dr CM Tay Leadership Scholarship
Austrade Craig Senger Scholarship
Beca Leadership Scholarship
GHD Scholarship
Wilson Transformer Company Scholarship
Part D
Matters for Noting
Part E
Other Business
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Next meeting
CAPC 3/2015 is scheduled for Wednesday, 13 May 2015 – submissions are due by
CoB 4 May 2015.
Meeting dates for 2015:
15 Jul
19 Aug
23 Sep
28 Oct
09 Dec
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Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee Membership
Ex-Officio
Vice-Provost (Education Programs) - Chair
Professor Sue Willis
Vice-Provost (Learning and Teaching)
Professor Darrell Evans
Vice-Provost (Graduate Education)
Professor Zlatko Skrbis
University Librarian/nominee
Ms Lisa Smith
Director University Policy/nominee
Ms Natalie Mitchell
Director, Educational Business Services/nominee
Associate Vice-President Marketing,
Communications and Student Recruitment
Mr Neville Hiscox
Director, Admissions
Mr James Marshall
President, Academic Board
Professor Ben Canny
Ms Sunny Yang
Faculty Members
Art, Design & Architecture
Dr Kate Tregloan (alt Mr Spiros Panigirakis)
Arts
Ms Heather Fletcher (alt Assoc Prof Susanna
Scarparo)
Business and Economics
Professor Rob Brooks (alt Dr Nell Kimberley)
Education
Assoc Prof Alan Reid (alt Dr Allie Clemans)
Engineering
Ms Samantha Lipscombe
Information Technology
Ms Martine Xavier (Professor Ann Nicholson)
Law
Professor Jeff Goldsworthy (alt Assoc Prof
Moira Paterson)
Medicine, Nursing and Heath Sciences
Professor Wayne Hodgson
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ms Marian Costelloe
Science
Associate Professor David Paganin (alt TBA)
President-led Campus PVCs/Nominees
Monash South Africa
Professor Alwyn Louw (alt Ms D Lees)
Monash University Malaysia
Mr Donald Wong
Berwick/Peninsula
Ms Kara Gilbert
Student Members
Two undergraduate students
One postgraduate cwk student
Observers
Ms Neda So
Ms Kelly Anderson
Ms Li Ping (Kylie) Chow
Dr Greg Cusack
Ms Glenda Key
Mr Jean-Francois Ravat
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