CAPC Agenda 3/2015
Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee 3/2015
(A standing committee of Academic Board)
CAPC Meeting 3/2015 will be held on Wednesday 13 May 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: Mr Donald Wong (via teleconference)
Apologies: Ms Kelly Anderson
In attendance:
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2
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 2/2015
pp 1
Recommendation:
That the Minutes of Meeting 2/2015, held on 1 April 2015, be confirmed.
4
Matters Arising from the Minutes of Previous Meeting
4.1
CAPC Schedule of Action Items
pp 7
Recommendation:
That the Committee receive and note the updated schedule of action items.
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5
Chair’s Business
Professor Sue Willis will report on matters of current interest.
Part B
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6
Items for Discussion
Course approval process and Course Accreditation Management (CAM) Project
Professor Sue Willis to report.
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Transition of Malaysian portfolio to CA compliance
pp 9
Attached for noting by CAPC is the proposed course portfolio for Monash Malaysia to
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be offered from 2016.
• Eight courses are to be transitioned to the Course Architecture compliant portfolio
and are recommended under 9.2 for transmission to Academic Board for approval.
• One course was transitioned in 2014 as course architecture compliant. The edited
academic course description is recommended under 9.3 for forwarding to Academic
Board for noting as the ground zero 2015 version.
• Four courses were transitioned in 2014/15 and the 2015 ground zero version
already noted by Academic Board along with the Australian campus portfolio at
meeting 1/2015. They require no action on the part of CAPC.
• One course was transitioned in 2014 as course architecture compliant. The edited
academic course description will be brought to CAPC3/2015 for forwarding to
Academic Board for noting as the ground zero 2015 version.
• The remaining courses will transition later in 2015. This includes 'end-on' honours
courses which will transition with the Australian based courses.
Mr Donald Wong to report.
Part C
9
Items for Approval
Course and Unit Proposals
9.1
pp 13
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 item 7.2.
Recommendation:
That Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee receive and note the
Summary of Course Proposals.
9.2
Transitioning of Courses to Course Architecture (CA) Compliant Portfolio
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 to transition the following
existing courses to ensure compliance with the Course Architecture
Framework:
Australian based courses transitioning to Course Architecture
Existing Course Title
New Course Title
Art, Design &
Architecture
Master of Architecture
Master of Applied Econometrics
Master of Business Economics
Managing
Faculty
Business
and
Economics
Master of Applied
Economics and
Econometrics
Malaysian based courses transitioning to Course Architecture
Existing Course Title
New Course Title
Diploma of Higher Education
Studies
Bachelor of Arts (Social
Sciences)
Managing
Faculty
Arts
Bachelor of Arts and
Social Sciences
Arts
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Bachelor of Communication
Bachelor of
Communication and
Media Studies
Master of Communications and
Media Studies
9.3
Arts
Arts
Bachelor of Business and
Commerce
Business
and
Economics
Bachelor of Business and
Commerce and Bachelor of
Communication and Media
Studies
Business
and
Economics
Bachelor of Medical Bioscience
Science
Bachelor of Food Science and
Technology
Science
2015 Ground Zero versions of academic course descriptions
The following Malaysian course has already been approved as CA compliant,
and has transitioned to the course architecture compliant portfolio.
Existing Course Title
New Course Title
Bachelor of Psychological
Science
pp 15
Managing
Faculty
Medicine,
Nursing and
Health
Sciences
Recommendation:
That Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee forwards for noting to
Academic Board the 2015 ground zero version of the above course.
9.4
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Course Amendment for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
and Bachelor of Laws (MBBS/LLB)
Recommendation:
That Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee endorse the course
amendment proposal.
pp 23
Policies and Procedures
10.1 Guidelines for Approving Course Amendments
pp 25
Recommendation:
That the Chair of CAPC to determine the necessary level of approval where an
interpretation of this policy if required for a particular amendment.
10.2 Coursework Course Accreditation Procedures
Recommendation:
to follow
That the Committee approve the revisions to the accreditation procedures
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Admission Pathways Experts Advisory Group
No report to this meeting.
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Scholarships and Prizes
pp 29
12.1 Scholarship Proposals
Recommendation:
That the committee approve the introduction of the following scholarships for
administration by the Coursework Scholarships Unit:
Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management Scholarship
CoEPP Particle Physics Honours/Masters Scholarship
Jacobs Scholarship
MRS Accommodation Bursary
Nick Apostolidis Leadership Scholarship
Sir John Holland Scholarship
Telstra Engineering Leadership Scholarship
Tim McArdle Memorial Bursary
Transurban Leadership Scholarship
VISY Engineering Leadership Scholarship
Worley Parsons Scholarship
12.2 2015 Coursework Scholarships Report
Recommendation:
That the committee receive note the 2015 scholarship applications and
scholarship offers.
Part D
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Part E
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pp 53
Matters for Noting
st
Faculty Biannual Reports on Minor Course and Unit Amendments – 1 July 2014
st
– 31 December 2014
A summary of the reports is attached and a PDF containing copies of the reports are
available at Minor Course and Unit Amendments Report.
pp 63
Other Business
Next meeting
CAPC 4/2015 is scheduled for Wednesday, 15 July 2015 in the Council Chambers –
submissions are due by CoB 6 July 2015.
Meeting dates for 2015:
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
Director, Student and Educational Business
Services/nominee
Associate Vice-President Marketing,
Communications and Student Recruitment
Ms Natalie Mitchell
Director, Admissions
Mr James Marshall
President, Academic Board
Professor Ben Canny
Mr Neville Hiscox
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 Professor Cristina Varsavsky)
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
Ms Cynthia Kralik (alt Ms Amanda
Semertzian)
Ms Glenda Key
Mr Jean-Francois Ravat
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