CAPC Minutes 7/2015
Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee 7/2015
(A standing committee of Academic Board)
Meeting 7/2015 of Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee commenced at 3.15pm on Wednesday
28 October 2015 in the Sir George Lush Room, Ground Floor, Chancellery Building A, 27 Chancellors Walk,
Clayton Campus.
MINUTES
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There were present:
Professor Sue Willis (Chair), Professors Darrell Evans, Ben Canny, Rob Brooks, Marilyn Baird (for
Professor Wayne Hodgson), David Paganin, Alwyn Louw (via teleconference), Associate Professor Alan
Reid, Dr Greg Cusack (for Professor Zlatko Skrbis), Dr Kate Tregloan, Dr Patrick Emerton, Ms Lisa Smith,
Ms Natalie Mitchell, Mr Neville Hiscox, Mr James Marshall, Ms Heather Fletcher, Ms Martine Xavier, Ms
Marian Costelloe, Mr Donald Wong (via video conference), Ms Kelly Anderson.
Apologies:
Professor Zlatko Skrbis, Professor Wayne Hodgson, Ms Sunny Yang, Ms Glenda Key, Ms Li Ping (Kylie)
Chow, Ms Neda So, Ms Samantha Lipscombe.
Observers:
Ms Jean Minutolo (for Ms Glenda Key), Ms Amanda Semertzian.
In attendance: Professor Carl Kirkpatrick (via teleconference, Ms Kirstie Galbraith, Associate Professor
Meredith McIntyre (via teleconference), Professor Sharon Pickering, Ms Madeleine Soederberg, Ms
Margaret Murphy, Ms Melanie Koo.
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Arrangement of Agenda and Starring of Items
Members noted that:
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Item 7 – Course Proposals to be taken immediately before Item 6.
The star was removed from the whole of item 7 and replaced with a star on item 7.1 – Proposals for New
Offering and the following courses under item 7.2 – Proposals for Amendments to Courses:
o Bachelor of Nursing
o Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery
o Executive Master of Public Administration
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Ms Heather Fletcher starred the 3801 Executive Master of Public Administration under 7.2 and 7.3.
Ms Natalie Mitchell starred the Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science Advanced - Global Challenges
(Honours) Bachelor of Science Advanced - Research (Honours) under item 7.2.
The Committee agreed that all items on the agenda not starred be adopted without discussion, and that
the actions recommended be taken or the information therein noted.
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Minutes
3.1 The Minutes of Meeting 6/2015 of the Coursework Admissions and Programs Committee, held on
23 September 2015, were confirmed.
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Matters arising from the minutes of previous meeting
4.1 The Committee noted the updated schedule of action items.
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Mr Neville Hiscox suggested that the physical date from Callista be removed from the course
accreditation, publication and marketing and recruitment timeline. Subsequently various other
physical dates have also been removed. Amended version attached, see page 9.
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Chair’s Business
- No report to this meeting.
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Course Reviews (Ms Margaret Murphy and Ms Madeleine Soederberg)
- The purpose of the review and revision of the Course Review Procedures and Guidelines is to more
closely link course reviews with accreditation and reaccreditation and to reduce unnecessary
administrative burden while assuring a rigorous approach to assessing course quality and viability.
- There has been consultation with faculties and central portfolios and a common theme is a desire for
greater clarity on the self-review process and on the link between course reviews and
reaccreditation.
- Amongst the specific suggestions were:
- that 5.1.2 be amended by removing the word cognate,
- that 5.1.4 “None of the Panel can have had direct involvement with the course under review” be reworded to "... direct involvement with the management or teaching of the course.
- Faculties with course delivered at the Malaysia campus need to be sensitive to approval processes
specific to Malaysia.
- Policy, procedures and guidelines are being developed by Ms Madeleine Soederberg and will come
back to this forum at a later date.
Resolution:
CAPC noted the Course Review Project update and provided feedback on the detailed description of
the proposed future state for coursework course reviews.
For information/action: Ms Margaret Murphy and Ms Madeleine Soederberg
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Course Proposals
7.1 Proposals for New Offerings (Course, Major, Minor, Specialisation, Partner, Location)
Master of Forensic Medicine (Professor Marilyn Baird)
- The Master of Forensic Medicine includes a new specialisation in Forensic Medical Science.
Professor Baird reported that this is an innovative development and it will be the only course in the
country offering this specialty.
Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood (Associate Professor Alan Reid)
- This course will not be offered in Australia being designed for students offshore in countries where
the standard early childhood teaching qualification is shorter than the four years applying in
Australia.
- Accreditation date for this course will be 31 December 2019 so that is aligned with rest of courses
within the Bachelor of Education.
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Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) / Master of Pharmacy (Ms Marian Costelloe, Professor Carl Kirkpatrick
and Ms Kirstie Galbraith)
- The Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)/Master of Pharmacy is a vertical double degree course offering
a value add for students studying pharmacy.
- It was noted that a communication plan will be critical in explaining the vertical double to future
students.
Resolution: CAPC endorsed the proposals for a new offerings listed below for approval by Academic Board:
Existing
Course
Code
3412
new
P3001/
New
Masters
7.2
Existing
Course
Title
Master of
Forensic
Medicine
New Course Title
Managing
Faculty
MNHS
Bachelor of
Education in Early
Childhood
Bachelor of
Pharmacy
(Honours) / Master
of Pharmacy
Education
Pharmacy
Notes
Transition course to Course Architecture,
disestablish old course code, add new specialisation
in Forensic Medical Science
3 year specialist course to be offered in offshore
locations where the local profession and market
does not support a longer honours degree course
Introduction of a vertical Bachelor/Masters double
degree.
Proposals for Amendments to Courses
3801 Executive Master of Public Administration (Professor Sharon Pickering)
- At an earlier meeting, CAPC had asked for reassurance that we were able to assure that appropriate
standards were in place given the nature of the collaborations between various universities and the
non higher education provider status of ANZOG. The committee was reassured on this matter.
- Units which are developed, taught and assessed completely by a second institution with no control
by Monash University cannot be listed on the student's transcript as a Monash unit. In future we
may develop a mechanism for more fully recognising units such as these, but in the short term these
units must be represented by cross institutional codes.
- The course title is not strictly complaint with the AQF, which does not recognise the award form
"Executive Masters ...". The course has been mapped as leading to a standard expert Masters
degree.
- The course was endorse by CAPC subject to variation to the codes/titles of units which will be taught
by other universities, to make it clear that they are not Monash University units.
- Ms Heather Fletcher noted that the course code for Executive Master of Public Administration is
incorrect and should read as 3801 (not 4437 as was shown in the agenda) and that the title is as
quoted here (not Executive Master of Business Administration as shown in one place in agenda).
This has been amended in item 7.2.1 and 7.3 below.
0727 Bachelor of Nursing (Associate Professor Meredith McIntyre)
- The Bachelor of Nursing has been revised considerably with a reconceptualisation of the course
themes and the units that support the learning outcomes.
4514 Bachelor of Nursing / Bachelor of Midwifery (Honours) (Associate Professor Meredith McIntyre)
- The Bachelor of Midwifery component of this double degree course has been revised considerably to
change it from an AQF7 Bachelor qualification to an AQF8 Bachelor Honours qualification. There has
been a reconceptualisation of the course themes and the units that support the learning outcomes.
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This double degree courses has been modelled on the Bachelor of Education (Honours) double
degree courses with the honours degree Midwifery component building upon the discipline study in
the Nursing degree component.
7.2.1 Resolution: CAPC approved the following proposals for amendments to courses for approval by
Academic Board:
Existing
Course
Code
Existing
Course Title/s
0727
Bachelor of
Nursing
4514
Bachelor of
Nursing and
Bachelor of
Midwifery
4437
3801
Executive
Master of
Administration
New
Course
Title
Bachelor
of Nursing
/ Bachelor
of
Midwifery
(Honours)
Executive
Master of
Public
Administr
ation
Managing
Faculty
Notes
MNHS
Transitioning to Course Architecture with
amendments, including introduction of scholars
program.
MNHS
Transitioning to Course Architecture with
amendments to the Midwifery component of the
course to upgrade it to an AQF 8 honours
qualification, and disestablish the old course code.
Arts
Transitioning to Course Architecture with
amendments to change the name of the course,
amend course duration, disestablish the old course
code and transfer ownership to the Faculty of Arts.
Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science Advanced - Global Challenges (Honours) Bachelor of Science
Advanced - Research (Honours)
- Ms Mitchell commented that the policy unit has not yet received a copy of the Faculty of Arts sign off
for the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science Advanced - Global Challenges (Honours) Bachelor of
Science Advanced - Research (Honours), however Ms Heather Fletcher advised that this has already
been sent. Ms Mitchell and Ms Fletcher to follow up offline and ensure documentation is available
prior to forwarding to Academic Board.
7.2.2 Resolution: CAPC approved the following proposals for amendments to existing courses and forwarded
to Academic Board for noting:
Existing
Course
Code
Existing
Course Title/s
4438
Master of
International
Business
(Double
Masters with
Southeast
University)
4121
Master of
Journalism
New
Course
Title
Managing
Faculty
Notes
BusEco
Memo - removing Graduate Certificate in Business
as an exit award.
Arts
Transition course in the Faculty of Arts with
current accreditation into the Course Architecture
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2309
0101
S2000
S3001
S3002
A6010
A6011
(Double
Masters with
Warwick
University)
Master of
Clinical
Embryology
Graduate
Diploma in
Reproductive
Sciences
Bachelor of
Science
Bachelor of
Science
Advanced Global
Challenges
(Honours)
Bachelor of
Science
Advanced Research
(Honours)
Master of
International
Relations
Master of
International
Relations and
Master of
Journalism
3113
Master of
Design
4516
Honours
degree of
Bachelor of
Physiotherapy
A6007
Master of
Interpreting
and
Translation
Studies
compliant suite of postgraduate courses.
Bachelor
of
Physiothe
rapy
(Honours)
MNHS
Transition to Course Architecture compliant, and
disestablish the old course code.
MNHS
Transition to Course Architecture compliant, and
disestablish the old course code.
Science
Propose Geosciences minor, major and extended
major be renamed Earth Science
Arts
Removing Rights and Justice Specialisation from
Master of International Relations and associated
double degrees.
MADA
Transitioning to Course Architecture compliant,
and disestablish the old course code.
MNHS
Request to amend course and award title to a form
that is AQF compliant. The course will not
transition to CA since it will be withdrawn after
2016.
Arts
Amend course from a 72-point course to be
offered from 2017 as a 96-point course due to the
need to; align with the AQF, renew the approval of
the NAATI professional accreditation of the whole
course and be better aligned with other similar
master courses globally.
For information/action (item 7.2.2): Professors S Willis, Z Skrbis, C Varsavsky, W Hodgson, R Brooks, B
Horrigan, Ms G Key, Ms Jean Minutolo, Ms N Mitchell, Ms C Plumejeau, Ms D Aitken, Ms M Boissezon, Ms K
Faria, Mr N Hiscox, Mr M Hatwell, Mr A Keleher, Ms S Yang, Mr D Wong.
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7.3
Proposals for Disestablishments of Courses
Resolution:
CAPC:
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Existing
Course
Code
2309
Noted the proposal for disestablishment of course codes as a result of amendments to courses to
align with Course Architecture (members were invited to note that the disestablishments are colocated with proposals relating to item 7.2 above).
CAPC to forward the proposals below to Academic Board for endorsement.
Master of Clinical Embryology
New
Course
Title
MNHS
3412
Master of Forensic Medicine
MNHS
0727
Bachelor of Nursing
MNHS
0101
Graduate Diploma in
Reproductive Sciences
MNHS
4514
Bachelor of Nursing and
Bachelor of Midwifery
MNHS
4437
3801
Executive Master of Public
Business Administration
Arts
3113
Master of Design
MADA
Existing Course Title/s
Managing Faculty
Disestablish course code due to Course
Architecture transition – no teach out
implications as the course is ongoing
Disestablish course code due to Course
Architecture transition – no teach out
implications as the course is ongoing
Disestablish course code due to Course
Architecture transition – no teach out
implications as the course is ongoing
Disestablish course code due to Course
Architecture transition – no teach out
implications as the course is ongoing
Disestablish course code due to Course
Architecture transition – no teach out
implications as the course is ongoing
Disestablish course code due to Course
Architecture transition – no teach out
implications as the course is ongoing
Disestablish course code due to Course
Architecture transition – no teach out
implications as the course is ongoing
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Policies and Procedures
8.1
Credit Transfer Arrangements between Republic Polytechnic and Monash University
Resolution:
Coursework Admissions and Program Committee noted the credit transfer arrangements
between Republic Polytechnic and Monash University.
For information/action: Mr J Marshall
8.2
Credit Transfer Arrangements between Temasek Polytechnic and Monash University
Resolution:
Coursework Admissions and Program Committee noted the credit transfer arrangements
between Temasek Polytechnic and Monash University.
For information/action: Mr J Marshall
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Scholarships and Prizes
9.1
Scholarship Proposal
Resolution:
The committee approved the introduction of the following scholarship for administration by
the Coursework Scholarships Unit:
- Salter Foundation Scholarship
For information/action: Dr C Menidis
9.2
2016 – 2018 Coursework Scholarships Budget
Resolution:
CAPC noted the 2016 – 2018 Coursework Scholarships Budget.
For information/action: Dr C Menidis
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Amendment to CAPC Membership
Resolution:
CAPC approved the amended membership list.
For information/action: Ms G Key
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Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 9 December 2015 at 3.15pm in the Council Room.
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2016 Meeting Dates
CAPC meetings will be held on Wednesday at 3.15pm in the Sir George Lush Room, Ground Floor, Building
3a, Clayton Campus on the following dates:
Meeting
Number
1/16
2/16
3/16
4/16
CPEG
Submission Date
due by
Mon 5.00pm
18 Jan
14 Mar
2 May
20 Jun
5/16
6/16
7/16
8/16
1 Aug
12 Sep
10 Oct
21 Nov
CAPC
Submission Date
due by
Mon 5.00pm
25 Jan
21 Mar
9 May
27 Jun
8 Aug
19 Sep
17 Oct
28 Nov
CAPC
Meeting Date
Sir George Lush Room
Wednesday 3.15pm
3 Feb
30 Mar
18 May
6 Jul
17 Aug
28 Sep
26 Oct
7 Dec
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