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The University of Western Australia
8th August 2014
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COURSEWORK STUDIES
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) as Chair (Professor Alec Cameron)
Chair, Academic Board (Winthrop Professor John Cordery)
Deputy Chair, Academic Board (Professor Cara MacNish)
Dean, Coursework Studies (Winthrop Professor Grady Venville)
Registrar and Executive Director, Corporate Services (Mr Peter Curtis)
Academic Secretary (Ms Sue Smurthwaite for Academic Secretary)
President of the Guild of Undergraduates (Mr Thomas Henderson)
Nominee of the President, Postgraduate Students’ Association (Mr Aaron Fordham)
Chair, Board of Studies (Bachelor of Arts) (Winthrop Professor Mark Israel)
Chair, Board of Studies (Bachelor of Commerce) (Professor Trish Todd)
Chair, Board of Studies (Bachelor of Design) (Associate Professor Kate Hislop)
Chair, Board of Studies (Bachelor of Science) (Professor Cara MacNish)
Chair, Board of Studies (Bachelor of Philosophy (Hons)) (Winthrop Professor Alan Dench)
Co-opted member (Mr Jon Stubbs, Director, Student Services)
BOARD OF COURSEWORK STUDIES
ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CIRCULAR
Members are asked to consider the Chair’s recommendations relating to items in part 2. If you do not
agree with the recommendations or would prefer that any item be referred to the next meeting for
discussion please contact the Executive Officer (kabilan.krishnasamy@uwa.edu.au) no later than by
12.00pm Thursday 14th August 2014. If there are no objections by that time the items will be
processed in the normal way and the recommendations recorded as Noting of Decisions of the Board
of Coursework Studies and confirmed in its next set of minutes. Members are advised that this agenda
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Dr Kabilan Krishnasamy
Executive Officer
Academic Policy Services
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PART 2 – ITEM(S) FOR DECISION TO BE DEALT WITH EN BLOC
1. CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT: INTRODUCTION OF NEW UNATTACHED ELECTIVE FROM
2015
The Board is asked to consider the introduction of the following as an unattached elective and ‘category
B’ broadening unit:
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F59654
BSc - Res
R16/14
Unit title
SSEH1104 Active Leadership 1: Developing
Leadership Skills
Faculty
Science
Attachment
A1
The Chair recommends that the Board of Coursework Studies recommend to the Academic Council that
the introduction of SSEH1104 Active Leadership 1: Developing Leadership Skills be approved for
offering from 2015:
 as ‘category B’ broadening unit to students enrolled in degrees other than the Bachelor of Science;
and
 as an unattached elective.
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2. CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT – ANNUAL (PLANNED) CHANGE PROCESS TO MAJORS FOR
2015
The University’s change process for Cycle I undergraduate curriculum has been designed to
accommodate both annual (planned) and late change requests which normally arise from enrolment
issues or other unforeseen circumstances. The latter, if assessed to have no impact on the structure of a
major, are administered via the fast-track process and approved by the Chair by way of delegated
authority from the relevant Board of Studies.
Planned annual changes to undergraduate curriculum may occur at the unit level and/or major level
and/or honours level and will need to take place, where relevant, in line with the University Policy on
Changes to Units , University Policy on Changes to Approved Majors and Changes to Approved Honours
specialisation.
To this end, the Board is asked to consider proposed changes, as recommended by the relevant Board of
Studies, to the following majors:
TRIM
BA - Res
ITEM
Nature of change
Att
F29279
R21/14
MJD-ASSTD Asian Studies
Change to unit sequence
B1
F31424
R22/14
HON-ASSTD Asian Studies
Change to unit sequence
B3
TRIM
BScRes
ITEM
Nature of change
Att
F29649
R21/14
MJD-ABHWB Aboriginal Health
and Wellbeing
Change to unit sequence
B4
F29708
R17/14
MJD-CMPSC Computer Science
Change to unit sequence
B6
F29709
R16/14
MJD-APCMP Applied Computing
Change to unit sequence and title
change
B8
F29706
R18/14
MJD-MTHST
Statistics
and
Change to unit sequence
B10
F29732
R21/14
MJD-PLMED Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine
Change to unit sequence
B12
F29707
R19/14
MJD-QTMTD Quantitative Methods
Change to unit sequence
B14
F30507
R30/14
MJD-SPTSC Sport Science
Change to unit sequence
B16
Mathematics
The Chair recommends that the Board of Coursework Studies recommend to the Academic Council that
the proposed changes, as set out in the attachment, to the unit sequence of the majors listed above and
the introduction of associated new units, where relevant, be approved effective from 2015.
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