Division of Sciences
Minutes of a meeting of the Academic Board of the Division of Sciences
17 March 2014
Present:
Professor KA Hunter (in the Chair), Associate Professor MH Albert, Professor RJ
Barker, Associate Professor EJ Birch, Professor PJ Bremer, Associate Professor
HR Buckley (vice Professor NJ Gemmell), Associate Professor LC Burrows (vice
Professor D Booth), Professor MW Colombo, Associate Professor PA Cragg,
Associate Professor A Cree, Dr JD Deng (vice Associate Professor M Winikoff),
Professor KJM Dickinson, Associate Professor JJ Eaton-Rye, Associate Professor
AR Gorman (vice Professor DJ Prior), Dr KJ Hageman, Professor LR Hanton,
Professor L J Holloway, Professor C Hulbe, Associate Professor DAW Hutchinson,
Professor SJ Jackson, Professor KL Krause, Professor RM Laing, Professor PJ
Langhorne, Associate Professor DS Larsen, Associate Professor BJ McCane, Dr JE
Murray, Associate Professor RJ Rosengren, Dr S Shaw, Associate Professor AM
Smith, Professor VK Ward.
In Attendance:
Mr BR Johnston, Mrs CD Jordan, Dr A Moore.
Apologies:
Professor NJ Gemmell, Professor PD Owen, Professor DJ Prior, Associate
Professor PW Sheard, Dr S Sowerby.
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Minutes
The minutes of the meeting of the Board held on 18 November 2013 were confirmed.
2.
PART I - FOR REPORT TO SENATE:
There was no business to report.
3.
PART II - FOR REPORT TO THE BOARDS OF STUDIES:
The Board
Approved:
A
for submission to the Board of Undergraduate Studies proposals to:
(i)
amend the Anatomy sections of Science Schedules A, B and D;
(ii)
introduce BIOA 101 (Introduction to Biological Anthropology), subject
to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
considering changing the title of BIOA 301;
amending the workload hours to total 180;
clarifying the alignment of the internal assessment with the noncontact hours;
consulting with the Department of Zoology.
Some concern was expressed regarding the offering of another 100-level
Biology-related paper.
(Note: the proposal is subject to the approval by the Humanities
Academic Board of Studies).
(iii)
introduce BTNY 201 (Plant Functional Biology and Biotechnology),
BTNY 202 (Researching Plant Diversity), and BTNY 203 (Marine and
Freshwater Botany) and delete BTNY 221, 223 and 225, subject to;
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
amending the levels of each of the new papers;
including workload expectations for week 13 of the semester;
re-wording the Contact Hours on page 15 of the proposal;
clarifying alignment of the non-contact hours with internal
assessment;
making minor amendments to each of the prescriptions.
(iv)
amend the prerequisite, title and prescription for CHEM 201;
(v)
introduce CHEM 204 (Environmental Chemistry), subject to amending
the Level from 7 to 6;
(vi)
amend the MATH/STAT 100-level Computer Science major subject
requirements, subject to listing each of the approved papers;
(vii)
amend the title and prerequisite for DETE 308;
(viii)
amend the Ecology 200-level regulations by including STAT 210 in the
200-level major subject requirements, subject to considering how to
manage the possible restrictions between STAT 210 and the other
optional STAT 200-level papers ;
(ix)
a.
b.
c.
(x)
(xi)
introduce GENE 315 (Genomes) and delete GENE 311, subject to;
a.
b.
including the subject specific attributes for the BSc in Appendix 2;
resolving possible overlap between this paper and BIOC 352.
a.
amend the Geology sections of Science Schedule A and the Applied
Science Schedule A Part 1, subject to amending any reference to
MARI 201 to OCEN 201;
amend the prerequisites for GEOL 353 (Tectonics);
b.
(xii)
amend titles and prerequisites of FOSC 200- and 300-level papers
and amend the prescriptions of FOSC 301 and FOSC 308;
amend the Food Science sections of Science Schedules A, B, C, &
D, the Applied Science Schedule A: Part 1, and the Food Science
Minor subject requirements;
delete FOSC 303, FOSC 305 and FOSC 307;
introduce SURV 310/SURV 508 (Spatial Analysis and Programming),
subject to;
a. changing the proposed code for the paper;
b. linking the percentages in internal assessment with the hours
required.
[Subsequent to the meeting the paper codes were changed to SURV
318/SURV 518.]
(xiii)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
amend the GIS section of the BAppSc Schedule A Part 1, subject to
a minor amendment;
amend the GIS section of the BAppSc Schedule A Part 2;
amend the GIS section of the Applied Science Schedule B, subject
to re-wording the Implications section of the proposal;
amend the GIS section of Schedule D for the MAppSc and MSc;
amend the title and prescription for SURV 102;
amend the title and prescription for SURV 411/SURV511;
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(xiv)
amend the prerequisites for INFO 407;
(xv)
a.
b.
c.
(xvi)
amend the prerequisite for PHSE 551, 555, 557, 580, and to limit all
PHSE 500-level papers to students in the BPhEd (Hons), PGDipOE,
PGDipPE, MDance and MPhEd programmes;
(xvii)
introduce PLBI 302 (Plants for the Future), subject to further consultation
with the Department of Botany.
It was suggested that establishing a Plant Biotechnology Board of Studies
be considered.
(xviii)
a.
amend the Statistics prerequisites section of Science Schedule B;
b.
amend the prescription and prerequisite of STAT 261;
c.
introduce STAT 210 (Statistical Methods 2), subject to;
amend the prerequisite for MARI 202 and OCEN 201;
amend the Marine Science minor subject requirements;
introduce OCEN 321 (Ocean Physics and Modelling), subject to
clarifying the length of the final examination;
i
amending the level of study to Level 6;
ii
reducing the length of the Purpose of Proposal and including
part of it in the Justification section;
clarifying the length of the final examination.
iii
B
C
(xix)
replace SURV 103 with ENGL 228 as a major subject requirement in
the BSurv, and majors in Land Planning & Development, Surveying
Measurement and Geographic Information Systems, and in the
Geographic Information Systems minor, subject to a minor
amendment;
(xx)
amend the prerequisites for entry into the BSc (Hons) programme in
Zoology;
for submission to the Board of Graduate Studies proposals to:
(i)
amend the Anatomy sections of Science Schedules A, B and D;
(ii)
amend the Food Science sections of Science Schedules A, B, C, & D, the
Applied Science Schedule A: Part 1, and the Food Science Minor subject
requirements;
(iii)
amend the prerequisites for INFO 407;
(iv)
amend the prerequisite for PHSE 551, 555, 557, 580, and to limit all PHSE
500-level papers to students in the BPhEd (Hons), PGDipOE, PGDipPE,
MDance and MPhEd programmes;
(v)
amend the regulations for the Master of Wildlife Management;
for submission to the Board of Graduate Studies an indicative proposal to
introduce a major in Sport and Exercise Nutrition for the MAppSc, subject to
amending NUTX 407 to NUTN 407.
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D
Endorsed
(i)
a proposal to introduce MANT 252 (Developing Responsible Leadership);
(ii)
introduce PHIL 235 (Environmental Philosophy), subject to amending the level to
Level 6;
(iii)
introduce RELS 225 (Science, Religion and Knowledge), and RELS 325 (Science,
Religion and Knowledge (Advanced));
(iv)
an indicative proposal to introduce a minor in Socially Responsible Leadership.
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PART III - DIVISIONAL BUSINESS
The Board
4.
Standing Committee
Received:
5.
Applied Sciences Board of Studies
Received:
6.
reports from meetings of the Standing Committee held on 31 January and 7 March,
2014.
minutes of an Applied Sciences Board of Studies meeting held on 26 February
2014.
General Business
(i)
(ii)
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor reported the number of Sciences Honours admissions for 2014
was the highest recorded to date;
There was some discussion around the introduction of e:Vision next month. Among the
matters noted were that:
a.
b.
papers with DIR's should be kept to a minimum since such papers will not appear in
students' timetables;
the Division of Sciences plans to hold at least one course advising day similar to
those held at present, at the beginning of each semester. In addition, an 'expo' type
day was being considered at the end of Semester Two, mainly to give Health
Sciences First Year students an overview of Sciences subjects available for study
should they be unsuccessful in gaining places in the professional medical
programmes.
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