Agenda
Faculty
of Business and Economics
Bachelor of Business
Course Advisory Group
Agenda
Meeting No 1/2013
Wednesday 20 March 2013
1.00pm
S9 Conference Room, Caulfield
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BACHELOR OF BUSINESS COURSE ADVISORY GROUP
MEMBERSHIP 2013
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Course Director as Chair
Associate Professor Colin Jevons
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B
Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning)
Dr Nell Kimberley
(via video conference to Peninsula campus)
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C
Deputy Course Director
Dr Ian Walker (Caulfield)
Dr Glen Croy (Peninsula)
Mr Manir Zaman (Berwick)
D
Head of Department/Campus Representative
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Apology
Accounting and Finance
Associate Professor Ralph Kober
(Dr Tram Vu alternate)
Business Law and Taxation
Mr Mark Bender
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Econometrics and Business Statistics
Associate Professor Ann Maharaj
(alternate Professor Param Silvapulle
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Economics
Dr Horag Choi
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Management
Dr Belinda Allen
(alternate Dr Lakmal Abeysekera)
Marketing
Dr Erica Brady
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F
Representative from campus
Manager, Academic Services
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Mr John Lannan (via video conference to
Peninsula campus)
Mr Bruce Goodwin
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Ms Fiona Bertoli
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Committee Secretary: Ms Kerryn Chewe
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Faculty of Business and Economics
Bachelor of Business Course Advisory Group
Meeting 1/2013 of the Bachelor of Business Course Advisory Group of the Faculty of Business and
Economics will be held at 1pm on Wednesday 20 March 2013.
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.
Apologies to Committee Secretary, Kerryn Chewe via email to kerryn.chewe@monash.edu
Agenda
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ATTENDANCE
1.1
Present
1.2
Apologies
Professor Ralph Kober,
1.3
In Attendance
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APPROVAL OF UNSTARRED ITEMS
Members will have the opportunity to request that any unstarred items be starred. The Chair will move that all
items on the agenda not starred be adopted without discussion, and that action be taken or the information be
noted therein.
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INTRODUCTION FROM THE CHAIR
Plans and intended outcomes of the Group for 2013.
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ISSUES ARISING FROM OTHER MEETINGS
4.1
Undergraduate Studies Committee / Coursework Planning Committee
4.1.1
USC Chair reported that the Course and Unit Viability Annual Review 2012 had been conducted on
Wednesday 31 October 2012. The review trialled a new format with departments and schools each
allocated individual 20 minute sessions with the panel. Feedback from the panel and participants
indicated the format worked well and allowed for a department specific focus.
The panel also agreed that a further refinement of the initial report specifications would be made for
the 2013 review such as the exclusion of Honours level unit offerings and an amended timeframe for
summer semester offered units.
Review outcomes from South Africa and the Sunway campus will be completed following further
appraisal. Of the 43 courses assessed two have been recommended for disestablishment and the
removal of a further two course offerings. Three courses were recommended for retention. The review
of 36 courses was deferred further to evaluation of AQF compliance requirements and relevant course
review outcomes.
440 unit offerings were reviewed. Of those 74 units were recommended for disestablishment and
removal of a further 17 unit offerings. 116 unit offerings were retained for strategic reasons. The
review of 233 units is also pending further to AQF compliance requirements.
A full report was tabled at the Faculty Education Committee 5/2012.
Faculty Board approved the outcomes of the 2012 Course and Unit Viability Annual Review.
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4.2
Faculty Education Committee
4.2.1
The Chair announced that Mr David Watson, Course Director, Bachelor of Business, would be
retiring on 16 November 2012 and formally thanked him for his very significant contribution to the
Committee and Faculty over almost two decades of service. Members wished Mr Watson well in his
retirement.
4.2.2
FEC received and noted the revised Faculty Mission, Vision and Values statement approved by
Faculty Board (via circulation) October 2012, which incorporated minor amendments to some words.
4.2.3
FEC Chair sought member views on the introduction of minor study sequences into undergraduate
Faculty degrees noting that this had arisen in the context of the recent Bachelor of Business Course
Review and as part of discussions in relation to the options for the Berwick campus. It was noted that
both the Faculties of Arts and Science include minors in course structures and that the Department of
Econometrics and Business Statistics had offered a minor study sequence for some years.
Members agreed in principle with the introduction of minors acknowledging that the Faculty would
need to adopt a definition consistent with the University definition which stated that ‘A Bachelor
degree minor consists of 24 credit points in a field of study or discipline, of which no more than 12
credit points should be at level 1’.
The Chair thanked members for their comments and advised that this matter would be progressed
through the Bachelor of Business Course Review Improvement Plan implementation process and the
Bachelor of Business Administration, pending its approval. Systems for recording minors would be
investigated.
4.3
Faculty Board
4.3.1
The Course Review of the Bachelor of Business and associated specialised programs took place on
23–25 July 2012. Faculty Board noted the following documents relating to the review which were
endorsed by FEC:
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Bachelor of Business Review Report;
Bachelor of Business Course Review Summary Advice Statement;
Bachelor of Business Course Review Improvement Plan.
Resolution:
In a brief discussion relating to the Bachelor of Business Review, it was noted that the level of student
input into the review process had varied across campuses, with Peninsula students having an active
voice in the review, while there was less engagement at Caulfield and Berwick. The Deputy Dean
Education noted that the Faculty was aware that it needed to continue working on getting the student
voice involved in a more active way in the course review process.
Review website http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/esg/agu/reviews/bbus-2012.html
Academic Board: 1/13 has consequently received and noted the Course Review for the Bachelor of
Business and associated programs and re-accredited the following courses without conditions for a
further five year period to 2017:
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o
o
o
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3806 Bachelor of Business, Caulfield, Berwick, Peninsula (PBL)
0315 Bachelor of Business (Accounting), Caulfield
0312 Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance), Caulfield
3154 Bachelor of Business (Law) Caulfield
0314 Bachelor of Business (Marketing) Caulfield
4407 Bachelor of Business (Psychology) Caulfield
1333 BBus(Acc)/BBus(B&F) Caulfield
1334 BBus(Acc)/BBus(Mgt) Caulfield
1337 BBus(Mgt)/BBus(Mrktg) Caulfield
4426 BBus/BJournalism Caulfield
4503 BHealth Sciences/BBus Caulfield
3819 BBus/BVisual Arts Caulfield
3749 BBus/B Sport and Outdoor Education Peninsula
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4.3.2
Faculty Board noted a number of options relating to potential amendments to the majors in the
Bachelor of Business at Peninsula. Subsequent major course amendments would be developed in
CAPS according to relevant timeframes.
4.3.3
Accreditation update - The Deputy Dean Education reiterated the importance of the upcoming
AACSB events, including the mock audit, scheduled for 18–19 February 2013, and the Peer Review
Team (PRT) visit, scheduled for 21–24 April 2013. The DDE also expressed his gratitude to all staff
who had worked hard on Assurance of Learning throughout the year. It was noted that the final
Assurance of Learning (AoL) Reference Group would take place in the near future, before the AoL
process would be subsumed into the Terms of Reference for the Education Innovation and Quality
Committee.
Subsequent reporting on accreditation would be presented by the Deputy Dean External
and International at Faculty Board meeting 1/2013 on 20 March 2013.
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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
5.2.1
New courses, major amendments and other amendments
Extract from USC 5/12 minutes – course and unit approvals.
Extract
5-12-usc-minutes_v2 for CAGs.docx
Curriculum Development Report 1/13 as ratified at CPC 1/13 on 14 February 2013.
1-13-curric-dev-rpt-r
atified-cpc-1-13.docx
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REPORTS FROM DEPUTY COURSE DIRECTORS
6.1
Peninsula, Dr Glen Croy
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We have had another two days of PBL staff training.
We ran a two day orientation for our 58 new PBL students, with positive feedback. This is up from the
2012 enrolments of 44, and much greater than our initial enrolment in 2011.
If taking OSP, or if you know someone that is, get them to consider Peninsula campus. Additionally, if
wanting research space away from the home campus on a regular or irregular basis please contact
Narelle Krueger to work out options: narelle.krueger@monash.edu
6.2
Caulfield, Dr Ian Walker
6.3
Berwick, Mr Manir Zaman
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Offering of BBus degree from Berwick campus started in 2012. The intake in 2012 was less than 30
students. 52 students have enrolled this year in this degree at Berwick. The orientation programme was
successfully managed.
The undergraduate degree positioning working party, set up by the Faculty to examine the offering of a
new degree programme at Berwick Campus has completed its review. The Berwick campus is likely to
offer a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in 2014. Accounting, Economics & Finance,
and Marketing will be the three majors on offer. This new degree would probably adopt a blended
learning approach. All the units will have a separate Berwick code. This change would mean no further
intake into the BBus degree at Berwick campus and effectively means that in 2014, the campus will have
two degrees in teach out mode (BBusCom & BBus).
Completed most of the learning contracts with the students arising out of unsatisfactory progress in
studies during 2012.
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OTHER BUSINESS
* 7.1
BBus Review
BBus 2012 Course
Review - Improvement Plan-approved FB5-12.docx
Review website http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/esg/agu/reviews/bbus-2012.html
7.2
Academic Programs Offered from Multiple Campuses
Completed end of semester checklists for Semester 2, 2012 have been collated and the outcomes reported to
the CD.
* 7.3
Terms of Reference
BBus CAG TOR draft
for meeting 1.13.docx
* 7.4
BBus Capstone Unit
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FURTHER MEETING DATES FOR 2013
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Meeting 2 – 1 May (Peninsula) (11am)
Meeting 3 – 19 June (Caulfield) (11am)
Meeting 4 – 14 August (Peninsula or Caulfield tbc) (11am)
Meeting 5 – 16 October (Caulfield) (11am)
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