5.
Division of Commerce
The Board
NOTED
that that following proposal has been approved under the expedited approvals
process:
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Marketing
COM-1 - To delete MART 325 Services Marketing
6.
Division of Humanities
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposals from the Division of Humanities (19 April 2023) be
approved:
School of Social Sciences
HUM-1 - To amend the prescription of SOCI 306 Public Sociology
HUM-2 - To amend the teaching mode of SOCI 304 Special Topic: Exploring
Neurodisability in Health, Welfare and Justice Systems
HUM-3 - To amend the requirements for the Criminology minor subject and the
Criminology endorsement for DipGrad
NOTED
that the Division of Humanities (19 April 2023) has approved the following special
topic:
School of Social Sciences
HUM-4 - To offer SOCI 304 as Special Topic: Exploring Neurodisability in Health,
Welfare and Justice Systems
7.
Division of Health Sciences
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the fol owing proposal from the Division of Health Sciences (20 April 2023) be
approved:
Medicine
HSC-1 - To introduce new MICN paper codes
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6.
Division of Sciences
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposal from The Division of Sciences (21 November 2022) be
approved:
School of Surveying
SCI-1 - To delete SURV 169 Special Topic: Nautical Theory 1, including deletion of both
the topic and paper code.
7.
Division of Humanities
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposals from the Division of Humanities (23 November 2022) be
approved:
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School of Arts
HUM-1 - To amend the prerequisites for EURO 202/302 The Culture of the European
City,
subject to removing ‘from the Arts and Music Schedule’ from both of the proposed
prerequisites.
HUM-2 - To amend the Criminology minor subject requirements so that HIST 216 may
count toward the requirements
NOTED
that the Division of Humanities (23 November 2022) has approved the following
special topic:
School of Social Sciences
HUM-3 - To offer POLS 230 as Special Topic: Settler State Politics in Aotearoa and
Australia
NOTED
that the fol owing proposals were approved under the Expedited Approval Process for
Academic Proposals:
School of Arts and School of Social Sciences
HUM-4 - To amend the prerequisites for CLAS 490 and POLS 230,
noting inaccuracies
in the EFTS and points value listed for CLAS 490 in the summary document.
8.
Division of Commerce
The Board
NOTED
that the Division of Commerce (23 November 2022) has approved the fol owing
special topic:
Information Science
COM-1 - To offer INFO 352 as Special Topic: Pervasive Game Development,
noting that
‘This course wil prepare students…’ wil be amended to ‘Prepares students…’ in the
prescription.
NOTED
that the fol owing proposal has been granted executive approval by the Deputy Vice-
Chancellor (Academic) (5 December 2022):
Tourism
COM-2 - To dual-teach TOUR 304 and TOUR 426 in 2023 only and amend paper rules
accordingly
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4.
Division of Sciences
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposal from The Division of Sciences (13 February 2023) be
approved:
Agricultural Innovation
SCI-1 - To amend the prerequisite of AGRI 321
5.
Division of Commerce
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that following proposal from the Division of Commerce (15 February 2023) be
approved:
Information Science
COM-1 - To create a Pre-Christmas Summer School (PXSS) occurrence of INFO 130,
subject to:
•
Increasing the student workload time allocated to class preparation and to test
preparation by one hour each, and
Noting that:
•
The Board discussed whether student workload expectations should be required to
align precisely with a paper’s point value and agreed that while the exercise of
determining student workload expectations is notional and while there is not a
desire to make this exercise onerous, it is also important to encourage workload
consistency between papers and to align with CUAP expectations.
•
The Board suggested investigating how much detail is provided around student
workload expectations in other universities’ paper proposals submitted to CUAP as
part of new programme proposals.
•
PXSS papers entail a higher administrative load than other papers and that there
is a different process for students to add papers for the current academic year
after the date when enrolments have opened for the next financial year.
•
University staff wishing to take PXSS papers stil need to go through the admission
process, and while the University tries to keep this process straightforward, there
are stil documents that are required which cannot simply be accessed for
admission, even Human Resources holds them.
NOTED
that the fol owing proposal was approved under the Expedited Approval Process for
Academic Proposals:
Management
COM-2 - To amend the prescription of MANT 346
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6.
Division of Humanities
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposals from the Division of Humanities (15 February 2023) be
approved:
School of Arts
HUM-1 - To amend the prescription of ENGL 127 and to amend the title from Effective
Writing to Essentials of Writing
HUM-2 - To amend the teaching mode of ENGL 127 to add distance learning,
noting
that:
•
While the prescription of the paper indicates that it wil focus on academic and
professional writing, the learning outcomes appear weighted to academic writing
and could be expanded to better reflect content on professional writing.
HUM-3 - To amend the prescription and paper rules for ENGL 128, to amend the title
from Effective Communication to Essentials of Communication, and to delete ENGL 126
English for University Purpose
HUM-4 - To amend the teaching mode of ENGL 128 to add distance learning,
noting
that:
•
The learning outcomes could be more succinct and could better reflect content on
effective oral communication, with Dr Timmermans signalling that she would be
happy to discuss this further with Professor Marshall outside this meeting.
HUM-5 - To amend the prescription of ENGL 222 and to amend the title from
Contemporary American Fiction to Literature and Activism: The Art of Protest,
noting
that:
•
The amended title and prescription for this paper suggest significantly different
content from the previous title and prescription, but that the Associate Dean,
Academic for the Division of Humanities has assured the Board that the changes in
content are within accepted limits and that the new title and prescription better
frame the focus of the paper.
•
The content of this paper has likely been changing slowly over time – which is
positive as it suggests updates have been made to maintain currency – resulting in
the current content being out of sync with the title and prescription.
•
The University does not currently have a process to record how papers change over
time except when major changes requiring an academic proposal occur, but that
the incoming process for recording significant changes to papers may help with this.
HUM-6 - To amend the prescription of ENGL 319 and to amend the title from Modern
and Contemporary Poetry to Poetic Revolt from Soho to Social Media,
noting that:
•
The amended title and prescription for this paper suggest significantly different
content from the previous title and prescription, but that the Associate Dean,
Academic for the Division of Humanities has assured the Board that the content has
not changed and that the new title and prescription better frame the focus of the
paper.
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•
The content of this paper has likely been changing slowly over time – which is
positive as it suggests updates have been made to maintain currency – resulting in
the current content being out of sync with the title and prescription.
•
The University does not currently have a process to record how papers change over
time except when major changes requiring an academic proposal occur, but that
the incoming process for recording significant changes to papers will help with this.
HUM-7 - To amend the prescription of ENGL 320 and to amend the title from Advanced
Creative Writing to Creative Writing: Crafting Voice
HUM-8 - To amend the prescription and paper rules for ENGL 335 and to amend the title
from Romantic Literature to Romantics, Revolutionaries, and the Imagination
School of Social Sciences
HUM-9 - To amend the Politics and Religious Studies major subject requirements
NOTED
that the Division of Humanities (15 February 2023) has approved the following special
topic:
Faculty of Law
HUM-10 - To offer LAWS 478 as Special Topic: Remedies in Private and Commercial Law,
noting that:
•
The summary incorrectly identifies the proposer as Professor Murray Rae and that
the correct proposer is Dr Moshood Abdussalam.
7.
Division of Health Sciences
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposals from the Division of Health Sciences (16 February 2023)
be approved:
Biomedical Sciences
HSC-1 - To amend the major subject requirements for Functional Human Biology, to
amend the the recommend papers for all BBiomedSc major subjects, and to amend the
BBiomedSc regulations,
noting that:
•
Clarification is needed regarding which papers may count toward the ‘at least 36
points from…’ list in the Functional Human Biology major subject requirements,
particularly in regard to how the brackets for PHSL paper should be interpreted,
with the Board suggesting that these requirements could be edited for better
clarity.
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Dentistry
(CUAP approval required)
HSC-2 - To introduce DENT 531, 533, 570 and 572, to delete DENT 551, 553, 561, 563,
580 and 581, and to amend the final year requirements of the BDS and BDS(Hons),
noting that:
•
The changes to BDS(Hons) wil require CUAP approval, but the changes to BDS may
be approved by the University Senate.
•
While there is some commonality of content between the BDS(Hons) and the final
year of the BDS due to shared accreditation competency requirements, the
BDS(Hons) has a greater focus on interdisciplinary learning and research.
•
The Board queried whether the BDS(Hons) research component was scrutinised at
too high of a level for an honours degree, but accepted that the language around
producing publishable research was aspirational rather than expressing a
requirement and advised that this should be made clear to students embarking on
the programme.
•
The Board was not comfortable with having a 60% mark as the threshold for
successfully completing DENT 531 – preferring instead that marking scrutiny should
be adjusted to make a 50% mark sufficient – but acknowledged that this was an
existing aspect of the programme that has not changed in this proposal and thus
considered it beyond the remit of current considerations.
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5.
Division of Sciences
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the fol owing proposals from The Division of Sciences (13 March 2023) be
approved:
Mathematics and Statistics
SCI-1 - To amend the prerequisite for MATH 304
SCI-2 - To delete MATH 374 Mathematical Physics,
noting that:
•
The proposed 300-level major subject requirements for Mathematics might read
more clearly as: ‘Four 300-level papers from the fol owing: MATH papers, COMO
papers, PHSI 336’.
SCI-3 - To amend the Mathematics minor subject requirements,
noting that:
•
The proposed 300-level minor subject requirements for the Mathematics might be
better expressed as: ‘One paper from MATH 301-342, PHSI 336, COMO 303’.
Physics
(CUAP notification required)
SCI-4 - To delete the Electronics subject and ELEC papers,
noting that:
•
The Electronics subject does not appear in the 2023 Puka Whakamārama |
University Calendar and that an earlier version should be referenced regarding
which qualifications had included Electronics as a subject.
Physics
SCI-5 - To amend the paper code of PHSI 170 to ASTR 101, to amend the prescription,
and to amend the teaching period from Summer School to Second Semester
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SCI-6 - To amend the title of EMAN 204 from Energy Resources to Renewable Energy
Technologies, to amend the pre- or co-requisite, and to amend the prescription,
noting that:
•
A minor typo in the prescription – the inclusion of an unnecessary ‘the’ – should be
corrected.
•
The qualifications affected should include BASc and BComSc.
Geology
SCI-7 - To amend the Geology major subject requirements
Applied Sciences
(CUAP notification required)
SCI-8 - To delete the Bachelor of Applied Science (BAppSc) and consequential changes,
noting that:
•
Clauses in the interdivisional degrees’ regulations should remove all references to
Applied Sciences.
•
The timing of deletions and the transfer of retained subjects into the Bachelor of
Science (BSc) will create workload pressures for ITS Applications Support staff
working with eVision and may cause some inconvenience or confusion for
students during the transition.
•
It is not expected that CUAP approval wil be needed to transfer retained subjects
into new bachelor’s degrees, but the Secretary to the Board wil seek confirmation
of this from the UNZ staff supporting CUAP.
•
The Board expressed its thanks to Mark Wilesmith – as well as Carol Forbes and
Rebecca Connaughton – for the work that went into this proposal.
6.
Division of Commerce
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that following proposal from the Division of Commerce (22 March 2023) be approved:
Marketing
(CUAP approval required)
COM-1 - To amend the title of the Advertising endorsement for DipGrad to Creative
Marketing and to amend the requirements,
noting that:
•
Constraints in eVision mean that this change wil entail deleting the Advertising
endorsement in the system and establishing a Creative Marketing endorsement,
meaning that the workload involved for implementation is greater than might be
apparent.
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NOTED
that the fol owing proposal has been approved under the expedited approvals process
for academic proposals:
Management
COM-2 - To delete MANT 343 and MANT 370
7.
Division of Humanities
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposals from the Division of Humanities (22 March 2023) be
approved:
Faculty of Law
HUM-1 - To introduce a new paper, LAWS 482 Advanced Evidence Law, with
consequential deletion of LAWS 442 Law and the Sports Industry,
noting that:
•
The paper code LAWS 482 has previously been used for a different paper, but not
in the past 10 years, and that the Division of Humanities is comfortable with this
for the current proposal.
•
LAWS 442 wil need to be removed from the schedule for the Sports Business
endorsement for the Diploma for Graduates (DipGrad).
•
There is an inconsistency in the assessment activities listed between the Student
Workload Expectations and Assessment Procedures sections, which wil be queried
by the Associate Dean (Academic) for the Division of Humanities (ADA,
Humanities).
•
The Board expressed concerns around the use of a take-home test as part of the
assessments in light of the emergence of generative AI applications – which may
affect assessments for a number of LAWS papers – and suggested that
consideration be given on how to adapt to this moving forward, such as by setting
assignments where students critique responses given by AI, etc.
School of Arts
HUM-2 - To introduce a new dual-level paper, CLAS 247/347 The Roman Republic,
from the Kings to Julius Caesar, with consequential deletion of CLAS 337/437 Murder
and Corruption in Ciceronian Rome,
noting that:
•
CLAS 337 will need to be removed from the schedule for the European Studies
major subject.
•
This proposal does a good job of differentiating between the 200-level and 300-
level offerings of the paper.
•
The Board expressed concerns around the workload that this paper’s assessments
might entail for both the instructor and the students, but acknowledged that this
was reflective of papers across the entire programme and suggested that the
ADA, Humanities follow-up on this issue at the programme level.
•
That Dr Timmermans would fol ow-up directly regarding ways in which the
learning outcomes might be improved.
•
This paper provides a good opportunity for integration with the Library around
research skil s.
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School of Social Sciences
HUM-3 - To amend the teaching period of RELS 217/317 Religion, Science and Magic
to add Summer School
School of Performing Arts
NB: HUM-4 was an overview document for reference regarding the fol owing
proposals.
HUM-5 - To amend the Music minor subject requirements and to amend the title of
the Music Technology minor subject to Music Production,
noting that:
•
As was noted for COM-1, eVision constraints mean that amending the name of a
subject is a more resource-intensive change for administrative staff than might be
apparent.
HUM-6 - To amend the title of MUSI 105 Music Matters to Music Matters in Human
Life and to amend the prescription,
noting that:
•
The list of qualifications affected should include the BACom.
•
The School may want to consider whether current popular culture references in
the prescription might become dated quickly.
HUM-7 - To amend the prescriptions for MUSI 140, MUSI 240, and MUSI 340,
noting
that:
•
The list of qualifications affected should include the BACom.
School of Performing Arts
(CUAP notification required)
HUM-8 - To delete the Ethnomusicology and Classical Music minor subjects
8.
Division of Health Sciences
The Board
DEFERRED
making a recommendation on the following proposal from the Division of Health
Sciences (16 March 2023) and delegated authority to the Convener and the
University’s CUAP Representative to recommend the proposal for approval should
satisfactory steps be taken by the proposers ahead of the CUAP 2023 Round 1
deadline:
Health Sciences Professional Programmes
(
CUAP approval required)
HSC-1 - HSC-7 - To amend the eligibility requirements for Health Professional
programmes,
noting that:
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•
Each affected programme should seek external consultation from the appropriate
professional or accrediting bodies prior to CUAP submission, though feedback
does not necessarily need to be obtained prior to CUAP submission.
•
Consultation is needed with medical students, including relevant students’
associations, regarding changes to MB ChB.
•
Further consultation with and feedback from the Acting Director of Health
Sciences First Year (HSFY) is needed.
•
The Deputy Vice-Chancel or (Academic) wil consult with the Registrar and with
the University’s legal consul regarding the risks and implications of the proposed
changes, including the proposed timing of implementation.
•
Revision is needed to ensure wording around admission through the Graduate
category – particularly around completing a first degree in the minimum academic
time – is consistent between the MB ChB and other programmes throughout the
proposal document.
•
References to passing all HSFY papers and obtaining a 50% average across those
papers should be amended to simply state that potential applicants must pass all
HSFY papers, as this would necessarily imply obtaining a 50% average or above.
•
The proposed regulations for the Bachelor of Radiation Therapy (BRT) should
express minimum grade requirements for entry in terms of percentages for
consistency with other programmes and should remove use of the word
‘normally’.
•
Further clarification is needed to distinguish between eligibility requirements and
selection criteria for admission, particularly regarding when the optional eighth
paper for HSFY does or does not contribute to the calculation of average grades.
NB: HSC-8 was a supporting document for HSC-1 – HSC-7.
RECOMMENDED
that the fol owing proposal from the Division of Health Sciences (16 March 2023) be
approved:
Dentistry
(CUAP approval required)
HSC-9 - To amend the requirements for the Bachelor of Dental Technology
(BDentTech) and Bachelor of Dental Technology with Honours (BDentTech(Hons)),
including DTEC paper deletions, introductions, and amendments,
noting that:
•
Changes to papers’ points values cannot be actioned in eVision until after it would
no longer affect students in the current year, which is after the opening of 2024
paper selection and which may create confusion for students.
•
The proposer has confirmed that all changes should be implemented in 2024 – if
approved – and that current students should not be disadvantaged by
transitioning into the new programme structure.
•
The Board recommended that the BDentTech(Hons) should be re-framed as a one-
year degree fol owing the BDentTech rather than as a four-year degree
incorporating the BDentTech curriculum, with this revision to be incorporated
prior to submission to CUAP.
•
The Board recommended further consultation with the Departments of Chemistry
and of Physics regarding opportunities to teach into the new curriculum, noting
that the University would encourage the efficient use of teaching resources.
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•
The proposal could benefit from clearer alignment between the learning outcomes
and the accreditation criteria highlighted by the Dental Council, with
acknowledgement that the Dental Council wil have the opportunity for further
feedback during a planned desktop review in the coming months.
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5.
Division of Health Sciences
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposal from the Division of Health Sciences (18 May 2023) be
approved:
Genetics programme
HSC-1 - To amend the prescription for GENE 313,
subject to:
•
Correcting ‘disease causing’ to ‘disease-causing’ in the proposed prescription.
6.
Division of Commerce
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposal from the Division of Commerce (24 May 2023) be
approved:
Department of Marketing
COM-1 - To introduce a new paper, MART 310 Current Issues in International
Branding, the content of which has been offered previously as a special topic,
noting
that:
•
This topic experienced a significant increase in enrolments when it was offered via
Distance Learning, bearing in mind that the Summer School teaching period may
also play a factor in this.
•
The Board – while satisfied with linking this proposed new paper to a recently
deleted MART paper – urged wariness around attempting to link proposed new
papers to older proposals to delete papers and around delaying deletions so that
they would pair with new paper proposal in order to satisfy concerns around
resourcing.
•
The Board suggested instead that proposals to delete papers could signal whether
a new paper proposal might be expected in the near future in conjunction with the
deletion.
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The Board
NOTED
that the fol owing proposal has been approved under the expedited approvals
process:
Department of Accountancy and Finance
COM-2 - To amend the prescriptions of ACCT 310, BLAW 211, BLAW 212, FINC 303 and
FINC 308
7.
Division of Humanities
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposal from the Division of Humanities (24 May 2023) be
approved:
School of Geography
HUM-1 - To amend the prerequisites for GEOG 280 Research Methodology in Human
Geography,
noting that:
•
The proposed prerequisite aligns to other prerequisites for 200-level papers in
human geography.
•
The Associate Dean (Academic) for the Division of Humanities discussed with the
School of Geography whether all 200-level papers in human geography could
simply require ‘108 points’ as their prerequisite.
•
The School of Geography have responded that 108 points of preparation has
proven adequate to equip students so that they can acquire the necessary
discipline-specific concepts within 200-level papers without disadvantage, while
GEOG 102 is sufficient preparation for part-time students or students starting in
the second semester who may not yet have gained 108 points, so no change is
required.
8.
Division of Sciences
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposal from the Division of Sciences (15 May 2023) be approved:
Geography and Environmental Management
SCI-1 - To amend the 100-level major subject requirements for Geography and
Environmental Management,
noting that:
This is the first part of wider changes aimed at ensuring differentiation between
programmes.
ITS have indicated that the University’s Student Management System settings are such
that there would be significant resource implications if a number of programmes
remove papers from their schedules of programme requirements, noting that this
consideration does not affect the current proposal.
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7.
Te Huarahi - Pathway
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that a proposal from Te Huarahi | Pathway to introduce the Diploma in Science –
including new papers PTWY 130, PTWY 131 and PTWY 132 – be approved
(CUAP
approval required), having been recommended for approval by the Division of
Sciences (19 June 2023),
noting that:
•
Professor Cooper expressed gratitude for the consultation on this proposal, which
has resulted in improvements.
•
This Diploma wil widen options alongside the Diploma in Arts (DipArts) and
Diploma in Commerce (DipCom) and allow for better promotion of all three
Diplomas, particularly in international markets.
•
This Diploma also provides a path into the Bachelor of Health Sciences, but it does
not provide a path into Health Sciences First Year (HSFY) or any of the other
programmes in Health Sciences, with the current path progressing from a
Foundation Studies Certificate into HSFY remaining preferred to developing a
Diploma path into the programmes supported by HSFY.
•
While the Division of Sciences has expressed concerns over creating new papers to
support the Diploma rather than utilising existing papers – such as HUBS 191 and
BIOL 123 – the Division has acknowledged the pedagogical justifications for
maintaining smaller cohort sizes for Diploma students and is supportive of seeing
how the Diploma operates in practice once introduced.
•
Concerns over the mathematics paper supporting this Diploma and the DipCom
have been satisfactorily addressed.
•
The Board discussed one commenter’s concern that the proposal may have deficit-
focussed language around students from Māori and Pacific backgrounds – noting,
however, that this language mirrors the DipArts and DipCom, which had wide
Māori consultation prior to introduction – with Professor Cooper to fol ow up and
make sure this concern is addressed.
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•
The Board discussed the removal of the word ‘normally’ from regulations around
duration of the programme and confirmed that students are expected to complete
the Diploma in one year of full-time study, apart from exceptional circumstances,
which may be covered under the Variations clause.
•
There was not an opportunity to promote the DipArts and DipCom in international
markets prior to their introduction for 2023, but given that they are now being
promoted, it is forecasted that this Diploma and the DipArts and DipCom should
enjoy good enrolment numbers moving forward, particularly among international
students.
•
The Board queried whether the research project to be carried out by Dr Lee Adam
on student achievement in this Diploma and the DipArts and DipCom would
include col ection of qualitative data – noting that this may provide powerful
stories – and queried whether the Diplomas might incorporate a capstone project
at the end of the Diploma year.
•
There are minor typographical errors in the proposals presentation of the DipArts
and DipCom regulations.
8.
Division of Sciences
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the fol owing proposals from the Division of Sciences (19 June 2023) be approved:
Neuroscience
SCI-1 - To delete NEUR 302
Food Science
SCI-2 - To amend the major and minor subject requirements and honours
prerequisites for Food Science,
noting that the Convener declared a conflict of interest
for this proposal.
9.
Division of Humanities
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposal from the Division of Humanities (21 June 2023) be
approved:
College of Education
HUM-1 - To amend the regulations and schedules for the Bachelor of Teaching, with
consequential amendments to EDCR and EDPR papers,
noting that:
•
The Colege of Education should be aware that students have already begun
applying for 2024 and may need to be notified of these changes.
•
The Board the Col ege of Education to consider a consistent approach for how it
might handle situations in which a student struggled to complete MAOR 110 but
was otherwise prepared to progress with the programme.
HUM-2 - To introduce a new paper, EDCR 220 Te Ohoka Ake, with consequential
deletion of EDCR 203 and EDCR 236,
noting that EDCR 203 and EDCR 236 would be made
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‘not available’ – rather than suspended – from 2025 and then deleted once they are no
longer needed by current students for degree completion.
10. Division of Commerce
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposal from the Division of Commerce (21 June 2023) be
approved:
Dean’s Office
COM-1 - To amend the regulations for the Bachelor of Commerce, and to amend the
paper rules for BLAW 211 and BLAW 212
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9.
Division of Health Sciences
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the following proposal from the Division of Health Sciences (20 July 2023) be
approved:
Bioethics
HSC-1 - To amend the paper rules for BITC papers,
noting that:
•
Some of the amended papers appear on Schedule C for programmes in other
Divisions, and the Divisional Academic Boards of those Divisions should have been
consulted, but the Board agreed that the amendments are minor enough that
they may continue to progress.
•
It would have been helpful to highlight the particular differences between the
current and proposed paper rules, and it would be helpful to highlight such
differences in any similar proposals going forward.
•
The shift to using an eligibility framework rather than specific prerequisite rules
wil prevent automatic eligibility checking for students in eVision, and such shifts
would generally be discouraged, but the Board agreed that this approach is
appropriate for BITC papers given the highly interdisciplinary nature of Bioethics.
•
Removing paper rules from postgraduate papers wil mean relying on students’
paper selections being escalated to the department to check student eligibility
during the course approval process, and any changes to how task are escalated
during the course approval process for postgraduate papers could impact on how
eligibility needs to be handled for BITC papers and other papers across the
University.
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7.
Consequential Amendments
The Board noted the fol owing consequential amendments - included in previously approved
proposals - which were omitted from the Board's minutes for the meetings concerned:
Food Science
To delete FOSC 112 and FOSC 308, as detailed in the proposal labelled SCI-2 on the
Board's agenda for 5 July 2023.
College of Education
To delete ELIT 199; EMAT 196, 197, and199; EREO 199; and ENMO 199 - effective once
feasible in consideration of completion requirements for current students - as detailed
in the proposal labelled HUM-1 on the Board's agenda for 5 July 2023.
8.
Division of Commerce
The Board
NOTED
that the fol owing proposal was approved under the expedited approvals process:
Marketing
COM-1 - To delete MART 205 Marketing the Professional Practice
9.
Division of Humanities
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the fol owing proposals from the Division of Humanities (23 August 2023) be
approved:
School of Arts
HUM-1 - To introduce a new paper, CLAS 245 Tales from Troy: from Homer to
Hol ywood, to dual-level with CLAS 345,
noting that:
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•
This proposal is a good example of how to clarify the differences between levels
for dual-level ed papers, and the Board recommended using it as an exemplar.
•
The enrolment data in the report from the Strategy, Analytics and Reporting Office
refers to EFTS rather than headcounts, contrary to how it is label ed in the report.
•
The learning outcomes for CLAS 345 have also been updated as a consequence of
this proposal, and those updates wil be captured in the paper’s supplementary
information of the University website, but there are not any formal processes
currently in place to capture changes to learning outcomes.
HUM-2 - To introduce a new paper, HIST 206 An Introduction to Pacific History, and to
amend the major and minor subject requirements for Pacific Islands Studies and for
Pacific and Global Health,
noting that:
•
This paper is intended for introduction in 2024, and the proposal has not been
submitted by the usual annual deadline.
•
The Board has agreed to accept this as a late proposal without the need for
further justification, but wil expect to see the usual justification for lateness
attached to any proposal submitted outside the annual deadlines next year.
•
This paper wil not immediately be available for enrolment when 2024 paper
selection opens on 18 September 2023, but it should become available for
enrolment in due course.
•
The Board would have preferred to see notification closer to the start of the
proposal indicating that the Programme has several upcoming paper deletions
planned, which wil offset the introduction of this new paper.
•
That Dr Timmermans wil fol ow up with the Programme to provide advice and
feedback around learning outcomes.
HUM-3 - To introduce a new paper, HIST 318 Australia since 1788: Boundaries of
Belonging,
noting that:
•
This paper is intended for introduction in 2024, and the proposal has not been
submitted by the usual annual deadline.
•
The Board has agreed to accept this as a late proposal without the need for
further justification, but wil expect to see the usual justification for lateness
attached to any proposal submitted outside the annual deadlines next year.
•
This paper wil not immediately be available for enrolment when 2024 paper
selection opens on 18 September 2023, but it should become available for
enrolment in due course.
•
The Board would have preferred to see notification closer to the start of the
proposal indicating that the Programme has several upcoming paper deletions
planned, which wil offset the introduction of this new paper.
•
The Board does not expect that this paper wil be popular with exchange students
– who tend to prefer papers focussed on Aotearoa and the Pacific Islands – and
advises the Programme against anticipating enrolments from exchange students
when planning for this paper.
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School of Performing Arts
HUM-4 - To amend the teaching period and prescription of MUSI 131 Composition,
noting that:
•
The Deputy Vice-Chancelor (Academic) (DVC(A)) has granted executive approval,
on behalf of Senate, for this amendment to be implemented immediately so that it
is in place prior to 2024 paper selection opening.
•
The Board recommended monitoring how students manage the learning
outcomes for this paper in the context of a single semester rather than the full-
year period and adjusting the learning outcomes if necessary.
•
Dr Timmermans wil fol ow up with the School regarding how the learning
outcomes might be simplified.
HUM-5 - To amend the teaching period of MUSI 135 Songwriting,
noting that:
•
The Deputy Vice-Chancelor (Academic) (DVC(A)) has granted executive approval,
on behalf of Senate, for this amendment to be implemented immediately so that it
is in place prior to 2024 paper selection opening.
•
The Board recommended monitoring how students manage the learning
outcomes for this paper in the context of a single semester rather than the full-
year period and adjusting the learning outcomes if necessary.
•
Dr Timmermans wil fol ow up with the School regarding how the learning
outcomes might be simplified.
HUM-6 - To amend the teaching period of MUSI 234 Contemporary Composition,
noting that:
•
The Deputy Vice-Chancelor (Academic) (DVC(A)) has granted executive approval,
on behalf of Senate, for this amendment to be implemented immediately so that it
is in place prior to 2024 paper selection opening.
•
The Board recommended monitoring how students manage the learning
outcomes for this paper in the context of a single semester rather than the full-
year period and adjusting the learning outcomes if necessary.
•
Dr Timmermans wil fol ow up with the School regarding how the learning
outcomes might be simplified.
NOTED
that the following Special Topic was approved by the Division of Humanities (23
August 2023):
School of Arts
HUM-7 - To offer CLAS 330 as Special Topic: Experiencing the Environment in Ancient
Greek Poetry
NOTED
that the fol owing proposal has been approved under the expedited approvals
process:
School of Arts
HUM-8 - To amend the prescription of PHPE 301 Research Essay
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7.
Division of Commerce
The Board
RECOMMENDED
that the fol owing proposals from the Division of Commerce (19 September 2023) be
approved:
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Entrepreneurship
NB: The Deputy Vice-Chancel or (Academic) granted executive approval, on behalf of
Senate, to COM-1 and COM-2 fol owing the Board’s recommendation for approval due
to the urgent need to implement these changes for 2024.
COM-1 - To introduce a new paper, ENTR 312 New Venture Creation Strategy; to
delete ENTR 301 and ENTR 302; to amend MANT 301; and to amend the BEntr
requirements and the Entrepreneurship minor subject requirements,
noting that:
•
Taken together, COM-1 and COM-2 represent the first stage in a two-stage
process to restructure the Bachelor of Entrepreneurship (BEntr), with the second
stage expected to require CUAP approval and be proposed for implementation in
2025.
•
The Board discussed the potential resourcing impacts of the proposed changes
and noted that this issue has been wel discussed within the Division of Commerce
and that some resources wil be redeployed from the Master of Entrepreneurship
(MEntr).
•
The Board discussed the obstacles created for students in the Entrepreneurship
minor subject by the paper rules for ENTR 312, but acknowledged that this reflects
the current arrangements with ENTR 302 and that there might be opportunities to
improve arrangements for how students in the minor subject enrol for the paper in
future.
•
There is an error in a note for the proposed BEntr regulations inadvertently
making reference to ENTR 102 twice, with the second reference needing to be
corrected to ENTR 101.
•
References to MANV 301 in paper rules may be removed.
•
The Board commended the excel ent quality of the proposal.
COM-2 - To amend ENTR 101, ENTR 102, ENTR 201, ENTR 202, and MANT 303,
noting
that:
•
The above comments for COM-1 are also applicable to COM-2.
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