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Deletion Proposal
To delete a paper or programme (i.e. major or minor subject, qualification, or endorsement)
(Formerly labelled Form 5)
Before completing this form, please contact the Associate Dean (Academic) or Associate Dean
(Postgraduate) (or equivalent) or Specialist (Academic Committees and Services) for your
Division and read the document entitled
Important notes for completing deletion proposals
Please note that most programme deletions must be reported to CUAP for noting. However,
the University may approve and implement programme deletions prior to formal CUAP
notification.
(Please retain the smal font prompts for submission to the
Board of Undergraduate Studies and Board of Graduate Studies.)
Name of Division/ School/Academic
Division of Sciences, Sciences Divisional Office.
Unit
Proposer
Mark Wilesmith, Specialist, Academic Committees and Services
(name and position)
Programme, Subject Code, Number
BAppSc and BAppSc (Hons)
and Title of Paper(s)
Proposed year of Deletion
2024 – No New Enrolments into BAppSc and BAppSc (Hons)
(current students may be able to complete the Programmes. Deletion at same time or at a convenient future
programme after this date)
point.
If you are making a series of related deletions, please include all of these in one proposal rather than fil ing out a
separate form for each. If the proposed deletions have already been clearly identified in a related proposal, you do
not need to complete this form.
Academic proposals are subject to annual deadlines. Implementation of any proposed changes may be delayed if the
proposal is submitted after the relevant deadline. Please consult the Specialist (Academic Committees and Services) for
your Division for further information.
Qualification(s) and/or Paper(s) Being Deleted
(Please list any qualifications and/or papers being deleted.)
BAppSc, BAppSc (Hons)
SECTION 1 – JUSTIFICATION AND CONSULTATION
Justification
(Briefly state the reason for the deletion(s) and explain the effect of the deletion(s) on your academic unit’s curriculum. If the deleted
paper(s) wil be replaced, but you have not yet completed a New Paper Proposal, please indicate the paper(s) to be created and note
that a separate New Paper Proposal wil need to be completed.)
We wish to delete the BAppSc and BAppSc (Hons), transfer some of the existing majors into other
qualifications and delete the remainder of majors. The introduction of the BASc and BComSc has removed
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some of inter-divisional uniqueness of the BAppSc. The BAppSc was original y a four year degree that
changed to a standard three year degree sometime ago. There has been widespread confusion about the
BAppSc regulations by both students and staff. Many major subjects have low or decreasing enrolments.
The Division of Sciences wishes to simplify and reduce the number of qualifications and offerings that it
makes. These justifications are explored elsewhere in this proposal.
Consultation with Students
(Consultation with students should be undertaken in paral el with consultation with other academic units, other Divisions, and
support areas prior to submission of this proposal to your Divisional Board. The consultation shal include contacting the OUSA
Academic Representative ([email address]) or OUSA Postgraduate Students’ Representative ([email address]), who
wil contact relevant academic student associations and/or a relevant sample of students. Academic staff are encouraged to consult
more widely than OUSA. Unless a student is acting in an official role (e.g. OUSA Academic Representative), students’ names should
be redacted in the consultation table and elsewhere throughout the proposal.)
Name or title
Feedback
Response / changes
Request for feedback was sent None received
N/A
to OUSA and Te Roopu Maori as
well as student representatives.
(Add more rows as required. If the feedback is extensive, it may be added as an appendix.)
Consultation with Other Academic Units, Other Divisions, and Support Areas
(Outline the consultation that has been undertaken with interested parties, including other academic units, other Divisions, and
relevant support areas, such as Student Development ([email address]). This consultation may not be necessary
for some deletions; for advice, contact the Specialist (Academic Committees and Services) for your Division.)
Name and title
Feedback
Response / changes
Academic unit or area
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External Consultation
(For some deletions, it may be appropriate to undertake consultation with external stakeholders. If any external consultation has
been undertaken, append any letters or communications from the external stakeholder(s) to this proposal.)
External consultation is appended to this proposal.
SECTION 2 – CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
Qualifications Affected
(Please list any qualifications that are affected by the above deletions, but which are being retained.)
BA, BA (Hons), BSc, BSc (Hons), BASc, BComSc. BACom. PGDipArts
It is proposed that the existing regulations and requirements for current BAppSc and BAppSc (Hons)
majors and minors remain as currently stated.
To transfer the following majors to the BSc, BSc (Hons), BASc and BComSc
Agricultural Innovation
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Data Science
Energy Management
Environmental Management
Forensic Analytical Science
Geographic Information Systems
Physical Education, Activity and Health.
Software Engineering
Sport and Exercise Nutrition
To add Environmental Management to the BA, BA (Hons) and BACom
To delete Applied Geology as a major
To delete Computational Modelling as a major but retain the existing minor
To delete Consumer Food Science as a major and minor
To delete Molecular Biotechnology
To formally delete the Telecommunications minor.
To transfer Telecommunications from the BAppSC (Hons) and to retain the MAppSc and PGDipSci
qualifications as currently specified.
Consequential Amendments to Regulations and/or Schedules and/or Other Papers
(Al changes to regulations, schedules (e.g. major subject requirements, etc.), and the paper rules of related papers (e.g.
prerequisites, corequisites, and restrictions) as a result of this deletion must be detailed below. Please provide both the current and
proposed information for publication, with changes or additions in bold or italic type. This includes changes that wil need to be
made to schedules, including Schedules A, B, and C. Include Calendar page numbers. Changes to the programme information in the
Guide to Enrolment are not required.)
DELETE the following Majors.
• Applied Geology
• Computational Modelling (but retain the existing minor)
• Consumer Food Science
• Molecular Biotechnology
• Formally delete Sports Technology (has been closed to new enrolments), retain the existing minor.
• Formally delete Telecommunications (has been closed to new enrolments)
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DELETE the following Minor.
• Consumer Food Science
2023 Calendar – pages 343 to 348
Sciences Schedule A
Major and Minor Subject Requirements
Part 1: Major Subject Requirements
ADD the following Majors to BSc Schedule
• Agricultural Innovation
• Aquaculture and Fisheries
• Data Science
• Energy Management
• Environmental Management
• Forensic Analytical Science
• Geographic Information Systems
• Physical Education, Activity and Health
• Software Engineering
• Sport and Exercise Nutrition
2023 Calendar – pages 348 to 352
Sciences Schedule A
Major and Minor Subject Requirements
Part 2: Minor Subject Requirements
ADD the following Minors to the BSc Schedule
• Agricultural Innovation
• Aquaculture and Fisheries
• Computational Modelling
• Energy Management
• Environmental Management
• Geographic Information Systems
• Physical Education, Activity and Health
• Software Engineering
• Sport and Exercise Nutrition
• Supplementary Nutritional Science (for students majoring in Sport and Exercise Nutrition only)
2023 Calendar – pages 352
Sciences Schedule B
BSc(Hons) and PGDipSci Subject Requirements
Part 1: BSc(Hons) Subject Requirements
ADD the following Subjects to the BSc(Hons) Schedule
• Aquaculture and Fisheries
• Energy Management
• Environmental Management
• Forensic Analytical Science
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• Geographic Information
Systems
• Software Engineering
• Sport and Exercise Nutrition
• Telecommunications
2023 Calendar – page 203
Regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts and Science BASc
Clauses 1(d) and 1(f) – remove reference to Applied Science Schedule A
2023 Calendar – page 204
Regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts and Commerce BACom
Clause 1(e) – remove reference to Applied Science Schedule A
2023 Calendar – page 205
Regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of Commerce and Science BComSc
Clauses 1(e) and 1(g) – remove reference to Applied Science Schedule A
2023 Calendar – page 207
Regulations for the Diploma for Graduates DipGrad
Schedule
Endorsement Option – remove reference to BAppSc
2023 Calendar – page 268
Arts and Music Schedule A
Major and Minor Subject Requirements
Part 1: Major Subject Requirements
ADD the following Major to the BA
Environmental Management
See Science Schedule A
2023 Calendar – page 274
Arts and Music Schedule A
Major and Minor Subject Requirements
Part 2: Minor Subject Requirements
ADD the following Minor to the BA
Environmental Management
See Science Schedule A
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Arts and Music Schedule B
BA(Hons) Subject Requirements
ADD the following:
Environmental Management
As for the BSc(Hons) and PGDipSci;
See Science Schedule B
2023 Calendar – page 217
PGDipArts Schedule
Subjects for the Diploma
ADD the following:
Environmental Management
Programme of study: As for BSc(Hons) see Science Schedule B Part 1
NB All other postgraduate Applied Science qualifications are unaffected by these
proposed changes.
Transitional Arrangements
(Are there any transitional arrangements necessary as a result of this deletion? If necessary, special arrangements must be
specified for students who are part-way through programmes who would otherwise be disadvantaged. Information in this section
may be used by Student Experience staff to advise students, but this does not exempt your academic unit from responsibility for
ensuring that affected students are informed about changes and transitional arrangements.)
Al existing students are permitted to complete their chosen degree.
Students, subject to meeting the regulations can opt to transfer to one of the other qualifications if their
major is continuing.
Course advice and support wil be important to ensure students are making an informed decision.
If this proposal is approved a communication wil be sent from the PVC Sciences to al existing BAppSc
students. This wil include information regarding the transitional arrangements, options available,
contact details for students seeking advice and other support that might be required.
Consent to Use this Proposal as an Example
Please place a mark in this box if you do
not consent to this proposal – if approved – being posted
on the University website as an example of a recently approved academic proposal.
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Memorandum | Manatu
To | Ki a:
Stakeholders of the BAppSc
From | Nā:
Professor Richard Barker, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sciences)
Date | Te rā:
4 November 2022
Re | Te kaupapa:
BAppSc and BAppSc (Hons) into the BSc
The Applied Sciences Academic Advisory Group and Division of Sciences Academic Board have endorsed a
proposal to investigate the potential discontinuation of both the BAppSc and BAppSc (Hons) and fold these into
the BSc. Guiding my thinking is:
1. Originally launched as a four-year interdisciplinary degree in 2001 it changed to a three-year degree in
2011 with the addition of a compulsory minor. Some of the underlying motivation has been taken up by
the conjoint BASc and BComSc
2. It is not well understood by potential students as highlighted in recent Sciences market research
3. It creates complexity of offering and pathway, and I believe we underestimate the cost of this complexity
4. It creates confusion when we have majors that are not well-differentiated from majors in the BSc
As a counterpoint, a number of people have spoken about the benefits associated with minors from Commerce
that the BAppSc brings in regard to the common core.
A fact (neither for or against) is that many of the majors have small numbers of enrolments (see attached
Completion headcounts for selected BAppSC Majors 2017-2022 document) although there are several that have
a relatively healthy number who have graduated with a BAppSc.
I see the value in potentially retaining Software Engineering but rebranding as part of a Bachelor of Engineering
which we are investigating at the moment.
If following consultation, the decision is made to proceed with the discontinuation of the BAppSc and BAppSc
(Hons), the Specialist, Academic Committees & Services (Mark Wilesmith) will provide an outline of steps and
timing which would include the CUAP process and identifying any support required.
Division of Sciences – Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Tel +64 3 479 7978 – Email [email address] – Web: www.otago.ac.nz/sciences
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Completion headcounts for selected BAppSc Majors 2017-2022
prepared by Strategy, Analytics and Reporting 23 June 2022
Email: [email address]
Specialisation
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
Environmental Management
15
16
23
33
31
2
120
Consumer Food Science
22
22
16
12
27
1
100
Physical Education, Activity and Health - 1
14
24
27
- 66
Forensic Analytical Science
13
13
9
6
21
- 62
Sport and Exercise Nutrition
5
4
20
16
7
- 52
Aquaculture and Fisheries
8
11
8
6
7
- 40
Software Engineering
3
5
8
12
6
1
35
Molecular Biotechnology
8
4
3
1
12
- 28
Geographic Information Systems
5
3
8
2
2
1
21
Sports Technology
1
8
5
3
2
- 19
Data Science
- - - 1
7
- 8
Energy Management
1
1
1
2
2
- 7
Applied Geology
1
- 3
2
- - 6
Computational Modelling
- - - 1
1
- 2
Total
82
87
117
120
152
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Qualification Specialisation
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
Bachelor of Applied Science
82
86
116
117
143
5 549
Environmental Management
15
16
22
30
30
2
115
Consumer Food Science
22
22
16
12
21
1
94
Physical Education, Activity and Health - - 14
24
26
- 64
Forensic Analytical Science
13
13
9
6
20
- 61
Sport and Exercise Nutrition
5
4
20
16
7
- 52
Aquaculture and Fisheries
8
11
8
6
7
- 40
Software Engineering
3
5
8
12
6
1
35
Molecular Biotechnology
8
4
3
1
12
- 28
Geographic Information Systems
5
3
8
2
2
1
21
Sports Technology
1
8
5
3
2
- 19
Data Science
- - - 1
7
- 8
Energy Management
1
1
1
2
2
- 7
Applied Geology
1
- 3
2
- - 6
Computational Modelling
- - - 1
1
- 2
Bachelor of Arts and Science
- - 1 3 3 - 7
Environmental Management
- - 1
3
1
- 5
Forensic Analytical Science
- - - - 1
- 1
Consumer Food Science
- - - - 1
- 1
Bachelor of Commerce and Science
- - - - 5 - 5
Consumer Food Science
- - - - 5
- 5
Bachelor of Physical Education
- 1 - - 1 - 2
Physical Education, Activity and Health - 1
- - 1
- 2
Total
82
87
117
120
152
5 563
