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Program Approval and Amendment

The Division Academic Services team advises and supports schools on the preparation of proposals for new programs and amendments to existing programs.  The team prepares business for consideration by the  Division Academic Program Approval Committee (DAPAC).  The DAPAC Executive Officer and contact person for all approval and amendment information is Ms Vicki Clark (extn 20376).  An information sheet on the role of DAPAC has been prepared. The 2010 DAPAC meeting schedule is now available.

The Coursework Program Approval Manual can be viewed on the Student and Academic Services site.
All new program developments for onshore and transnational programs should be prepared in accordance with the timelines and processes set out in the Coursework Program Approval Manual and the relevant documentation templates accessed from the above website.

New Programs
The School should complete a program notification statement accessed from the SAS site above before beginning detailed development of a new program proposal.  The school board should endorse the notification statement and forward it to  Deborah Faigen, Acting Division Manager : Academic Services for submission to the Division Executive.   Once approval in principle is received, the school may prepare a full new program proposal.
 

The full proposal should be endorsed by the school board and forwarded to Division Academic Services for consideration by DAPAC.  Supported proposals will then be taken forward to the Division Board and Academic Board.

Impact and Compliance Statements
Impact statements from the following four units are required for all new program proposals and all major amendments (Note: some group 1 major amendments require statements from only two specified units - check the template for details):

Exemplars

Colleagues may find it helpful to see examples of worked documentation for proposals that have previously been considered and approved.

TEMPLATE 1 New Program: 2008 Master of Social Work 970 KB (993,280 bytes) (staff access only)
TEMPLATE 2 New Program Transnational: Bachelor of Applied Language, International and Intercultural Communication 542.00KB (555008 bytes) (staff access only)
TEMPLATE 3 Minor Amendments to Programs and Courses: 2008 Bachelor of Architectural Studies  148 KB (151,552 bytes) (staff access only)
TEMPLATE 4 Major Amendments to Programs and Courses Group 1 : 2008 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) 336 KB (344,064 bytes) (staff access only)
TEMPLATE 5 Major Amendments to Programs and Courses Group 2 : Bachelor of Psychological Science 679.00KB (695296 bytes) (staff access only)
TEMPLATE 6 Program withdrawal: Master of Rehabilitation Counselling 110.50KB (113152 bytes) (staff access only)
TEMPLATE 7 New and Revised Course statements 117.50KB (120320 bytes) (staff access only)
TEMPLATE 8 Business Case, see Page 51 of TEMPLATE 1 example above

 

 

 

 

Timelines

Information about timelines and the requirements for program proposals may be found in the Coursework Program Approval Manual.  For the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences the following timelines apply:
Minor amendments - change to textbooks/references only
(approved by School Board and reported to Division to maintain audit trail)		 as they arise
Minor amendments effective 2010 (require School Board and Division Board approval) 22 May 2009
for June DAPAC
Major amendments effective 2010 (require full Division Board/Academic Board approval)



New Programs for 2010 (require full Division Board/Academic Board approval)



 23 January 2009
for February DAPAC
and March Academic Board
(for inclusion in 2010 SATAC guide)

OR
22 May 2009
for June DAPAC &
July Academic Board
(not in 2010 SATAC guide) 
New programs for 2011
(program notification statements to Deborah Faigen)		 January 2010
New programs for 2011 (full documentation to Vicki Clark) March 2010 - undergraduate
May 2010 - postgraduate


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