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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 Coursework Program Approval Manual can be viewed on the Student 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 Colin Smyth, Division Manager : Staff and Student 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.  Please note that in some cases proposals have not yet been prepared using the new templates; as soon as examples become available they will be added.

TEMPLATE 1 New Program: Bachelor of Public Relations (1316.00KB (1347584 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: Bachelor of Psychological Science (405.50KB (415232 bytes) staff access only)
TEMPLATE 4 Major Amendments to Programs and Courses Group 1 : Bachelor of Journalism (595.50KB (609792 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 Internet Communication Strategies
TEMPLATE 7 Course statement (97.00KB(99328 bytes) staff access only)
TEMPLATE 8 Business Case , see TEMPLATE 5 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:

Group 1 minor amendments
(approved by School Board and reported to Division to maintain audit trail)		 as they arise
Group 2 minor amendments 23 May 2008
for June DAPAC
New programs for 2008 (require full Division Board/Academic Board approval) 25 January 2008
for February DAPAC
and March Academic Board
(for inclusion in 2009 SATAC guide)

OR
23 May 2008
for June DAPAC &
July Academic Board
(not in 2009 SATAC guide)

 
New programs for 2009
(program notification statements to Colin Smyth)		 23 May 2008
New programs for 2009 (full documentation to Vicki Clark) 21 November 2008

If proposals are received after these deadlines they will be considered for implementation in 2010.

Useful links (staff access only)

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